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Vol. 35 No. 2
April 2015
Co-Founder of Pro-Life Action Ministries Dies
by Brian Gibson
Executive Director
On February 20, 2015, our very good
friend and outstanding pro-life advocate,
Br. Paul O’Donnell, died suddenly yet
peacefully in his sleep. He was 55. He
will be greatly missed but his many great
works and contributions will not be for-
gotten.
In March 1981, Br. Paul, along with
the late Br. Michael Gaworski, founded
P.E.A.C.E. of Minnesota (re-named ProLife Action Ministries in 1986). Br. Paul
developed the nation's first formally
organized sidewalk counseling program
(he coined the term “sidewalk counseling”) which remains effective to this day
Br. Paul was a sidewalk counseling pioneer and made this direct-action outreach an integral
part of Pro-Life Action Ministries from the very beginning. He led some of the very first
sidewalk counseling training sessions in the country, including on the national level.
in Minnesota and Central Florida.
In those early years (Br. Paul was in
college at the time), he organized sit-ins
at abortion facilities, led prayer rallies,
and started recruiting volunteers to sidewalk counsel. Later he helped lead
“Operation Rescue”-style events in
Minnesota for the purpose of saving
defenseless babies and to bring public
attention to abortion.
Throughout the years, he participated
in thousands of prayer vigils and rallies
at abortion facilities, became a national
spokesperson for the effort to save Terri
Schiavo’s life, and remained a spokesperson for the fight against active euthanasia. At the time of his death, Br. Paul was
president of Pro-Life Action Ministries
and chairman of the board of directors of
the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network.
Br. Paul spoke to hundreds of groups
about defending the defenseless, vulnerable, and poor. A milestone in Br. Paul’s
career was his very moving address to
hundreds of thousands of pro-life supporters in attendance at the 2011 March
for Life.
His legacy includes more than 3,000
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From the Executive Director, Brian Gibson . . .
Stand for Life
There is no single area of pro-life
work that is more important than standing outside an abortuary in prayer.
Please don’t misunderstand me. I
know that are many important areas of
hard work that people in the pro-life
movement must be about in order to
bring an end to the killing of the unborn.
And many in the pro-life movement are
involved in these other arenas. From
pregnancy help centers to a host of educational opportunities to legislative and
even political work, much needs to be
accomplished to bring an end to the
killing. Add to that the areas of outreach
to post-abortive women and men, bringing the reconciling power of Christ to
former and even current abortion workers, and working to resolve the underlying issues of abortion, there remains
much to be accomplished.
Yet, I will restate it: there is no single
area of pro-life work more important
than standing at the abortion mills praying and witnessing for life.
Abortion is not an issue. It is the horrific practice of intentionally killing defenseless human beings. We can lose
sight of this when engaging in debates
about abortion and pressing for change.
By being present at the abortuary, the
reality of abortion is kept alive in our
hearts and minds, keeping us fresh for
any and all other work in the pro-life
movement.
When Christians are present at abortion mills, babies’ lives are saved. The
pro-abortion people know this. I am not
talking here about sidewalk counseling,
where through the interaction with
women arriving for their scheduled abortions, we can actually document lives
being saved. I am referring to those who
see us present at the abortuaries and
because of this, decide to just drive on,
never keeping their appointments with
death. Internal memos from Planned
Parenthood officials point this out. There
is a percentage of “no-shows” every time
those “protestors” are out there. We also
have those times when a woman will stop
to thank one of us for the life of her child.
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There is no single area of pro-life work more important than
standing at the abortion mills praying and witnessing for life.
She tells us that seeing someone present
was all she needed to turn away and that
she never told anyone at the time. The
countless unknown babies saved.
Abortion mills close. The witness in
recent years of the 40 Days for Life campaigns, as well as other prayer efforts at
the abortion mills, is the closure of these
places. The peaceful, prayer-filled presence of Christians keeping vigil, coming
back regularly and consistently in front
of abortion mills has been an important
part of closing dozens of these mills
across the country, including the first
ever to close in Minnesota because of
pro-life efforts (through our campaigns at
Regions Hospital). Persistent and consistent prayer presence at these places
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works.
Every day that abortions are scheduled at these “gates of hell,” real, living
human beings are killed. Even if all of
the above were not true, as Christians we
have a duty to stand in solidarity with the
defenseless, offering aid in any way possible and being present for these innocents. They are being abandoned unto
death by their own mother and father.
Society is treating them as sub-humans
or worse. Without the presence of Christians, the world is being told there is
nothing wrong about killing babies by
abortion.
Join with us. We will help you be
present and keep vigil. Set a time to go
out for a half hour or more each week.
Or find the time to go for an hour or
more every other week. But make a
commitment to be there. Bring
friends, family, church groups. Come
stand for life.
Pro-Life Action News is published six
times a year by Pro-Life Action Ministries, Inc., 1163 Payne Ave, St. Paul, MN
55130 (651) 771-1500
Publisher - Brian Gibson,
Executive Director
Editor - Debra Braun,
Education Director
Permission is granted to reprint articles
from this newsletter. Please credit ProLife Action News, Pro-Life Action
Ministries, St. Paul, Minn.
Pro-Life Action Ministries is an interdenominational Christian organization dedicated to publicly defending
the sanctity of human life, and saving
lives from abortion, infanticide and
euthanasia now through peaceful
direct-action and educational projects. It was founded in 1981 by
Michael Gaworski, fbp, and Paul
O’Donnell, fbp.
Rest in Peace, Br. Paul (from page 1)
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babies that have been documented saved
from abortion through the sidewalk
counseling work of Pro-Life Action
Ministries, inspiring countless others to
join in the effort to directly defend innocent lives, and bringing to the attention of
the whole pro-life movement the need to
include work for those vulnerable to
active euthanasia.
We feel blessed to have been able to
share in his vision. Inspired by his lifelong devotion to the pro-life movement
and advocating for the vulnerable, we
seek to continue that legacy here at ProLife Action Ministries. God bless you
Br. Paul O’Donnell.
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Br. Paul was arrested
several times and spent
time in jail for his peaceful efforts to defend the
lives of unborn children
(typically by sitting in
front of the doors to the
abortion centers during
a sit-in). This arrest took
place in Denver in the
mid-1980s.
Below—Br. Paul with baby Joseph
Maraachli, a disabled child whose life
he helped save when a Canadian hospital refused the treatment requested
by his parents. “Br. Paul led his life
standing up for the vulnerable and
those who could not speak for themselves. He will be deeply missed," said
Bobby Schindler, sister of Terri
Schiavo and executive director of the
organization named after her.
Co-founders of Pro-Life Action Ministries, Br. Michael Gaworski and Br. Paul
O’Donnell, led many prayer rallies outside Planned Parenthood in St. Paul. In
1991, Br. Michael suffered severe brain damage due to a sudden case of bacterial
pneumonia which caused his heart to stop while he was sleeping. Br. Paul and their
fellow Franciscan Brothers of Peace lovingly cared for Br. Michael at their friary
until he died in 2003 at the age of 45.
by Michele Herzog
Central Florida Branch Manager
I wanted to share something that happened at Planned Parenthood recently. It
was beautiful and I thought you would
want to hear about it.
I went to minister around 12:00 noon
that day and unfortunately it was busy
with abortion-bound women still going
in. That is why I've started going out at
On the Frontlines
this time to catch the late stragglers.
Around 2:00, I was speaking with an
abortion-bound dad when I noticed one
of the gals who was there for 40 Days for
Life (at this point it was just the two of
us) talking with a woman. After I had
spoken with the abortion-bound dad, the
woman there for 40 Days approached and
introduced the other woman to me. She
said, "Maybe you can help her."
The woman shared how she had seen
us standing out there and so she pulled in
to talk with us. She wanted to know
where we went to church. She was tearful at this point, sharing that she was not
there for an abortion, but she had stopped
because she had walked away from God
and knew she HAD to get back with Him
because her life was a mess and she had
no peace. By this time she was crying.
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Pro-Life Action News
Two Other Pro-Life Leaders Die Recently
by Debra Braun
Education Director
In addition to Br. Paul O’Donnell, the
pro-life movement lost two other national
leaders in February. John (Jack) Willke,
M.D., and his wife, Barbara (who was a
nurse), were the world’s foremost educators on fetal development and abortion.
Dr. Willke died the
same day as Br. Paul,
February 20, at the
age of 89. (Barbara
died two years ago.)
Beginning before Roe
v. Wade, the Willkes’
talks, educational resources and media ap-
pearances motivated a whole generation
to fight abortion. They spoke jointly in
64 countries and their materials were
translated into 32 languages. Their final
book, Abortion and the Pro-life Movement: An Inside View, has just been released.
“Dr. Willke met with presidents and
popes and crossed the globe, but his passion was always to ensure the right to life
for helpless unborn children and other
vulnerable people,” said Paula Westwood, executive director of Right to Life
of Greater Cincinnati, a group founded by
the Willkes in their home state.
On a personal note, the Willkes’ slide
show and Handbook on Abortion propelled me into the pro-life movement (at
the age of 16), as they did so many other
Continuing the
Momentum!
April 2015
people in those early years. I also had the
privilege of working with Dr. Willke for
the National Right to Life Committee in
the early1980s when he was president of
the organization. Dr. Willke was also a
founding member of several other prolife groups, including the International
Right to Life Federation and Life Issues
Institute.
Pro-life advocate
and author, Charles
Rice, also recently
died. The following
excerpts are from the
Catholic Herald (Arlington, Va., March 2,
2015):
Charles E. Rice,
Catholic Herald photo
professor emeritus at
the University of Notre Dame Law
School, an expert in constitutional law
and jurisprudence, champion of the rights
of the unborn, and leading Catholic
scholar, died February 25. He was 83.
Rice, an international speaker and the
author of 13 books, was an early leader in
the pro-life movement. He worked
ardently for a Human Life Amendment to
the Constitution and restrictions on federal funding of abortion. He authored
numerous amicus briefs to the Supreme
Court in abortion-related cases.
A man who loved teaching and defending the faith, Rice wrote a bi-weekly column in the Notre Dame student newspaper, The Observer, for many years, arguing in support of the positions of the
church on contraception, abortion, the
death penalty and marriage.
For daily news on the life issues:
Pro-Life Action Ministries conducted our first “Leaders for Life” event
February 7 to inspire teens and young adults to continue the momentum from
the January 22 Marches for Life. Following an inspiring talk by Bryan
Kemper, of Stand True Pro-Life Outreach, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in
Minneapolis, the group walked three blocks to the Parkside Professional
Building which houses Whole Woman’s abortion center. There they prayed
for an end to abortion, and specifically, for the unborn babies and their mothers and fathers inside the abortion center that morning.
For more information about this new initiative, go to http://plam.org/getinvolved/leaders-for-life/ or call us at 651-771-1500.
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www.JillStanek.com
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April 2015
Pro-Life Action News
So far in 2015, we’ve documented 17
babies saved, including another one in
Duluth today, just as this newsletter
was heading to the printer!
* From Sarah Winandy, Assistant to the
Director, Duluth Branch Office —
We had three sidewalk counselors on
February 13 when we saw nine couples
go in for an abortion; each heard our
words imploring them not to take the life
On the Frontlines
(from page 3)
She went on to say she had a two-yearold girl and an atheist husband who was
demeaning to her and has been physically
abusive in the past. She also shared that
her mother was a Christian and actually
was a youth minister.
She said she lived with shame and guilt
for walking away from God and I shared
with her the shame, guilt and unforgiveness I lived with for many years because
of my abortions, but by the grace of God,
I could stand here today because of HIS
shed blood for us, HIS grace and tender
mercies! I asked her if she was really
ready to follow the true Savior, Jesus
Christ, even in the midst of a storm and
she willingly and sorrowfully said,
"YES!" It was a beautiful moment as the
three of us stood together while I prayed
over her and then she began to pray, crying out to God to forgive her for walking
away from Him years ago and asking
Him to be her Lord and wanting to follow
Him completely.
We exchanged phone numbers, and I
plan to have lunch with her. It was one of
the most beautiful experiences I have had
in a long time. She truly had such a repentant and broken heart for her Lord, our
Lord. I praise Him for allowing me to be
a part of what He was doing that day.
Truly our presence affects many people
in many different ways. For this woman,
seeing us out there was enough for her to
stop and desperately try to make it back to
the God she once loved and had walked
away from. You just never know what
God can do when we are obedient and on
the sidewalk for HIM!
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of their innocent baby. It was Rebecca’s
first time to sidewalk counsel and she did
a great job. It’s really wonderful to have
her join us!
After the last couple came, and after
Jim had spoken to them, we knew it was
time for us to leave. Rebecca was riding
with me and just after I had pulled away
from the clinic she said, “Look, isn’t that
the last couple that had gone in?” They
were walking away from the clinic on the
sidewalk. I went around the block and
found a place to pull over and park.
I ran over to them and asked if she was
pregnant while handing them our pamphlet. They answered, “Yes, we changed
our minds.” I was trying to hide my overjoyed state of emotion as I encouraged
them and prayed for them. They didn’t
want our help but cried when I prayed
and took the Bible I offered them. They
also took my phone number.
It was an exciting moment and for
Rebecca it was extremely encouraging
since the Lord used her to help us know
of this baby saved. I would have missed
them if it had not been for her! Praise the
Lord! Pray for this young couple that
they might contact us for follow-up.
* That same day, another baby was
saved, miles away in Central Florida
outside AWHC. Here is a condensed version of the report from volunteer sidewalk counselor, Peggy:
I joined Dan, Pat and David while car
after car came in, filled with angry couples who didn’t want our help and preferred that we would just get lost. Yet He
was still there with us. Then she came
alone. She, unlike the others, turned and
saw our signs as I called out to her. She
didn’t come over but went towards the
building. . . .Cars continued to come in
and then I saw her car driving out and she
waved at me. . . . I could hardly see her
face from all of the tears but she rolled
the window down. She has a 2-year-old
and a loving husband who knew where
she was but was totally against what she
was about to do. A physician had told
her that her 8-week-old baby was braindamaged and even told her to come to
AWHC for an abortion. She felt helpless.
Over and over she kept repeating “How
could I be so stupid to even consider
this?” Then she took a deep breath and
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Mildred S. Hanson and Thomas
Webber, well-known figures in the
Minnesota abortion industry, recently died. We sincerely hope
that they truly repented, grieved
for the lives they took and put
their trust in Christ for salvation
before their deaths.
Mildred S. Hanson
1923 - 2015
Mildred S. Hanson died March 4.
Besides operating her own abortion
facility in south Minneapolis, Hanson
was the medical director of Planned
Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota
for 30 years.
Hanson remained involved in her
abortion practice in her later years,
committing abortions up until at least
three years ago (and perhaps later than
that). Her daughter Marilee started
doing abortions in Minneapolis about
12 years ago and continues the abortion
business now.
Hanson committed abortions prior
to Roe v. Wade. She admitted to coaching pregnant women on how to convince a psychiatrist that they were suicidal. A hospital abortion committee
would then approve the abortion “to
save the woman’s life” and Hanson
would kill the unborn child.
Hanson referred to herself as a
“Late Abortion Specialist” and there is
a second-trimester abortion technique
named after her. The “Hanson maneuver” is described in abortionist Warren
Hern’s book, Abortion Practice. The
abortionist places one hand on the
mother’s abdomen to hold the baby
close to the lower end of the uterus so
that he or she can more easily be dismembered and removed piece by piece.
In a 2003 video, “Voices of Choice,”
Hanson said that over the years, she had
often thought about her involvement in
abortion. “I have even prayed about it,”
she said. “Will my descendants way
down the road be ashamed of me? . . . I
think all of us who do abortions go
through the same ethical, soul-searching process.”
Thomas P. Webber
1943 - 2015
Thomas Webber died February 26
after a lengthy illness. He had been the
director of Planned Parenthood of
Minnesota/South Dakota (PPM/SD)
from 1970 - 2000. Under his leadership,
PPM/SD started killing unborn children
at its facility in St. Paul in 1976 (with an
estimated 96,000 killed since then).
Later, adding to its network of abortion
referral, birth control and sex education
centers across Minnesota, the organization established an abortion mill in
Sioux Falls, S.D. While Webber was
director, PPM/SD vigorously lobbied
for more and more tax funding and
fought against pro-life legislation. Webber was once quoted in the St.
Paul Pioneer Press as saying,“If
Planned Parenthood had no abortion, it
would see its soul unravel.” (July 27,
2000) Webber’s obituary listed as the
preferred recipient of memorials a “nokill” cat shelter and foster network
where he had volunteered.
Pray for . . .
A hallmark of our ministry has been
confronting the evil of abortion with the
love of Christ. This approach has
included publicly identifying who the
abortionists (and pro-abortion leaders)
are. The practice of placing the names
of abortionists in this newsletter has a
twofold purpose: to ask for your heartfelt prayers for the conversion of those
listed and to inform you so that you are
not patients of those committing abortions.
The criteria for placing someone on
this list is that the individual is directly
involved in committing abortions and
that this can be reasonably verified. We
have resoundingly condemned any sort
of physical or psychological threats to
anyone involved in abortion. Our desire
is for the love of God to permeate the
lives of those associated with abortion,
that they will turn away from the harm
they inflict and become followers of
Christ as so many before them have
done. Please pray for the following
abortionists:
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Minnesota
Carol Ball, David Baram, Kristi
Borowski, Robin Bresette, Steven
Brown, Thomas F. Campbell, William
Cliby, Peter D’Ascoli, Norman Davies,
Sean Dowdy, Kathryn Eggleston, June
Fahrmann, Abimbola Famuyide, Hope
Frisch, Melvin Frisch, Lynn Hagedorn,
Marilee Hanson, Rise Hatten, Liz
Jordan, Beni Katz, Christopher
Klingele, Frederick Kravitz, Mary
Mahoney, Miriam McCreary, Catherine
McKegney, George Miks, Judith Ney,
Donna Randall, Carl Rose, Mark Tanz,
Carrie Terrell, Kenneth Trofatter, Dirk
Van Oppen, Timothy Wilson
Orlando
Jodelle Allen, Fernando Betancourt,
Ralph Bundy, Gary Dresden, Emil
Felski, Kathy Hirtz, Merri Morris,
Harvey Roth, James Pendergraft, Jose
Raul Quintana, Christopher Saputa,
Philip Waterman, Randall Whitney
Is Your Doctor Involved in Abortions?
Does Your Doctor Prescribe
Abortifacient Birth Control?
Ask your own doctor if he/she does
abortions or refers for them, or prescribes abortifacients such as the Pill,
Ortho Evra (the “patch”), Depo-Provera
(the “shot”), Nuva-Ring, the “morningafter pill,” implants, or the IUD. All
these methods (and others) can cause
very early abortions by thinning the lining of the uterus so that if breakthrough
ovulation occurs (which it sometimes
does) and a new life is conceived, the
young human being may not be able to
attach to the uterine lining and therefore
he or she dies. These methods can also
be very dangerous, even deadly, to the
woman. If you would like to go to a
completely pro-life physician, we have a
list of such doctors. Call (651) 771-1500.
Natural Family Planning
For information about the safe, effective and morally acceptable methods of
Natural Family Planning (NFP), contact our office, or One More Soul at: 1800-307-7685 or www.OMSoul.com.
One More Soul has resources to help
people understand how children are a
great blessing from God, and how contraception is extremely harmful to
women, and their marriages, and consequently to families, Church and society.
April 2015
Babies Saved
(from page 5)
said, “I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me.” Brain-damaged or
not, this baby is a gift from God and she
knew it in her heart. When I asked what
changed her mind she said, “Your sign.”
I thanked Him for being the biggest part
of “We.”
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Regular Prayer Times Outside the Abortion Centers
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We encourage you to join in with the following groups or start your own prayer time
outside an abortion center. Many of these (not all) are Catholic Rosary groups, but
we strongly encourage prayer groups from all other denominations as well. If you
start going out and would like to have your group listed here, please contact Debra
Braun at (651) 797-6364.
Orlando
All Women's Health Center 431 Maitland Ave., Altamonte Springs
Tuesday 11:30 a.m., (Rosary), St. Margaret Mary, Jim (407) 864-8934
Wednesday 9:30 a.m., (Rosary), St. Mary Magdalen, Larry (407) 453-4583
EPOC 609 Virginia Dr., Orlando
Saturday 10:00 a.m., Resound Ministries, Larry and Leah Ramirez (407) 340-0204
Third Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m., St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Nita (407) 737-2907
Planned Parenthood 726 Tampa Ave. (SW corner of the Citrus Bowl), Orlando
Wednesday 10:00 a.m., (Rosary), Blessed Trinity Catholic Church
St. Paul/Minneapolis
Marilee Hanson’s abortion center 710 E. 24th St., Minneapolis
Two Saturdays a month 7:30 a.m., (Rosary), Bob (651) 464-1541
The sign that recently helped saved a
baby’s life in Central Florida!
* Here’s an abbreviated version of a
report by Evie Schwartzbauer, Administrative Assistant in the St. Paul office:
One January morning, we received a
call from a woman who had left Planned
Parenthood (PP) that day, with a brochure from a sidewalk counselor. I
talked with her and praised her for leaving. She told me she didn’t have the
appointment to have the abortion that
day, she had just gone there to talk – her
appointment was the following week.
She said she didn’t want an abortion
but she was so worried because she
already had 3 kids. I assured her she
made the right choice for life and that
she can do this (keep her baby) and that
we will help her through this process.
I followed up with her, all the while
being unsure if she would keep her abortion appointment or not. But she did go
to a pregnancy help center for an ultrasound.
The day of the abortion appointment
we met for lunch. . . . I asked her, “So
you don’t think you’ll go back into
Planned Parenthood again then?” She
said that all the girls there were just sad
and full of fear. And she told me that PP
lied to her. She found out at the pregnancy help center what her baby looked like,
that it wasn’t a blob of tissue, and she got
an explanation on abortion and what it
Planned Parenthood 671 Vandalia St., St. Paul
Thursday 5:00 p.m., (Rosary), Bob (651) 464-1541
Friday 9:30 a.m., (Rosary), led by a priest of the Archdiocese
Friday 3:00 p.m., (Rosary), Legion of Mary (651) 439-9098
Friday 3:15 p.m., (Rosary), St. John Vianney Seminarians
Saturday 9:30 a.m., (Rosary), University of St. Thomas students
Third Saturday 11:00 a.m., (Rosary), Cathedral of St. Paul Knights of
Columbus #14752, Al Rohweder (651) 779-6171
Richfield Planned Parenthood 6527 Lyndale Ave., S.
Tuesday 1:15 p.m., (Rosary), Emily Koenig (Leave message at 612-824-0787.)
Robbinsdale abortion center 3819 W. Broadway, Robbinsdale
Daily 6:00 p.m., (Rosary), John (612) 913-2785
Last Friday of month 9:00-10:00 a.m., Hope Community Church,
Sarah (612) 703-1407
Saturday 10:00 a.m., (Rosary), led by Rev. Thomas Dufner
Whole Woman’s 825 S. 8th St., Minneapolis
Two Saturdays a month 7:30 a.m., (Rosary), Bob (651) 464-1541
Second Saturday 8:00 a.m., (Rosary), Joyce (612) 644-3232
Duluth
Women’s Health Center 32 E. First St.
Tuesday 10:00 a.m., (Rosary), Marie Opfahl (320) 384-6292
St. Cloud, Minn.
Planned Parenthood 451 E. Saint Germain St.
Friday 6:00 p.m., (Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet), Knights of Columbus,
Jim Tembrock (320) 253-1564
Rochester, Minn.
Planned Parenthood 1212 7th St., NW
Call Paula (507) 398-5677 for details.
entails and it disgusted her.
She is six and a half weeks pregnant
and is really grateful she called us and
even thanked us on our Facebook page
saying, “My baby saved, thanks to you ,”
with her ultrasound attached!
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PAID Twin Cities MN
Permit No. 2097
Baby’s hands 7 weeks
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National Sidewalk
Counseling Symposium
July 24-25, 2015
Chicago
Sponsored by Pro-Life Action
Ministries and hosted locally by ProLife Action League, this symposium is
open to any pro-lifer interested in sidewalk counseling! Confirmed speakers
include national leaders David Bereit;
Shawn Carney; Rev. Walter Hoye;
John Jakubczyk; Edmund Miller; Fr.
Frank Pavone; Joe, Ann and Eric
Scheidler; Alicia Wong; and Pro-Life
Action Ministries staff.
The symposium will begin on Friday
evening and continue from 8:30 - 5:30
on Saturday. The fee is $50 (there may
be some scholarships available for
those unable to afford this fee). An
invitation-only leaders dinner meeting
will take place Saturday evening.
Go to www.plam.org/nationalsidewalk-counseling-symposium/. To
register, call (651) 797-6361.
Pro-Life Action News
Calendar of Events
April 2015
St. Paul
April 3 — Good Friday Prayer Vigil, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Planned Parenthood, St. Paul (free shuttle buses from University of St. Thomas)
October 5 — Annual Life Banquet with speaker Lila Rose, Founder, Live Action
Weekly — “Living the Gospel of Life” radio show with Brian Gibson and Kim Morgan
Relevant Radio, 1330 AM, Twin Cities, 11:30 a.m., Saturdays, and K-YES, 1180 AM, St.
Cloud, Minn., 9:30 a.m., Fridays, or listen online at: www.plam.org/programs/radio-show/
Orlando
April 3 — Good Friday Hour of Prayer and Praise, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
WomanCare abortion center, 10244 E. Colonial Drive, Suite102, Orlando
April 11 — Sidewalk Counseling Training — 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
First Life Pregnancy Center, 3125 Bruton Blvd, Orlando, FL 32811
April 23 and May 28 — “Jesus Loves the Little Children” Days — Parents, bring your
children and teens to witness for life!
EPOC, 609 Virginia Dr., Orlando — 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Duluth
April 3 — Good Friday Solemn Public Prayer Service, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Building for Women, 32 East First St., Duluth
Starting in May — Cemetery of the Innocents
(See page 2 for contact information to obtain details about any of these events.)
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(651) 771-1500 www.plam.org