ACTION ITEM:
Before we get to our weekly message discussing last Thursday’s rally and the days to come, we need your help once more! Vigil for Life has united with other pro-life groups from around the state to circulate a petition opposing the plan to perform late-term abortions at the Madison Surgery Center. We will be circulating this petition throughout the entire state as all Wisconsin taxpayers should be outraged that the publicly funded clinic will dismember live babies.
We encourage you to download the petition (the attached file) and circulate it among family and friends. Then, mail the completed petitions to the Karlens at the address listed at the bottom of the petition. We will add them to those collected by groups all over Wisconsin to be presented to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics president and board. Thank you for your help! Now to our message! Now to our message!
Message from the Vigil for Life Team
Dear Prayer Warriors,
To the Vigil for Life team and all those who allied with us in prayer and witness the past week and a half: Well done.
We could not have been more pleased with Thursday morning’s demonstration. More than 100 of you braved the subzero wind chills on short notice on a week day. Many more reported praying from home, work, school and church. In fact, prayers came in from all over Wisconsin. Absolutely superlative. We made a very strong statement. Even the secular media was out in force, with three television stations and the Wisconsin Radio Network out to cover our event. Just an exhilarating day.
Yet when the rally ended, I couldn’t shake a tinge of sorrow. When the cameras, microphones and signs were put away, my heart grew troubled. When I tried to spend a relaxing evening with my family, my thoughts remained haunted.
Haunted by the face of a little girl I met at the demonstration. A special needs child who greeted me with the biggest, most beautiful smile I have ever seen. A smile that radiated love and warmth and joy. Indeed, this little smile was the closest look at perfection I might ever have on this side of Heaven.
After saying my quick hello to this child, I quickly excused myself. You see, my eyes had begun to well with tears. But from that moment on, I couldn’t help but notice each and every child gathered with us. Whether nestled in closely to their mothers or playing in the snow, each boy and girl was a reminder of the innocence we adults seem to lose along the way.
Let us make every effort to protect these little ones, our greatest example of what once was good…and can be again. As my wife often says, abortion would be unimaginable if children ran the world. They simply would never tolerate the rationalization that accepts abortion as a reasonable solution to society’s problems. Instead, they’d cry “You can’t hurt a baby! Why would you ever hurt a baby?”
Let us pray that we may all see the world through the eyes of a child.
-The Vigil for Life Team
Looking Ahead
Outside of 40 Days for Life, we typically try to limit our emails to one per month. However, as this situation continues to develop, we will keep you updated. There are a lot of plans in the works, and we expect to make another major announcement in the days ahead. Stay tuned, my friends.
Until then, please continue to inundate UW with calls and emails:
Ms. Donna Katen-Bahensky, President and CEO
(608) 263-6400
Before we get to our weekly message discussing last Thursday’s rally and the days to come, we need your help once more! Vigil for Life has united with other pro-life groups from around the state to circulate a petition opposing the plan to perform late-term abortions at the Madison Surgery Center. We will be circulating this petition throughout the entire state as all Wisconsin taxpayers should be outraged that the publicly funded clinic will dismember live babies.
We encourage you to download the petition (the attached file) and circulate it among family and friends. Then, mail the completed petitions to the Karlens at the address listed at the bottom of the petition. We will add them to those collected by groups all over Wisconsin to be presented to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics president and board. Thank you for your help! Now to our message! Now to our message!
Message from the Vigil for Life Team
Dear Prayer Warriors,
To the Vigil for Life team and all those who allied with us in prayer and witness the past week and a half: Well done.
We could not have been more pleased with Thursday morning’s demonstration. More than 100 of you braved the subzero wind chills on short notice on a week day. Many more reported praying from home, work, school and church. In fact, prayers came in from all over Wisconsin. Absolutely superlative. We made a very strong statement. Even the secular media was out in force, with three television stations and the Wisconsin Radio Network out to cover our event. Just an exhilarating day.
Yet when the rally ended, I couldn’t shake a tinge of sorrow. When the cameras, microphones and signs were put away, my heart grew troubled. When I tried to spend a relaxing evening with my family, my thoughts remained haunted.
Haunted by the face of a little girl I met at the demonstration. A special needs child who greeted me with the biggest, most beautiful smile I have ever seen. A smile that radiated love and warmth and joy. Indeed, this little smile was the closest look at perfection I might ever have on this side of Heaven.
After saying my quick hello to this child, I quickly excused myself. You see, my eyes had begun to well with tears. But from that moment on, I couldn’t help but notice each and every child gathered with us. Whether nestled in closely to their mothers or playing in the snow, each boy and girl was a reminder of the innocence we adults seem to lose along the way.
Let us make every effort to protect these little ones, our greatest example of what once was good…and can be again. As my wife often says, abortion would be unimaginable if children ran the world. They simply would never tolerate the rationalization that accepts abortion as a reasonable solution to society’s problems. Instead, they’d cry “You can’t hurt a baby! Why would you ever hurt a baby?”
Let us pray that we may all see the world through the eyes of a child.
-The Vigil for Life Team
Looking Ahead
Outside of 40 Days for Life, we typically try to limit our emails to one per month. However, as this situation continues to develop, we will keep you updated. There are a lot of plans in the works, and we expect to make another major announcement in the days ahead. Stay tuned, my friends.
Until then, please continue to inundate UW with calls and emails:
Ms. Donna Katen-Bahensky, President and CEO
(608) 263-6400
publicaffairs@uwhealth.org
Media Coverage of Vigil for Life’s 1/8 demonstration:
Channel 3 Video: http://www.channel3000.com/news/18439268/detail.html
Sly in the Morning Radio Show: (Includes tasteless commentary after the interview): http://podcast.loyalears.com/mr_embeddable.php?station_id=wtdy&mp3_path=YmVndmJhZnlsX25v8mp3&UserID=
Catholic Herald: http://www.madisoncatholicherald.org/around-diocese/298-abortion-plan-protest.html
Media Coverage of Vigil for Life’s 1/8 demonstration:
Channel 3 Video: http://www.channel3000.com/news/18439268/detail.html
Sly in the Morning Radio Show: (Includes tasteless commentary after the interview): http://podcast.loyalears.com/mr_embeddable.php?station_id=wtdy&mp3_path=YmVndmJhZnlsX25v8mp3&UserID=
Catholic Herald: http://www.madisoncatholicherald.org/around-diocese/298-abortion-plan-protest.html
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