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The Gospel of Life Institute invites you to "illuminate hope" in the lives of mothers and their babies by joining us as we Ride, Run or Walk 4 UltraSound on Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. As many of you know, 4US (formerly known as Ride4US) raises money to purchase ultrasound machines for clinics, illuminating hope for mothers in crisis. Benefitting clinics offer entirely free services to pregnant women, bringing the joy of motherhood into focus within a loving network of support. Ride one of four distances (5, 25, 42 or 62 miles) beginning at 7:30 a.m.; run a 5K or 10K timed race at 10:30 a.m.; or walk (5K) through the pristine beauty of an old-growth forest at 11:00 a.m. All participants will enjoy the Family Fun Festival with a free pancake breakfast, live Christian music, food and inflatables for the children from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Registration may be completed online or via snail mail. Be sure to indicate that you are participating as part of the Gospel of Life Institute's team (Father Ed White is the team captain).
Please consider making a donation to 4US via one of our team members.
Commentary and News
"Science teaches that human life begins at conception. If it is also true that it is affirmed by religion, it does not for that reason cease to be a strictly scientific truth, to be transformed into a religious opinion. He who denies that human life begins with conception does not need to contend with religion, but science. To deny this certainty of biology is not to express a lack of faith, but a lack of basic knowledge of human genetics, something that is even known by the general public."
~ Ecuadorian Federation of Societies of Gynecology and Obstetrics, April 17, 2008 ~
Please tell your friends and family about the Coalition Against Assisted Suicide and if you have not already done so, make a donation to this organization to help them defeat I-1000. In addition, take the time to educate yourself regarding I-1000 by visiting the question and answer section of www.noassistedsuicide.com. The Coalition Against Assisted Suicide needs volunteers to:
- Go to locations and special events where they are gathering signatures and hand out palm cards urging people, "Don't sign the death warrant." The signature gatherers are just hired hands who get paid for every signature they collect. We need volunteers to counter their activity.
- Contact senior centers, service clubs, and faith organizations in your community and help them schedule a speaker who can give an educational presentation about assisted suicide and I-1000.
Divine Mercy Care Expands to Include a Pro-Life Pharmacy
(6/10/08, Fairfax, VA) – By the grace of God, and with the unfailing support of our donors, Divine Mercy Care (DMC) will expand its healthcare operations beyond the Tepeyac Family Center (TFC) and launch a second entity in August 2008— the DMC Pharmacy, a pro-life non-profit pharmacy.
“In His providence, God has seen fit to bring us a successful, competent, pro-life pharmacist in the person of Robert Semler,” stated Dr. John Bruchalski, Board Chairman, “and we are thrilled to bring his professionalism and expertise under the mantle of Divine Mercy Care for the benefit of all our patients, friends, donors and members of the community.”
The pharmacy, only one of seven pro-life pharmacies in the United States and the only one near a major metropolitan area, will be managed by Robert Semler, R.Ph., a graduate of Rutgers University College of Pharmacy. Semler, a long-time member of Pharmacists for Life International, has over 30 years experience in hospital, chain, franchise and independent pharmacy practice.
“Our mission as a non-profit pharmacy,” stated Semler “is to offer superior pharmaceutical care—both traditional and clinical services—focusing on the individual in a family-oriented, pro-life environment, free of contraceptive products and anti-life messages. I am thrilled to be able to provide excellent pharmaceutical care to all who walk through the doors,” Semler said, “and I am grateful to be able to practice within the umbrella of Divine Mercy Care where my conscience will never be violated and my faith does not have to be ‘checked at the door’ each morning.”
The DMC Pharmacy will offer FDA approved prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and quality alternative products including vitamins, natural products, homeopathics and herbals, home health needs and special order products and equipment. In keeping with Divine Mercy Care’s principles, the DMC Pharmacy will not dispense, recommend or counsel on contraceptive products. It will truly be a pharmacy for life!
“Divine Mercy Care is values based and consumer driven. Both patients and professionals do not want to abandon their conscience while they seek medical care,” Bruchalski continued. “We need to be professional, personal, and passionate about how we infuse our community with the love of Jesus Christ. We must not separate our faith from our work. The God of science is also the God of revealed religion” said Bruchalski. “As Pope Benedict XVI emphasized in his recent visit to the USA, ‘Only when their faith permeates every aspect of their lives do Christians become truly open to the transforming power of the Gospel.’”
DMC Pharmacy is the second operating entity of Divine Mercy Care, the first being the Tepeyac Family Center. To learn more about Divine Mercy Care, a 501(c)3 tax exempt health care organization, and its mission to transform hearts through healthcare, call 703-934-5552, email info@divinemercycare.org, or visit them on the web at www.divinemercycare.org.
A pharmacy for life is a pharmacy worth supporting! If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation towards the start up costs of the pharmacy, you may do so by:
#1. Calling 703-934-5552 x 304
#2. Donating online at www.divinemercycare.org
#3. Mailing a check to DMC Pharmacy, c/o Divine Mercy Care, 11096-B Lee Hwy Suite 102, Fairfax, VA 22030
Embryonic stem cell research 'absolutely unacceptable,' U.S. bishops say
Orlando, Jun 13, 2008 / 07:16 pm (CNA).- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), gathered for its spring meeting in Orlando, on Friday issued its first formal statement addressing in detail embryonic stem cell research and the ethical controversies surrounding it. The nine-page statement said that harvesting embryonic stem cells is a “gravely immoral” and “absolutely unacceptable” act that involves the deliberate killing of innocent human beings. Read more
Father Thomas Euteneur, the president of Human Life International, is asking priests to sign a "pledge of assent" in support of Humanae Vitae, to mark the encyclical's 40th anniversary. Please encourage your pastors or brother priests to sign the pledge on HLI's website, www.hli.org/hv_plege.php.
June 18, 2008
Planned Parenthood Targets Native Americans with Abortion
By Colin Mason
June 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com/PRI) - The American abortion lobby claims to be an equal-opportunity abortion provider, looking out for the needs and wants of all women. Not so. Big Abortion devotes an inordinate amount of attention to Blacks, Hispanics, and Alaska Natives who, in proportion to their population, have the highest abortion rates in America. Now, eager to add another scalp to its collection, it is turning its sights on Native Americans. Read More
June 12, 2008
Never underestimate what a young person can do. Thanks to 20-year-old Kristi Burton, a Colorado constitutional amendment that would define personhood as “any human being from the moment of fertilization” has collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot for the November election. Information about the Colorado constitutional amendment can be found at Catholic News Agency. The story behind the amendment can be found in the Denver Post.
Don't miss the following articles on Human Life of Washington's website:
Covering the Cost of Assisted Suicide but Not Chemotherapy in Oregon
Nazi doctor wins medical award
June 4, 2008