The U.D.R.L.C. will hold its annual Respect Life Mass on Friday, October
25th at 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine's Church, Highland, New York. All
people of good will are welcome to the Mass with no prior registration
required. Prior reservation is required to attend the U.D.R.L.C.'s
Annual Dinner later that evening at Novella's restaurant at New Paltz,
where veteran pro-life activist Anthony Pinque from Ellenville will be
honored and the guest speaker will be Ayesha Kreutz, the Executive
Director of the Coalition to Protect Lids N.Y. For more information on
reserving tickets or journal ads, please visit: https://ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org or contact Robert Smith at rdsmithjr@live.com
No tickets or ads will be sold at the door, so prior reservations are mandatory.
RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY FLOURISHES IN
ULSTER COUNTY THANKS TO PRAYER CHAINS
U.D.R.L.C. SPONSORS BILINGUAL BILLBOARD
URGING A "NO" VOTE ON PROPOSAL ONE ON 11/5
Contact: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas
October 4th, 2024 (Ulster Park, New York) - This fall, the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee
(https://ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org)
is ramping up its cooperation with statewide opposition to Proposal One's attempt to amend the New York state constitution by sponsoring a billboard on Route 9W southbound at Ulster Park during October to urge local voters in English and Spanish to vote against this ballot proposal. "After approving the design by the Coalition to Protect Kids N.Y. (https://protectkidsny.com), we were only too happy to post our exhortation to Ulsterites and all passers-by on Route 9W to defend parental rights, to preserve girls' sports for girls, and to avoid further encroachments on the lives of preborn children by voting NO to Proposal One," stated Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C. Fr. Rojas further disclosed that the billboard is one more step in the U.D.R.L.C.'s cooperation with the Coalition to Protect Kids N.Y. to educate New Yorkers, starting but not limited to local Catholics, on the perils of this misnamed "Equal Rights Amendment" proposal to the right to life for preborn children, to the rights of parents to raise their children in accord with their values, and the integrity of girls' sports and other opportunities. As covered by a number of news sources, the U.D.R.L.C. has distributed thousands of palm cards and sheets on Proposal One in English and Spanish at different venues within Ulster County this year such as the Ulster County Fair (New Paltz) and Blueberry Festival (Ellenville) and through several Catholic churches and other sites.
The U.D.R.L.C. coordinates the pro-life activities of several Catholic parishes within the Ulster Deanery of the Archdiocese of New York, which is coterminous with Ulster County. The Committee has worked with other social actors for pro-life and pro-family causes, such as the Bruderhof Communities.
COMITÉ PRO-VIDA DEL DECANATO DE ULSTER
AUSPICIA CARTELERA BILINGÜE PARA ANIMAR VOTOS EN CONTRA DE LA PROPUESTA UNO EL CINCO DE NOVIEMBRE
Comunicarse: Padre ARTHUR ROJAS
Ulster Park, Nueva York (4 de octubre del 2024) - El "Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee", o sea el comité pro-vida del Decanato de Ulster de la Arquidiocesis de Nueva York
(https://ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org)
, lanzó una cartelera animando a los anglohablantes y a los hispanohablantes del condado de Ulster a votar "NO" a la Propuesta Uno el 5 de noviembre. "Por el mes de octubre, hemos dedicado nuestra cartelera junto a la Ruta 9W en Ulster Park para advertir a nuestros vecinos del peligro de la Propuesta Uno a los derechos de los padres a la crianza de sus hijos, a la integridad del deporte femenino y a la vida de los nonatos," anunció el Padre ARTHUR ROJAS, Moderador y Director Espiritual del comité.
Esta cartelera es un avance a la colaboración del comité con la oposición estatal a la Propuesta Uno, abanderada por la "Coalition to Protect Kids N.Y." (https://protectkidsny.com). Padre Rojas reveló que el "Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee" ya ha repartido miles de tarjetones y folletos en ingles y espanol mediante varias parroquias católicas del condado de Ulster además en ferias y festivales en New Paltz, Ellenville y otros lugares del condado para educar a los electores locales en los dos idiomas acerca de la Propuesta Uno.
El "Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee" coordina las actividades en pro de la causa pro-vida de varias parroquias católicas ubicadas en el Decanato de Ulster de la Arquidiócesis de Nueva York, que abarca el mismo territorio del condado de Ulster. A la vez, el comité ha colaborado con otras fuerzas sociales, por ejemplo las Comunidades del Bruderhof (protestantes de índole anabautista), en temas pro-vida y pro-familia.ULSTER DEANERY RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE ENGAGES THE PUBLIC
AT BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL, ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK
Contact: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas or Dcn. John Carr
Ellenville, New York - August 10, 2024 - The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (U.D.R.L.C.), which coordinates the Catholic pro-life movement in Ulster County, engaged the marketplace of ideas through its booth at the annual Blueberry Festival at Ellenville, New York. "We were greatly blessed with good weather for the event and a wonderful turnout," stated Dcn. John Carr, Deputy Moderator-Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C., adding "we were able to distribute information that ranged from help for parents who need help with basic needs all the way to comforting parents suffering from the effects of aborting their child." Furthermore, the U.D.R.L.C. enjoyed the practical and prayerful support locally of St. Mary and St. Andrew's Parish at Ellenville, which this year had its booth located right next door to the U.D.R.L.C. booth. Explained Fr. Kenneth L. Riello, pastor, "At the festival, we evangelized our neighbors and visitors not only with devotional items and materials of the Catholic faith but also with face to face interaction to reach people of other faiths and of no faith."
Both the U.D.R.L.C. and St. Mary-St. Andrew's Parish booths distributed palm cards and fact sheets in English and Spanish to urge New Yorkers to vote "no" to Proposition One, the so-called "Equal Rights Amendment", on November 5th. Asserted Fr. Arthur Rojas Moderator-Spiritual Director, U.D.R.L.C., "Proposition One would insert abortion-on-demand and gender theory into our state constitution, thus entrenching New York's hostile legal framework to the preborn child in the womb as well as enabling further attacks on parental rights in the medical treatment and upbringing of their children. Furthermore, New York should leave girls' sports for girls and boys' sports activities for boys without confusion or unfair interference. All New Yorkers should vote "no" to Proposition One on November 5th." The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee and various Catholic parishes in Ulster County are cooperating with the Coalition to Protect Kids - NY, (protectkidsny.com) which is the statewide "NO" campaign to Proposition One. Disclosed Dcn. Carr, "We gave out so much information on Proposition One that at one point I had to quickly run home and make more copies."
The U.D.R.L.C. coordinates the Catholic pro-life movement in Ulster County on several fronts, including prayer, advocacy, and education. The U.D.R.L.C.'s website is www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org The Committee has worked with other organizations such as the Pregnancy Support Center of Ulster County (www.pscuc.org), also known as the Bravo Center, at Kingston on different aspects of the pro-life cause too.
St. Mary and St. Andrew's Church serves the village of Ellenville, the surrounding town of Wawarsing, and the neighboring towns of Shawangunk and Rochester in southwestern Ulster County (www.smsaparish.org).
U.D.R.L.C. TEAMS UP WITH BRAVO CENTER TO OFFER PRO-LIFE MESSAGE OF HOPE AT ULSTER COUNTY FAIR
Contact: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas New Paltz, New York (August 4, 2024)
As another year concludes of the Ulster County Fair held at New Paltz, New York, the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (hereinafter "U.D.R.L.C.") and the Pregnancy Support Center of Ulster County (a.k.a. "Bravo Center") worked together to conduct outreach at the fair to hundreds of passers-by. "The U.D.R.L.C. is grateful to the Bravo Center for the opportunity to provide a broad message of pro-life and pro-family hope not only to expectant mothers in need or distress but also to the greater Ulster community," remarked Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C.
For about 12 hours a day during the span of the Ulster County Fair, shifts of volunteers of the U.D.R.L.C. led by Fr. Rojas or Dcn. John Carr, his deputy, worked with Ms. Michelle Whittaker, Executive Director of the Bravo Center, to engage passers-by on several aspects of the pro-life cause, starting with abortion and expanding to the needs of expectant mothers and newborn children, distributing materials on various pro-life topics, as well as to answer questions about Christian spirituality and hand out devotional and other items. In addition, U.D.R.L.C. volunteers distributed palm cards from the Campaign to Protect Kids NY (www.protectkidsny.com) and bilingual flyers designed by the Archdiocese of New York to encourage Ulsterites and visitors to the fair to vote against Proposition One on the New York ballot on November 5th, a ballot item which would endanger parental rights by inserting gender theory into New York's state constitution and further enshrine abortion-on-demand into the state constitution too. "If adopted, Proposition One would make abortion-on-demand protected by the state constitution virtually up to the moment of birth as well as impose New York State in place of parents in the medical treatment of their children as well as to threaten the integrity of girls' and women's sports and activities," alerted Fr. Rojas.
The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org) coordinates the prayerful and practical pro-life activities of the Catholic pro-life movement amidst the various parishes in the Ulster Deanery, which is coterminous with Ulster County. The U.D.R.L.C. has cooperated with other organizations such as the Bruderhof Communities and, lately at the Ulster County Fair, with the Bravo Center towards mutual aims to advance the common good, concentrating on pro-life and pro-family matters. "Furthermore, the U.D.R.L.C. looks forward to spreading the Gospel of Life on Saturday, August 10th at the Blueberry Festival at Ellenville, New York," announced Fr. Rojas.
The Pregnancy Support Center of Ulster County, also known as the Bravo Center, is located in Kingston, New York (www.pscuc.org). As its primary mission, the Bravo Center helps expectant mothers in need to make the choice of giving birth to their preborn children as well as to help with the needs of their newborn children and families through a wide variety of free and confidential services. Fr. Arthur Rojas, Jane Randazzo (2nd from Left) and Catherine Parrinello (At far right) join Michelle Whittaker (2nd from right) at the joint booth of the Bravo Center and U.D.R.L.C. Credit to U.D.R.L.C. for picture.
Fr. Arthur Rojas, Jane Randazzo (2nd from Left) and Catherine Parrinello (At far right) join Michelle Whittaker (2nd from right) at the joint booth of the Bravo Center and U.D.R.L.C. Credit to U.D.R.L.C. for picture.
ULSTER DEANERY RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE
FIELDS LARGE TEAM AT 2024 NYS MARCH FOR LIFE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 24, 2024
Contact: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas or Dcn. John Carr
Albany, New York - Amidst approximately 250 persons today at the New York State Capitol, the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org) fielded dozens of participants, mostly from various parishes in Ulster County as well as a few representatives from allies such as the Ulster Community College Students for Life. "On the birthday of St. John the Baptist, who gave witness to Our Lord Jesus even before he was born (cf. Luke 1:41,44), we Ulster pro-lifers were inspired to make ourselves seen and heard on the grounds of the State Capitol today," declared Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C. Before the U.D.R.L.C.'s bus left Port Ewen for Albany on the morning of June 24th, Holy Mass was offered at Presentation Church for the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist by Fr. Rojas, whom is also pastor of Presentation-Sacred Heart Parish (Port Ewen-Esopus), and assisted by Dcn. John Carr, Deputy Moderator of the U.D.R.L.C. and a deacon at St. Mary-St. Peter's Parish, Kingston. "In making a 21st century witness for the Gospel of Life, it is fitting that we began the day with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass," remarked Dcn. Carr.
Although the delegation from Ulster County was the largest of the groups coming from areas served by the Archdiocese of New York, U.D.R.L.C. members encountered participants from St. Joseph's Church (Yonkers), Advocates for Life (Westchester County), and parishes in Putnam County. In addition to the march itself, which traversed the Empire State Plaza from the Children's Memorial to the grounds of the State Capitol, a rally was held once the marchers reached the end site designated by the organizers of the event (www.marchforlifeny.org)
SEATS AVAILABLE FOR BUS TO N.Y.S. MARCH FOR LIFE ON MONDAY, JUNE 24TH + RESERVE YOUR SEATS A.S.A.P.
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee announces the Winners of the 2024 Respect Life Essay Contest at its May 21 meeting.
Students at all Catholic parishes in Ulster County in 7th and 8th grade, high school or college were encouraged to enter the Contest, as well as high school students at the Mount Academy in Esopus.
The 7th-8th Grade Level asked the students to write about lessons from the saints that can encourage young people to respect life from conception to natural death. The Winner of the $150 Prize was Brennen Banbury, a parishioner of St. Joseph Parish in Kingston and a student at Kingston Catholic School.
The High School students were asked to explain how respect for human life at all stages of development can help young people respect their own sexual powers. The Winner of the $250 Prize was Luke Railing, a parishioner of St. Augustine Parish in Highland and a homeschooled student.
The College prompt asked students to consider how best to convince their peers that New York State should not enshrine abortion as a right in our state constitution. The Winner of the $400 Prize was Michael Patrick Griffin, a parishioner of St. Mary/St. Andrew in Ellenville and a student at SUNY Ulster.
The Winners will be awarded their Prizes and a Certificate of Award at the June meeting of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (UDRLC)
"The winners of our Essay Contest represent a budding hope of pro-life Ulster youth among the Catholics of our county," proclaimed Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the UDRLC.
Colleen Toder, Chair of the Essay Contest Committee, agreed. "The Contest Committee was thoroughly impressed with the quality of all the entries and is encouraged by their passion and eloquence. The future is pro-life, and our students are already taking the lead," she said.
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U.D.R.L.C.'s 40 Hour Devotion Draws Hundreds to Plattekill for Eucharistic Adoration Tied to Pro-Life Cause in N.Y.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 19, 2026 - Plattekill, N.Y.
CONTACT: Fr. Arthur Rojas at (845) 514-3703
Website: www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org
Plattekill, N.Y. - As the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (U.D.R.L.C.) seeks to amplify the participation of Catholics in Ulster County along with allies such as the Bruderhof Communities for the pro-life cause, the Committee's third annual Forty Hours Devotion of Solemn Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was moved to Our Lady of Fatima Church (Plattekill, N.Y) from April 11 to 13, after having been celebrated in November 2021 at Presentation Church (Port Ewen) and in April 2023 at St. Mary's Church (Kingston). "In the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision by the Supreme Court that remanded the issue of abortion-on-demand to the states in June 2022, the U.D.R.L.C. wanted to raise awareness that New York had legalized abortion on April 11, 1970, about three years before the Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in January 1973," explained Robert D. Smith, Jr., a parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima Church who headed the hosting team of the Forty Hour Devotion at Plattekill. "Given that abortion is firstly an issue of whom we treat as fully human in our society and from what point, our Committee believes that reparation must be made to God before we can seek justice for the preborn child and compassion for distressed expectant mothers in New York," stated Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator-Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C.
Starting with a Mass of Exposition on the afternoon of April 11th celebrated by Fr. Rojas and concelebrated by Fr. Paul Jibrin, the priest stationed at Our Lady of Fatima, the Blessed Sacrament (a consecrated Host containing the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ) was exposed for adoration for 40 hours with the themes of reparation for the 54 years of legal abortion in New York, praying for the conversion of New Yorkers both high and low towards the pro-life cause, and for divine blessing of the efforts of Catholic and other prolifers in Ulster County and elsewhere towards defending human life and dignity from conception until natural death. "It is impressive that hundreds of people within Ulster County and even from other places came to Plattekill throughout the forty hours, whether day or night, for this combination of Eucharistic adoration and the cause of social justice and human rights via the prolife cause," observed Fr. Rojas. Added Mr. Smith, "The Spirit of God was palpable, you couldn't help but be moved. The Forty Hours Devotion was life-changing" for many parishioners who participated.
The Forty Hours Devotion concluded on the morning of Saturday, April 13th with Solemn Exposition by Fr. Jibrin and then the Mass of the morning. The U.D.R.L.C. intends to carry the devotion into next year so long as abortion remains legal in New York state. Indeed, the U.D.R.L.C. is active on other pro-life issues such as combating the threat of euthanasia with the proposed "assited suicide" bill pending in Albany (A.995/S.2445). Finally, the Committee is readying itself to actively back the NO campaign on the "Equality Amendment" on the ballot this November that would enshrine abortion-on-demand in the state constitution. A picture of the Forty Hours Devotion attached to this release can be seen below.
https://thegoodnewsroom.org/annual-pro-life-signature-ad-in-daily-freeman-kingston-fills-two-pages-of-april-14-issue-exceeding-1400-names/
Annual Pro-Life Signature Ad in Daily Freeman (Kingston) Fills Two Pages of April 14 Issue, Exceeding 1,400 Names
By: The Good Newsroom
“The amount represents a gain of nine percent over the previous year’s ad in the Daily Freeman,” announced Father Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator-Spiritual Director of the UDRLC
![Two full pages of the Daily Freeman, the daily newspaper of Kingston, the county seat of Ulster County, featured the signatures of more than 1,400 individuals in support of the pro-life declaration of the [http://www.ulsterdeaneryrespect life.org]Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (UDRLC) on Sunday, April 14, in mournful commemoration of April 11, 1970, the date when abortion was legalized in New York by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Photo courtesy of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee.](https://thegoodnewsroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_63141-768x1024.jpg)
KINGSTON — Two full pages of the Daily Freeman, the daily newspaper of Kingston, the county seat of Ulster County, featured the signatures of more than 1,400 individuals in support of the pro-life declaration of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (UDRLC) on Sunday, April 14, in mournful commemoration of April 11, 1970, the date when abortion was legalized in New York by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. “The amount represents a gain of nine percent over the previous year’s ad in the Daily Freeman,” announced Father Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator-Spiritual Director of the UDRLC.
For decades, the UDRLC has made a practice of taking its “Signature Ad” annually on the pages of the Daily Freeman as a statement of protest and determination in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established abortion on demand as a constitutional right across the United States, usually in the Sunday issue nearest to the January 22 anniversary of that ruling. “However, with the Dobbs v. Jackson decision of the U.S. Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade in 2022 and returning the abortion issue to the states,” stated Father Rojas, “our committee decided to raise awareness of the anniversary of April 11, 1970 as the start of the tragedy of abortion on demand in New York. In light of the “Equality Amendment” on the ballot in November seeking to enshrine abortion on demand in our state constitution, our Signature Ad this year is especially relevant and timely.”
The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee aims to coordinate the spiritual and practical pro-life activities of Catholics of the 14 parishes in Ulster County and allied people of good will such as the Bruderhof Communities.
The UDRLC intends to cooperate with New Yorkers of all faiths concerned over preborn human life and parental rights to urge Ulsterites and New Yorkers to vote no on the so-called “Equality Amendment” this November.
To participate in the 40 Hours for Life Adoration you can contact your parish representative or you may sign up individually on-line at:
https://adorationpro.org/ulsterlife
Simply click on the green button and choose the time slot you would like to volunteer for.
Either an email address or a cellphone number is required so that we can send you a reminder.
The Eucharistic Jesus loves it when you visit Him!
Stop by
Our Lady of Fatima Church, 1250 State Route 32, Plattekill, New York for 40
hours of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament! Sponsored by the Ulster Deanery
Respect Life Committee and hosted by Our Lady of Fatima Parish. No
preregistration required, just stop by, even if only for half an hour.
3/12/24. Albany, New York -
Under the leadership of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life
Committee, a committed delegation of ten Ulster Catholics joined hundreds of
New Yorkers at a rally today by the New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide
at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center. In addition to our delegates being
hosted by Assemb. Brian Maher on the floor of the Assembly chamber, a number of
delegates went to register objections to the "Medical Aid in Dying"
bill (A.995/S.2445) at the Albany offices of Assemb. Sarahana Shrestha and Sen.
Michelle Hinchey. This rally also provided our Committee with an opportunity to
raise our profile and to meet activists from different parts of New York State.
"Our presence in Albany today is one more step towards more assertive
advocacy for our disabled, elderly, lonely, and poor New Yorkers in a broad
Prolife resistance to the prescription of death by political and corporate interests," stated Fr. Arthur Rojas,
Moderator and Spiritual Director of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee. (Pictures
were taken by Trevor Jones)
U.D.R.L.C. RAISES AWARENESS AGAINST NYS ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL
Click on the link below to read the article with a subscription:
Response to Medical Aid in Dying bill published in Shawangunk Journal.
March For Life – Washington D.C.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Below, you will find a link to the Archdiocese of New York Respect Life Office '2024 March for Life' page. Here you will find information regarding buses that are scheduled to depart from specific areas within the Archdiocese for those who would like to attend the 2024 March for Life in Washington D.C. . There is also information regarding opportunities for local prayer and witness for this important date.
March For Life - January 19th, 2024 - Washington D.C.
JAN. 22 IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR LEGAL PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN
Jan. 5, 2024 (Esopus, N.Y.) - The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee reminds Catholics and other Ulsterites of good will that Monday, January 22 is the annual National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children declared by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in light of the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22, 1973 that imposed abortion-on-demand across America. Although the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling in June 2022 by the High Court returned the abortion issue to the states, our struggle continues to restore legal and social protection to preborn human children. "That struggle is firstly spiritual and involves prayers or reparation as well as for the conversion of our beloved country to the Gospel of Life over the Culture of Death," stated by Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the Committee.
Thus, the Committee is pleased to note that a Special Mass for the National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children will be offered on Monday, January 22nd at 11:30 a.m., Sacred Heart Church, 1055 Broadway, Esopus, New York. Confessions will be heard from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. We encourage all Catholic parishes in Ulster County to publicize their observances of the National Day of Prayer and we welcome the prayers and other cooperation of Ulster residents of other religions.
HERE IS A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FOR YOU ON NOV. 5, 2024:
VOTE "NO" ON THE PROPOSED "EQUALITY" OR "EQUAL RIGHTS" AMENDMENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION
Stay tuned as the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee joins other New Yorkers of different faiths and even no faith to oppose this attempt to enshrine abortion-on-demand into our state constitution as a fundamental right. In light of what happened in Ohio last fall, it is imperative that Catholics in Ulster County - clerics, religious, and lay people alike - lift our hands in prayer and our voices in advocacy against this hideous maneuver to grant constitutional status to the intrinsic evil and mortal sin of abortion, which denies the humanity of the preborn child, corrupts the practice of medicine and morality, strips parents of their right and duty to care for their minor children, and peddles a bloody and regretful answer to women and others who may be in distress. Our Committee looks forward to cooperating with various groups and persons of pro-life good will or who care about the integrity of our state constitution or the rights of parents against this vile, inhumane amendment.
LIFE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 2024
Family & Pro-life News Briefs / email Frank Tinari, Ph.D. at tinarifr@shu.edu / OCTOBER 2024
The Conscience Project
Freedom of conscience & the right to practice one’s faith free from government interference are an individual’s last line of defense. The Conscience Project advances these fundamental human rights through public education that includes insightful commentary and legal analysis. Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a Stanford-educated lawyer who has dedicated her legal career to civil rights and appellate advocacy. She is a legal analyst for EWTN News and a regular columnist for the National Catholic Register. Her writing has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Fox News, Newsweek, CNN in Español, and others. She has ten children and lives in the Washington, DC area. In a recent Nat. Cath. Register column, she explained how some states are trying to prohibit Catholics and Christians from adopting children. Several adoptee parents have filed suit for violation of their exercise of religious and free speech. See the short video reports at www.conscience-project.org.
RESPECT LIFE OFFICE / ARCHDIOCESE OF N.Y. / 10-01-2024.
The U.S. bishops have affirmed that, while it is important to address all the ways in which human life is threatened, “abortion remains our pre-eminent priority as it directly attacks our most vulnerable brothers and sisters, destroying more than a million lives each year in our country alone.”
As Pope St. John Paul II wrote, “we are facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the ‘culture of death’ and the ‘culture of life.’ …we are all involved, and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life.”
In the face of challenges such as abortion and physician-assisted suicide, we may feel that we are not equal to the task of overcoming the darkness. Yet, we are not alone. Jesus tells us, “I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
We live in a society that rejects those who are weak, fragile, or vulnerable. Yet, it is precisely within these conditions that a person is most in need of our care and protection. Pope Francis reminds us that “every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who even before he was born, and then just after birth, experienced the world's rejection.”
PRIESTS FOR LIFE / 10-8-2024 / Prolife Leader Frank Pavone
Priests for Life is hard at work. It’s called The Pro-life Offensive and includes:
- Filing lawsuits that show how radical abortion policies violate constitutional rights.
- Defending pro-life activists who have been imprisoned for peaceful activity.
- Writing “friend of the court” briefs to support arguments in these cases.
- Raising public awareness about these cases. This includes recruiting witnesses and amplifying the voices of women who have had abortions, doctors who have performed abortions, and those who were almost aborted themselves.
- Doing the painstaking research needed to buttress the legal arguments.
Under the banner of Priests for Life’s Pro-Life Offensive we will:
Challenge pro-abortion laws and constitutional amendments, especially on how they adversely impact women.
Defend pro-life laws that are under attack in several states.
Defend pro-life activists who are being persecuted.
Defend the free speech rights of pregnancy centers.
Defend freedom of religion for pro-life activists and organizations.
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / 10-9-2024
The Supreme Court denies Biden’s attempt to force Texas emergency doctors to perform abortions.
The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by the Biden administration to compel emergency room doctors in Texas to perform abortions.
The decision leaves in place a January ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Becerra v. State of Texas. The 5th Circuit Court ruled that the administration’s attempt to use the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to mandate abortions as necessary, stabilizing treatment “goes beyond” the intent of the law.
In its ruling, the 5th Circuit said that EMTALA “does not mandate medical treatments, let alone abortion care, nor does it preempt Texas law.
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / 10-11-2024
Much of the opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment has correctly focused on its negative effects on parental rights. These threats would result from the ERA’s undermining of important age restrictions and from its definition of “gender identity” as a protected class. Those opposing the ERA have persuasively argued that its long-term effects on these areas are unpredictable and likely to be much more significant than the amendment’s proponents intend.
Equally threatening is the ERA’s likely long-term impact on religious liberty. The same advocates who have been promoting the ERA have long shown strong hostility to religious freedom, particularly when it allegedly conflicts with abortion and gender ideology. If the voters pass the ERA, it will certainly advance advocates’ agenda of suppressing religious opposition to their favored cause.
LIVE ACTION / CHRISTINA BENNETT / 10-16-24
Data shows more abortion-minded women are visiting pregnancy help centers. Numerous studies and reports over the last several months have highlighted the positive impact pregnancy centers have for women, children, families, and communities. But a closer look at some of the numbers shows that pregnancy help provides even greater benefit than previously thought for those women and families.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute’s (CLI) latest national pregnancy center report, “Hope for a New Generation,” compared 2022 results with its 2019 (pre-Dobbs) report. Findings included the fact pregnancy centers served nearly 975,000 clients with an estimated service value of $358 million at no cost to those clients.
FAMILY AND PROLIFE NEWS BRIEFS / DR FRANK TANARI / OCTOBER 2024
The Conscience Project works for the freedom of conscience & the right to practice one’s faith free from government interference are an individual’s last line of defense. The Conscience Project advances these fundamental human rights through public education that includes insightful commentary and legal analysis. Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a Stanford-educated lawyer who has dedicated her legal career to civil rights and appellate advocacy. She is a legal analyst for EWTN News and a regular columnist for the National Catholic Register. Her writing has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Fox News, Newsweek, CNN in Español and others. She has ten children and lives in the Washington, DC area. In a recent National Catholic Register column, she explained how some states are trying to prohibit Catholics and Christians from adopting children. Several adoptee parents have filed suit for violation of their exercise of religious and free speech. See the short video reports at www.conscience-project.org
FAMILY AND PROLIFE NEWS BRIEFS / DR FRANK TANARI / OCTOBER 2024
Tragically, abortion has become a pre-eminent priority as many politicians celebrate the destruction of
preborn children, protecting abortion access even up until birth. Few leaders are standing up to limit the
harm of chemical abortion (abortion pills) to mothers and children. In the November elections, ten states face gravely evil ballot initiatives that would enshrine abortion in their state constitutions. Pope St. John Paul II’s words resonate today: “we are facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good & evil, death and life, the ‘culture of death’ and the ‘culture of life’ ...we are all involved, and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of being unconditionally pro-life.” • We must vote for candidates who will defend the life and dignity of the human person. • We must continue to help mothers through local
pregnancy help centers and our nationwide, parish-based initiative, Walking with Moms in Need.
- We must show compassion to all who suffer from participation in abortion through the Church’s healing ministries like Project Rachel. • Most importantly, we must rededicate ourselves to
fervent prayer on behalf of life.
[Excerpt, Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of
Arlington; Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life
Activities, Oct. 2024]
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NOTICIAS DE VIDA PARA OCTUBRE 2024
Noticias breves sobre la familia y la vida / envíe un correo electrónico a Frank Tinari, Ph.D. a tinarifr@shu.edu / OCTUBRE DE 2024
El Proyecto Conciencia
La libertad de conciencia y el derecho a practicar la propia fe sin la interferencia del gobierno son la última línea de defensa de un individuo. The Conscience Project promueve estos derechos humanos fundamentales a través de la educación pública que incluye comentarios perspicaces y análisis legales. La directora, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, es una abogada formada en Stanford que ha dedicado su carrera legal a los derechos civiles y la defensa de apelaciones. Es analista legal de EWTN News y columnista habitual del National Catholic Register. Sus escritos han aparecido en el Wall Street Journal, National Review, Fox News, Newsweek, CNN en Español y otros. Tiene diez hijos y vive en el área de Washington, DC. En una columna reciente del Nat. Cath. Register, explicó cómo algunos estados están tratando de prohibir a los católicos y cristianos adoptar niños. Varios padres adoptados han presentado una demanda por violación de su ejercicio de la libertad religiosa y de expresión. Vea los breves informes en video en www.conscience-project.org.
OFICINA DE RESPETO A LA VIDA / ARQUIDIÓCESIS DE NUEVA YORK / 10-01-2024.
Los obispos de Estados Unidos han afirmado que, si bien es importante abordar todas las formas en que se amenaza la vida humana, “el aborto sigue siendo nuestra prioridad preeminente, ya que ataca directamente a nuestros hermanos y hermanas más vulnerables, destruyendo más de un millón de vidas cada año solo en nuestro país”.
Como escribió el Papa San Juan Pablo II, “estamos enfrentando un enorme y dramático choque entre el bien y el mal, la muerte y la vida, la ‘cultura de la muerte’ y la ‘cultura de la vida’… todos estamos involucrados y todos compartimos esto, con la responsabilidad ineludible de elegir ser incondicionalmente pro-vida”.
Frente a desafíos como el aborto y el suicidio asistido por médicos, podemos sentir que no estamos a la altura de la tarea de superar la oscuridad. Sin embargo, no estamos solos. Jesús nos dice: “Yo estoy con ustedes todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo” (Mateo 28:20).
Vivimos en una sociedad que rechaza a quienes son débiles, frágiles o vulnerables. Sin embargo, es precisamente en estas condiciones que una persona necesita más nuestro cuidado y protección. El Papa Francisco nos recuerda que “todo niño que, en lugar de nacer, es condenado injustamente a ser abortado, lleva el rostro de Jesucristo, lleva el rostro del Señor, que incluso antes de nacer, y luego justo después del nacimiento, experimentó el rechazo del mundo”.
SACERDOTES POR LA VIDA / 8-10-2024 / Líder pro-vida Frank Pavone
Sacerdotes por la Vida está trabajando arduamente. Se llama La Ofensiva Pro-vida e incluye:
• Presentar demandas que muestran cómo las políticas radicales de aborto violan los derechos constitucionales.
• Defender a los activistas pro-vida que han sido encarcelados por su actividad pacífica.
• Redactar escritos de “amigo de la corte” para respaldar los argumentos en estos casos.
• Sensibilizar al público sobre estos casos. Esto incluye reclutar testigos y amplificar las voces de las mujeres que han tenido abortos, los médicos que han realizado abortos y las que casi fueron abortadas.
• Realizar la investigación minuciosa necesaria para reforzar los argumentos legales.
Bajo el lema de la Ofensiva Pro-Vida de Sacerdotes por la Vida:
Desafiaremos las leyes pro-aborto y las enmiendas constitucionales, especialmente sobre cómo afectan negativamente a las mujeres.
Defenderemos las leyes pro-vida que están siendo atacadas en varios estados.
Defenderemos a los activistas pro-vida que están siendo perseguidos.
Defenderemos los derechos de libre expresión de los centros de embarazo.
Defenderemos la libertad de religión para los activistas y organizaciones pro-vida.
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / 9-10-2024
La Corte Suprema rechaza el intento de Biden de obligar a los médicos de urgencias de Texas a realizar abortos.
El lunes, la Corte Suprema rechazó una apelación de la administración Biden para obligar a los médicos de urgencias de Texas a realizar abortos.
La decisión deja en vigor un fallo de enero del Tribunal de Apelaciones del Quinto Circuito en Becerra v. Estado de Texas. El Tribunal del Quinto Circuito dictaminó que el intento de la administración de utilizar la Ley de Tratamiento Médico de Emergencia y Trabajo de Parto (EMTALA) para ordenar abortos según sea necesario, estabilizando el tratamiento "va más allá" de la intención de la ley.
En su fallo, el Quinto Circuito dijo que la EMTALA "no exige tratamientos médicos, y mucho menos atención del aborto, ni anula la ley de Texas".
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / 11-10-2024
Gran parte de la oposición a la Enmienda de Igualdad de Derechos se ha centrado correctamente en sus efectos negativos sobre los derechos de los padres. Estas amenazas resultarían de la erradicación de importantes restricciones de edad y de la definición de “identidad de género” como una clase protegida por la ERA. Quienes se oponen a la ERA han argumentado de manera convincente que sus efectos a largo plazo en estas áreas son impredecibles y probablemente mucho más significativos de lo que pretenden los proponentes de la enmienda.
Igualmente amenazante es el probable impacto a largo plazo de la ERA en la libertad religiosa. Los mismos defensores que han estado promoviendo la ERA han mostrado durante mucho tiempo una fuerte hostilidad hacia la libertad religiosa, en particular cuando supuestamente entra en conflicto con el aborto y la ideología de género. Si los votantes aprueban la ERA, sin duda avanzará la agenda de los defensores de suprimir la oposición religiosa a su causa favorita.
ACCIÓN EN VIVO / CHRISTINA BENNETT / 16-10-24
Los datos muestran que más mujeres que están dispuestas a abortar están visitando los centros de ayuda para embarazadas. Numerosos estudios e informes de los últimos meses han destacado el impacto positivo que tienen los centros de ayuda para embarazadas para las mujeres, los niños, las familias y las comunidades. Pero un análisis más detallado de algunas de las cifras muestra que la ayuda durante el embarazo brinda un beneficio aún mayor de lo que se pensaba anteriormente para esas mujeres y familias.
El último informe nacional sobre centros de embarazo del Instituto Charlotte Lozier (CLI), “Esperanza para una nueva generación”, comparó los resultados de 2022 con su informe de 2019 (antes de Dobbs). Los hallazgos incluyeron el hecho de que los centros de embarazo atendieron a casi 975 000 clientes con un valor de servicio estimado de $358 millones sin costo para esos clientes.
NOTICIAS BREVES SOBRE FAMILIA Y PROVIDA / DR. FRANK TANARI / OCTUBRE DE 2024
El Proyecto Conciencia trabaja por la libertad de conciencia y el derecho a practicar la propia fe libre de la interferencia del gobierno, que son la última línea de defensa de un individuo. El Proyecto Conciencia promueve estos derechos humanos fundamentales a través de la educación pública que incluye comentarios perspicaces y análisis legales. La directora Andrea Picciotti-Bayer es una abogada formada en Stanford que ha dedicado su carrera legal a los derechos civiles y la defensa en apelaciones. Es analista legal de EWTN News y columnista habitual del National Catholic Register. Sus escritos han aparecido en el Wall Street Journal, National Review, Fox News, Newsweek, CNN en Español y otros. Tiene diez hijos y vive en el área de Washington, DC. En una columna reciente del National Catholic Register, explicó cómo algunos estados están tratando de prohibir a los católicos y cristianos adoptar niños. Varios padres adoptados han presentado demandas por violación de su ejercicio de la libertad religiosa y de expresión. Vea los breves informes en video en www.conscience-project.org
NOTICIAS BREVES SOBRE LA FAMILIA Y LA VIDA / DR. FRANK TANARI / OCTUBRE DE 2024
Trágicamente, el aborto se ha convertido en una prioridad preeminente, ya que muchos políticos celebran la destrucción de los niños no nacidos, protegiendo el acceso al aborto incluso hasta el nacimiento. Pocos líderes se están levantando para limitar el
daño del aborto químico (pastillas abortivas) a las madres y los niños. En las elecciones de noviembre, diez estados se enfrentan a iniciativas electorales gravemente malvadas que consagrarían el aborto en sus constituciones estatales. Las palabras del Papa San Juan Pablo II resuenan hoy: "estamos ante un choque enorme y dramático entre el bien y el mal, la muerte y la vida, la 'cultura de la muerte' y la 'cultura de la vida' ... todos estamos involucrados, y todos lo compartimos, con la responsabilidad ineludible de ser incondicionalmente pro-vida". • Debemos votar por candidatos que defiendan la vida y la dignidad de la persona humana. • Debemos seguir ayudando a las madres a través de los centros locales de ayuda al embarazo y nuestra iniciativa parroquial a nivel nacional, Caminando con madres necesitadas.
• Debemos mostrar compasión a todos los que sufren por participar en un aborto a través de los ministerios de sanación de la Iglesia, como el Proyecto Raquel. • Lo más importante es que debemos volver a dedicarnos a la oración ferviente en favor de la vida.
[Extracto, Reverendísimo Michael F. Burbidge, Obispo de
Arlington; Presidente del Comité de Actividades Pro-Vida de la USCCB, octubre de 2024]
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