John and family: January 2012

Thursday, January 12, 2012

A Story About Life (full version)

Hospital Mistakenly Aborts Healthy Twin

Melbourne woman dies from abortion in Croydon, Melbourne a week before Christmas

The Age have reported that "A 42-YEAR-OLD woman died days after attending a controversial abortion clinic in Croydon last week".

It goes on to say that "Authorities have confirmed that the woman was taken to the Box Hill Hospital where she died on Sunday, after earlier having ''a procedure at a private Croydon clinic''.

According to the article, the Coroners Court of Victoria's spokesperson said that "the death of the woman, from Sunshine, would be investigated".

This is the fourth investigation involving this particular clinic in six years.

Life Network Australia has been supporting a campaign for the month of December, following the tragic abortion of 32 week old twin boys. In light of yet another tragedy, we urge you to please email and phone Premier Ted Baillieu and Health Minister David Davis, as well as your local member - to voice your objection to the current Victorian laws that allow these situations to occur.

All Faiths United for Life

many non religious goups are pro life

https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Faiths-United-for-Life/153352698084120#!/pages/All-Faiths-United-for-Life/153352698084120?sk=info

This is a human rights issue as science has established that the unborn are human.

Some links

http://lifenetwork.org.au/index.htm

http://www.carolinechisholmsociety.com.au/index.htm

http://afterabortion.org/

http://www.rachelsvineyard.org/weekend/2007-retreat-schedule.htm

St Philip patron saint of joy and humour

St Philip patron saint of joy and humour was known to be spontaneous and unpredictable, charming and humorous.
Philip understood that it wasn't enough to tell young people not to do something -- you had to give them something to do in its place. So at Carnival time, when the worst excesses were encouraged, Philip organized a pilgrimage to the Seven Churches with a picnic accompanied by instrumental music for the mid-day break. After walking twelve miles in one day everyone was too tired to be tempted!
Not everyone was happy about this growing group and Philip and Buonsignore were attacked by the priests they lived with. But eventually Philip and his companions were vindicated and went on with their work.
Philip did not escape this spiritual mortification himself. As with others, his own humbling held humor. There are stories of him wearing ridiculous clothes or walking around with half his beard shaved off. The greater his reputation for holiness the sillier he wanted to seem. When some people came from Poland to see the great saint, they found him listening to another priest read to him from joke books.

Prayer:
Saint Philip Neri, we take ourselves far too seriously most of the time. Help us to add humor to our perspective -- remembering always that humor is a gift from God. Amen

St. Dominic Savio

Dominic is the patron saint of choir boys and of the falsely accused.

This latter title was given to him due to the following incident. One time, two boys filled the school stove with snow and garbage during the cold winter months. When the teacher came back into the room, they falsely accused Dominic of doing the “dirty” deed. Although disciplined in front of the entire class, Dominic refused to tell on the two mischievous boys. When the truth was later revealed, Dominic was asked why he didn’t confess to his innocence. He remarked that he was imitating Our Lord, Who remained silent during His persecutions and crucifixion.

St Dominic pray for us