Pro-Life events Sept/Oct

Election Nov 6, 2012, you’ll be voting on a BINDING referendum question on Doctor Prescribed Suicide.
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Why vote No on Question 2: The supposed safeguards are hollow. And nothing in Question 2 will protect patients when there are pressures, whether financial or emotional, which distort patient choice.

"It is also the duty of the laity to participate actively in political life" … "There is a need for ... lay faithful who bear witness to Christ and the Gospel in the civil and political community. This need must be reflected in the educational prospectus of the ecclesial community and requires new forms of presence and support from pastors." Pope Benedict XVI

Sep 15 Sat 10am-Noon DaTechGuy on DaRadio on radio station WCRN, 830 AM – Assisted Suicide show

Sep 15 Sat 8am Mass to “save babies through prayer” in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, celebrated by Fr. Adam Reid, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Webster. Prayer vigil protest on 470 Pleasant St. in front of Planned Parenthood in Worcester follows.
Sep 15 Sat 8AM Mass and Rosary to end abortion at Framingham Union Hospital, St. Stephen's Church.

Sep 17 Mon 7:15-8pm - Christ The King Parish, Pleasant St. Worc, Novena, honoring...St. Joseph, the Patron of a Happy Death!
This annual parish novena will be celebrated on nine successive Monday evenings this fall. Sep 10-Nov 5. Each evening will conclude with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. A short homily will be given each evening and the novena prayers recited by all the people. The novena, which is open to all who wish to come - from any parish - will seek the intercession of St. Joseph, the Patron Saint of a Happy Death, a very old devotion in the Church. Across our City and region thousands of people are seriously ill and thousands die each year. Our prayer will be directed for them in a special way, and for all their caregivers as well.
The novena, in this its first year, will include prayers that the citizens of Massachusetts turn down doctor-prescribed suicide at the polls this November. We should bring love, care, prayer, hope and proper pain management to family members, and not help them to end their lives through suicide

Sep 17 Mon 7pm "The Approaching Threat of Doctor Prescribed Suicide" presented by Dr. Mark Rollo, St. Anna Parish, Leominster. Info, Linda Kinsey 978/728-4460.

Life Matters

Sep 18 Tue 7pm Voter Information Session, Brian Burch, Founder CatholicVote.org, which seeks to evangelize the American culture with a hope-filled message that is faithful to both the Gospel and the heritage of our country’s political tradition. It is a non-partisan organization.
Knights of Columbus, 17 Willow St., Westborough off E. Main St. across for Dunkin Donuts

Sep 19 Wed, 6pm 40 Days for Life Kickoff Pot Luck dinner, St. Mary’s Church Hall, 17 Waterville St. N.Grafton, Keynote from Mr. David O’Connell, Executive Director Mother of Life Center, Providence, RI RSVP with a dish to Annamaria Nickle at 508-799-9954 or aanickle@gmail.com

Sep 21 Fri Luncheon and talk by Fr. Peter West of Human Life International, HLI, at St Benedict's Abbey in Still River (Exit 38 off Rt 2) $35 pp, or full retreat with him, Thu Sep 20-Sat Sep 22, commuter = $125 if registered by 9/4 (includes retreat and all meals), or overnite retreat room and meals and full retreat $175 if registered before 9/4.
Sep 22 Sat 10am Mass at Problem Pregnancy Chapel with Fr. Cardinale. Prayer Vigil protest on Pleasant.
Sep 22 Sat 10am-Noon DaTechGuy on DaRadio on radio station WCRN, 830 AM - every Saturday. DaTechGuy is also DaProLifeGuy
Sep24 Mon Second Thoughts and the disability opposition to assisted suicide, The Massachusetts Senior Action Council's Falls Prevention Day, Boston (at the state house)

Sep 26 Wed – Nov 4 – 40 Days for Life Daily Public Peaceful Prayer Vigil across the street from Planned Parenthood, 470 Pleasant St., Worcester, MA 01609, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sign up or call Pauline Morris at 1-508-425-3087.
Sep 26 Wed 6pm 40 Days for Life Candlelight vigil, BYOC.

Oct 5 Fri - First Friday Mass in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St., followed by all night Eucharistic Adoration. Scheduled Adorers 8:30 PM – Nina T. 9PM - Chris T. 10PM – Julie S - Paul T. 11PM - Eileen D, 12 AM midnight – Shawn 1AM – Jim R 2AM – Fran W 3AM – Jay G 4AM – Jay G. 5AM – Fred M - Bob D 6:00 - Mike & Chris 7AM – Kathy. All hours could use backup. Let me know if you cannot cover your hour. Please keep Fr. Gallagher in your prayers.
Oct 6 Sat 8am 1st Saturday Mass (on the Second Saturday of September), Problem Pregnancy chapel followed by Prayer Vigil Protest outside on the sidewalk in front of or across from Planned Parenthood, 472 Pleasant St. Worc
Oct 7 Sun 2-3:30pm WORCESTER LIFE CHAIN participants stand in solidarity as a witness to our community that abortion is wrong. Uniform signs will be available, on the back of each sign there are prayers and hymns. As renowned pro-life leader Ruth Pakaluk from Worcester wrote “Imagine how frustrating it must be for us to see women viewing their own offspring as adversaries to be destroyed, throwing away the priceless gift God has lavished upon them to love and by whom to be loved.”

Oct 9 Tue 7-8:30pm “Living and Dying Well from a Catholic Perspective”, St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 1 Ruggles St., Westborough, MA - Speaker: Monsignor Peter Beaulieu

Oct 13 Sat 10am Mass Fr. Adam Reid - A change in Celebrant only
Oct 13 Sat Noon St. Joan of Arc in Worcester, consecration to the Immaculate Conception – on the 95th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima
Oct 16 Tue 7-8:30pm “Should Doctors Prescribe Death? A Violent Solution to Human Suffering.” St. Luke the Evangelist, 1 Ruggles St., Westborough, MA - Panel includes John Howland, MD and New England Regional Director of the Catholic Medical Association, Henry Luthinis Boston-area attorney who serves as the acting president of the board of the Pro-Life Legal Defense Fund
Oct 18 Thu 11am 40 Days for Life Prayer vigil with Bishop McManus, to pray the rosary and divine mercy chaplet.
Oct 20 Sat 10am Mass Fr. Robert Grattaroti (changed from 8am)

Oct 27 Sat 8:30am-3:30pm Dignity, Dangers, and Choices at the End of Life Conference, Hagan Center at Assumption College, Worcester. Speakers include: Bishop Robert McManus, Dr. William Toffler, Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, and Richard Doerflinger. brochure/registration form

Bill McCarthy is the Pro-Life State Rep candidate in the Worcester 14th/W.Boylston district. Time to throw out Pro-abortion, Pro-Same-Sex Marriage incumbent Jim O'Day
When we first obtained the 2009 Planned Parenthood application for the Central Massachusetts Title X federal grant, we were very surprised to find recommendation letters from many Central Massachusetts politicians as part of the application. State Representative James O'Day (Worcester - 14th) wrote a recommendation letter. In the grant application, there was a page listing the members of the Central Massachusetts Planned Parenthood Advisory Committee; Rachel McCook, a staffer for James O'Day, was on that committee.
1. PPLM's Central MA Advisory Committee -- Rachel McCook, James O'Day staffer on committee
2. Endorsement letter from James O'Day for PPLM to receive Title X grant (2 pages)

State Representative James O'Day (14th Worcester) has long been a leading proponent for the Planned Parenthood facility on Lincoln Street in Worcester (as he calls it, his district). At the state Health Council- PP DON meeting on July 9, 2008, O'Day spoke in favor of the proposed Planned Parenthood facility on Pleasant Street, Worcester

Brian O’Malley is the Pro-Life Pro-Traditional Marriage State Rep candidate in the Worcester 15th district

Romney/Ryan signs, shirts, buttons etc…

Oct 30 Tues 7pm Voter Information Session, Fr. Stephen Gemme of St. Bernadette’s parish in Northborough will answer the question: Why should we value religious liberty?
Knights of Columbus, 17 Willow St., Westborough off E. Main St. across for Dunkin Donuts
Nov 2 Fri 4:30pm Mass and Eucharistic procession for 40 Days for Life, Blessed Sacrament Church

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