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Monsignor Philip Reilly
Indomitable pro-life veteran and world renowned sidewalk counselor Monsignor Philip Reilly will visit the Chicago area on Saturday, March 10 for a pro-life prayer vigil sponsored by the Chicago Helpers of God’s Precious Infants.
March 10 is an especially fitting day for a pro-life prayer vigil, as it is National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. What better day to pray for unborn children and that those responsible for taking their lives will have a genuine conversion of heart and become ex-abortion providers?
Msgr. Reilly has been active in the pro-life movement since 1967 — six years before Roe v. Wade — and in 1989, along with just four volunteers, he founded the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants outside the infamous Choices abortion center in Brooklyn, New York. Helpers Chapters now span across the United States and 18 countries worldwide. [Continue reading ...]
In response to President Obama’s HHS Mandate, the Pro-Life Action League is partnering with Citizens for a Pro-Life Society in calling for a national day of prayer and protest.
The Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom will take place in cities and towns all across the country on March 23 at Noon.
Thousands of faithful, pro-life Americans will meet at U.S. government sites—Federal Buildings, Congressional offices and historic sites—to stand up for religious freedom and demand that Obama rescind the HHS Mandate.
Over 50 cities and towns have already signs on to be a part of the Nationwide Rally on March 23, with more locations being added to the map every day. Contact the League for information on leading a Rally in your town.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now mandating [Continue reading ...]
Warning: The video linked to in this post contains graphic illustrations that are not suitable for children or teens. While the information the video contains is critical for parents and educators to know, readers are strongly cautioned that some of the material is disturbing.
Update, Feb. 17: American Life League’s exposé on Planned Parenthood’s sex ed propaganda was removed from YouTube because of a copyright infringement claim over one of the pictures used in the video. ALL believes the video complies with YouTube’s fair use policies and is fighting the claim.
In anticipation of National Condom Week, last week American Life League (ALL) posted a disturbing video entitled “Hooking Kids on Sex” that shines a light on Planned Parenthood’s sex education materials aimed at school-age children.
“Disturbing” is the word ALL used in its press release announcing the release of the video — and indeed it is.
Not to put too fine a point on it, ALL’s Jim Sedlak plainly states, “Any parent that sees the video of Planned Parenthood’s material for school children will be horrified.”
Over-the-top prudish rhetoric? No way. It really is that bad. [Continue reading ...]
It was a devilishly clever idea.
On February 2, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin called Paul’s Pantry — part of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, a well-respected Catholic charity — and asked if a truck could be sent over to pick up a donation of food.
Regardless of Paul’s Pantry’s response, Planned Parenthood wins. Either Paul’s Pantry sends a truck, which gives Planned Parenthood an astonishingly self-serving photo op, or else Paul’s Pantry refuses, which gives Planned Parenthood the opportunity to unload on them with both barrels and claim that Planned Parenthood is a genuine humanitarian service agency, while this Catholic charity is “extremist” or something and doesn’t really care about feeding hungry people.
Paul’s Pantry smelt a rat from the beginning. [Continue reading ...]
Pro-life activist Peter D’Attilio [Photo via MassResistance.org]
A Massachusetts judge has dismissed all charges against peaceful pro-life activist Peter D’Attilio stemming from his arrest last summer in what was clearly a disturbing case of police misconduct.
I’ve written previously about this incident, in which D’Attilio was arrested after distributing pro-life bookmarks at St. Rocco Parish’s annual festival in Franklin, Massachusetts.
After a festival chairman complained to police and asked that D’Attilio be removed, officers approached him and asked to see his identification. D’Attilio responded by asking why they wanted to see his ID.
One of the officers, Patrolman Robert Burchill, responded that he “needed to know who he was dealing with”.
D’Attilio claims that Officer Burchill then told him he was on private property owned by the church, at which point D’Attilio claims he offered to leave voluntarily, but then Burchill told him not to leave.
D’Attilio says he then told Burchill he was illegally detaining him, and that the officer tried to put his hand in D’Attilio’s back pocket to grab his wallet. [Continue reading ...]
Alan Nelles popped up one day — it must have been some time in the mid 1990s — at the Albany Medical Surgical Center abortion mill, unknown and unannounced. He wanted to know what he could do to stop abortion. We told him to pray with us.
He didn’t have a rosary so we gave him a cheap plastic one — which he seemed delighted with. He didn’t want to lead any Mysteries, but joined in answering the prayers. He seemed to like the songs we sang out of the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants prayer book.
I assumed he was Catholic, so I was surprised when I asked him what church he went to and it turned out he was Lutheran. Whenever I’d tell him he was more Catholic than many nuns I had met, he’d always say “We’re all Christians,” and that would be that. [Continue reading ...]
Late Chicago activist Alan Nelles [Photo by Ann Scheidler]
It’s with a heavy heart that I report that longtime Chicago activist and sidewalk counselor Alan Nelles died last week of a heart attack.
It came a shock to us at the League since anyone who ever served on the streets with Alan knew how full of life he was.
Alan was one of a kind. He had a warm personality and knew all the League staff members’ families. He’d ask me at every event about my children by name even though he’d only met them a handful of times.
He had a host of eccentric hobbies, ranging from working on computers to an encyclopedic knowledge of the ’60s TV show The Avengers. [Continue reading ...]
Earlier this hour, President Obama announced in a White House Press Conference an “adjustment” to the HHS Mandate. The Mandate is set to go into effect in August, and will require all employer health plans to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations and abortifacients.
The HHS originally provided a “religious exemption” so narrow that it would exclude Catholic hospitals, universities and charities, forcing these institutions to act in direct opposition to Catholic teaching through the health care plans they provide. Institutions run by other religious organizations would be likewise affected.
In response to outcry from religious leaders—including 171 Catholic bishops—and Americans from across the political spectrum, Obama today outlined an “adjustment” to the HHS Mandate whereby the objectionable services will be paid for by insurers rather than directly by employers.
Setting aside the fact that contraceptives are not preventative health care—since pregnancy is not a disease—Obama’s adjustment is nothing but a shell game.
At the end of the day, religious employers are still required to provide health plans that offer free contraceptives, sterilizations and abortifacients. [Continue reading ...]
There’s an article in the current issue of the Catholic New World — the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago — highlighting four strong pro-life clubs at Chicago area high schools: St. Patrick and Mother McAuley High Schools in Chicago, Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, and The Willows Academy in Des Plaines.
All of these clubs have used the Pro-Life Club Curriculum created by the Pro-Life Action League’s youth outreach, Generations for Life, or had members attend our TeenSpeak conferences over the past few years. Based on personal experience, I can assure you that they’re all doing great work!
If you or someone you know is interested in starting a pro-life club, contact GFL, and we would be happy to help.
This year’s TeenSpeak conference was a great success with two great talks by Josh Brahm of Life Report. But in a special surprise, Abby Johnson, who was giving the keynote address to the adults at the SpeakOut Illinois conference, came by to give a quick talk to the teens.
Her call to purity and to the hard work of keeping the pro-life movement going was so inspiring to the kids I thought I’d share it here.