Schindler Family Attends Mass for Terri Schiavo Hosted by Ave Maria University

Life News ^ | 4/1/09 | Steven Ertelt

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St. Petersburg, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The Schindler family attended a special Mass on Tuesday, which marked the fourth anniversary of the painful starvation and dehydration euthanasia death of Terri Schiavo. Ave Maria University, a Florida-based Catholic college, hosted the mass, which saw the entire Schindler family attend.

Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri's parents, joined their other children Bobby Schindler and Suzanne Vitadamo for a ceremony in Terri's honor.

As the Schindlers prayed with participants for other disabled people who face the same euthanasia concerns, they placed a picture of Terri on her wedding day on the altar and joined more than 400 people in remembering her life.

The Mass was part of the International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo that the Schindler family jointly co-sponsors with the Terri Schiavo foundation and Priests for Life.

The two organizations established this day last year to foster education, prayer, and activism regarding discrimination against the disabled.

"God is using Terri to impact the world in a very special way," Bobby Schindler told the News Press.

Thomas Monaghan, founder and chancellor of Ave Maria University, told the newspaper the college was happy to help with the ceremony.

“We're very big on pro-life,” he said. “Our purpose is to fight evil and pro-life is center stage, and that’s where we want to be.”

Fr. Frank Pavone, who was with Bobby and Suzanne at Terri’s bedside as she died, recalls that painful day and the support from pro-life advocates and others.

"As we consoled Terri and prayed with her, what I felt most strongly was the presence of countless people around the world who, by their love, prayers, and tears, accompanied Terri and her family through those difficult days," he said. "I am confident that these same individuals, families, and Churches will want to observe Terri’s Day."

Related web sites:
Terri’s Day - http://www.TerrisDay.org
Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation - http://www.TerrisFight.org
Priests for Life - http://priestsforlife.org

[Alamo-Girl]

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Why no outrage at the Person responsible for having Obama come to Georgetown, AND covering up the Holy Name of Christ?! I do not understand.

I just happened to tune into EWTN and caught the end of the daily mass there...Hey! The priest who gave the homily was RIGHTEOUS! WOW! Did anyone else catch it? He had a sermon about how our nation is turning into a force against good, and that he imagines that soon he will not be able to speak freely from the pulpit. He called on Catholics to be ready to be martyrs! I have never heard a catholic sermon like it!

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There has been plenty of outrage over Zero’s speech at Georgetown.

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I just had to cry when I saw that video.

We deserve what the Lord gives us. Abortion is barbaric. We wouldn’t allow this to happen to a dog.

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More Church leaders need to call these murderers exactly what they are.

Thread by topher.

Santo Domingo Cardinal Calls Abortionists "Butchers" and "Merchants"

SANTO DOMINGO, April 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Cardinal Archbishop of Santo Domingo condemned pro-abortion legislators and doctors for being "butchers and merchants of life" in his Easter homily last Sunday as a battle heats up over a new constitutional provision to protect the right to life from fertilization.

"We know that there are butcher doctors, there are legislators who like to trade in life, there are people who have authority who make a living from that," said Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez, adding that "we will be upfront, always upfront, clashing."

"We are here to tell you, 'yes to life, no to death,' definitely," he said, and added that abortion is a "crime," that it "exploits women" and that it is "terrorism."

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The culture of death continues to push their agenda in the UK.

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Paramedics told: 'Let accident victims die if they want to' in new row over patient rights (UK)

Health Service paramedics have been told not to resuscitate terminally-ill patients who register on a controversial new database to say they want to die.

It has been set up by the ambulance service in London for hundreds of people who have only a few months to live so that they may register their 'death wishes' in advance.

It is believed to be the first in the country, but other trusts around the country are expected to follow suit to comply with Government guidelines which state that patients' wishes should be taken into account, even at the point of death. . .

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Coming soon to your closest convenience store.

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Foolproofing Suicide with Euthanasia Test Kits

When someone with a terminal illness decides to end their life by overdosing on barbiturates, they hope the drugs will lull them into a peaceful and permanent sleep. But if the drugs have passed their expiration date or lack a sufficiently lethal concentration, the would-be suicide victim may actually survive - risking an array of complications including coma, reduced physical functioning and the opprobrium of disapproving friends and family. Now, in an effort to provide certainty to those contemplating suicide, one of the world's leading euthanasia advocates plans to sell barbiturate testing kits to confirm that deadly drug cocktails are, in fact, deadly. . .

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This is an EXCELLENT commentary by a Nigerian about Zero's and Hillary's desire to kill more babies.

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Nigeria Resurrection of Maggie Sanger (Hillary Clinton and Planned Parenthood)

Lagos — On March 27, 2009 in Houston, Texas, United States, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, founded by eugenicist Ms. Margaret Louise Sanger, bestowed the Margaret Sanger award on Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, American Secretary of State, for her untiring efforts in spreading Sanger's teaching in the world. Gleefully receiving the award, Mrs. Clinton hailed Margaret Sanger as a role model. She praised her for purportedly providing "women and girls everywhere the opportunities" they deserve to fulfill their potentials as mothers, as workers and, as human beings. She said that the work of Margaret Sanger's in the United States and "certainly across our globe is not done". Mrs. Clinton laments that women, especially women in developing countries, are denied access to abortion clinics, contraceptives, "reproductive rights services" and other "family planning options". She argues that the skyrocketing maternal and infant mortality rates in the world, especially in developing countries, stem from denial of women access to abortion clinics, contraceptives and other reproductive rights. She says that her office has devised ways to liberate women from the clutches of economic and political strangulation by ensuring that they have unimpeded access to abortion, contraceptives and other family planning services which improve the quality of life of women. . .

[Dante3]

BUMP

[wagglebee]

You should check out the thread on the death kits, we had an over-the-top troll.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Dante3]

I had not posted for a while and missed the troll.

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Hopefully, if Zero does defile Notre Dame, the Church can punish Jenkins in such a way that EVERYONE will understand that the absolute right to life is not open for debate.

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"Fr. Jenkins Will Probably Lose His Job": Nine More Bishops Make 42 against ND Scandal

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Nine more bishops have publicly acknowledged their disapproval of the University of Notre Dame's invitation to President Obama to speak and receive an honorary law degree at the school's commencement exercises May 17. 

Bishop Paul Coakley of the diocese of Salina, KS, told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) today that he has written a personal letter to Father Jenkins expressing his "deep disappointment" at the invitation. 

Citing his grave concern over the President's support for anti-life policies, Bishop Coakley told LSN that he reminded University president Fr. John Jenkins of the USCCB directive that forbids Catholic schools from honoring those whose positions contradict the teachings of the Church. 

"The University's invitation undermines the Catholic identity and mission of the institution," said Coakley.

When LSN requested comment on the Obama invitation from Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, OR, the bishop responded simply: "This is just one more sign of the failure of Catholic Institutions to stand up for and support a higher ethical standard."  

The Orlando Diocese, where Thomas G. Wenski is bishop, has announced a Mass of reparation for "the many shortcomings and transgressions committed against the dignity and sacredness of human life in our world," specifically for Notre Dame's decision to honor pro-abortion President Obama at commencement.  The Mass is taking place at the Cathedral of St. James on May 3, 2009.
 
In a column on the Orlando Diocese website, Bishop Wenski writes, "Notre-Dame (at least in its Administration and Board) has forgotten what it means to be Catholic."
 
"Last year, in Washington, D.C., Pope Benedict XVI addressed Catholic educators, including university presidents," wrote the bishop.  "He said 'to justify positions that contradict the faith and teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university's identity and mission.'

"Father Jenkins, Notre-Dame's president, must have nodded off during the Pope's speech," he concluded.
 
Archdiocese of Cincinnati spokesman Dan Andriacco has confirmed to CNS that Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk "supports the strong comments of Bishop D'Arcy of South Bend, in whose diocese Notre Dame is located."  Archbishop D'Arcy, who is boycotting Notre Dame's commencement, has said that Notre Dame must ask itself whether by this decision it has chosen prestige over truth.
 
Mr. Andriacco also said the archbishop stands by the editorial 'Prestige over Truth', appearing in The Catholic Telegraph, on April 3, which is critical of Notre Dame's decision to honor Obama.

On Saturday, Bishop Robert Finn of the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., addressed the scandal in the course of his keynote address for the 2009 Gospel of Life Convention at St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

"It doesn't take another Bishops' Conference statement to know this is wrong: scandalous, discouraging and confusing to many Catholics," said Finn of the Obama invitation. "God knows what all motivates such a decision.

"I suspect that, since Notre Dame will need a scapegoat for this debacle, and Fr. Jenkins will probably lose his job, at this point perhaps he ought to determine to lose it for doing something right instead of something wrong."

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"We will not be silent.
We are your bad conscience.
The White Rose will give you no rest."

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MAYBE this is for real, but Steele may be just deflecting criticism for the dreadful job he has done thus far.

Thread by Salvation.

Steele denounces Roe at pro-life gathering

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, the most controversial Republican national chairman in recent memory, and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the biggest star in the party's political firmament, shared the spotlight on Thursday at a pro-life dinner attended by about 3,000 persons in Evansville, Ind.

The speech at the Right to Life dinner was a key test of his pro-life credentials for those in the party who doubt Mr. Steele's big tent explanations for why he helped found a prominent pro-choice GOP organization and joined another.

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But Mr. Steele, the keynote speaker for the Evansville Right to Life annual event, repeated his often-stated opposition to abortion, called for Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion a constitutional right, "a travesty of legal reasoning"

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"I am proud to join you in saying that I am pro-life, always have been, and always will be," he told the audience . . .

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Zero was so busy sucking up to the other leftist dictators this weekend he couldn't find time to convince them to kill babies.

Thread by me.

Planned Parenthood Fails to Promote Abortion at Recent Summit of the Americas

Port of Spain, Trinidad (LifeNews.com) -- International pro-abortion advocates from Planned Parenthood appear to have been unable to promote abortion at the recent Summit of the Americas meeting. Leading pro-life advocates were concerned they would team up with Obama officials to promote abortion using coded phrases.

Marie Smith, the director of the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues, previously told LifeNews.com that International Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion organizations might insert pro-abortion language into the Summit's Declaration of Commitment.

Abortion advocates regularly work to get phrases like "reproductive health" and "reproductive rights" into UN and international documents and then later construe those terms as including abortion. . .

[Alamo-Girl]

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[Salvation]

Prayer for Those Who Are Terminally Ill

 

Lord Jesus, you healed so many people during your public ministry. I bring before you now, in prayer, all those who are terminally ill -- those afflicted with cancer, AIDS, and other illnesses.

 

Look lovingly and compassionately upon them. Let them feel the strength of your consolation. Help them and their families to accept this cross they are asked to carry.  Protect them from euthanasia, Lord.

 

Let them see you carrying their cross with them, at their side, as you once carried yours to Calvary. May Mary be there, too, to comfort them. 

 

Lord Jesus, I know and believe that, if it is your will, you can cure those I pray for (especially N.). I place my trust in you. I pray with faith, but I also pray as you did in Gethsemane: your will be done. 

 

Bless us, Lord, and hear my prayer. Amen.

 

Reprinted from "Queen of Apostles Prayerbook" with permission of copyright holder, Pauline Books & Media,

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Well, I know I am outraged!

I want to tell you again, about the Homily by Fr. Dominic Mary. I only was able to catch the last bit. But, would really like to hear the whole thing. I have looked for it, a great deal of this day, but decided to transcribe what I did have recorded on my TiVo.

Here, I will share it with you. I think it is powerful.

Homily by Fr. Dominic Mary
(coming in the middle of the homily)............”In this way, democracy, contradicting it’s own principles, effectively moves towards a form of totalitarianism. And the reason we bring this up today, is because our government, in the United States of America, IS becoming, if it is not already, a government a state, that is totalitarianism in nature. That is where we are at. Pretty soon I will not have the right to say what I am saying today, without being put in jail. It IS coming to that. The congress is looking at it is right now, this spring. The state is no longer the common home, where all can live together on the basis of principles of fundamental equality, but is transformed into a tyrant state, which takes to itself the right to dispose of the life of the weakest, and most defenseless members; from the unborn child to the elderly, in the name of a “public interest”, which is really nothing but the interest of ONE part of the country. And so, when people get up, and they speak out about this, they are going to be in the way, and they are going to have to be eliminated. That is where we are headed. Where the current administration is going.

Really, what we have here, is only the tragic caricature of legality. The democratic ideal, (which is only truly such, when it acknowledges and safeguards the dignity of every human person) is betrayed at it’s very foundations. How is it still possible to speak of the dignity of every human person, when the killing of the weakest and the most innocent is permitted?! It’s absolutely STUPID to say that we have to defend the rights and the dignity of each person in this country, when we can KILL the little and defenseless! It absolutely makes no sense! It is unreasonable.

When this happens, the process leading to the breakdown of a genuinely human coexistence, and the disintegration of the state itself, has already begun. The disintegration of our democracy has begun...long ago, it is well on it’s way to losing itself completely. Eventually, we will end up in anarchy, if things are not brought under control.

Now, do I say all of this to scare anybody? Or to drive home some fear-mongering mentality? No! Absolutely not. But, we have to stand up and say the truth, and defend the truth, and have a holy boldness. The church has always done that, and she will continue to do that, even at the risk of martyrdom.

And so, as today’s Psalm says, “My strength and my courage is the Lord.”

Even though it may be difficult, if we are faithful to Christ, we will one day hear the joyful shout of victory in the ‘tents of the just’.

May God give us holy boldness, and give our leaders, give our Bishops, the courage to stand up and to speak the truth and even to give their very lives if that is necessary.”

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The apostates at Notre Dame seem more determined than ever to spit in the face of the Church.

Three threads by me.

ND President Jenkins: "We Are Tremendously Proud" to Honor Obama at Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - University of Notre Dame president Fr. John Jenkins heaped fuel on the fire yesterday by gushing that President Obama's highly controversial platform at the school's commencement would be a "tremendous event" for Notre Dame.

"We are very proud and honored to welcome the first African-American President of the United States in a few weeks as our commencement speaker," said Fr. Jenkins at a town hall meeting celebrating 60 years of black student-athletes at Notre Dame, according to the South Bend Tribune. Obama will also be receiving an honorary law degree from the school during the May 17 commencement exercises. . .

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ND Prez's Religious Superior Responds to Scandal, Criticizes Pro-Lifers for Condemning Obama

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - LifeSiteNews.com has obtained an email written by Fr. Peter Jarrett of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, in response to a concerned Catholic regarding the school's decision to invite President Obama to give the commencement speech and receive an honorary degree May 17. Fr. Jarrett is the religious superior of University of Notre Dame President and Holy Cross priest Fr. John Jenkins.

In the email, Fr. Jarrett emphasizes the event as an opportunity to "engage and possibly dialogue" with Obama on life issues. Jarrett also criticizes pro-life Catholics' negative reaction, saying that aiming "anger, hate, and vitriol" at the "wildly popular" president would only damage the pro-life movement. . .

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Notre Dame's Bishop Rebukes Jenkins' Defense of Obama Honor

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bishop John D'Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, whose diocese includes the University of Notre Dame, has issued a letter refuting University president Fr. John Jenkins' justification of honoring Obama at this year's commencement exercises.

A letter to the school's board of trustees from Fr. Jenkins was obtained exclusively and published by LifeSiteNews.com earlier this month. In the letter the president attempted to justify the school's plan, in light of a statement from the USCCB against honoring pro-abortion politicians, to give a platform and an honorary law degree to President Obama on May 17. . .

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"We will not be silent.
We are your bad conscience.
The White Rose will give you no rest."

[wagglebee]

Pope John Paul II's personal secretary, Cardinal Dziwisz, gave a wonderful homily comparing politicians to Pilate.

Thread by Salvation.

Polish Cardinal, Former Secretary to Pope JPII: Politicians, Like Pilate, Kill the Truth-Unborn

KRAKOW, Poland, April 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - During his Good Friday homily at Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, a Marian pilgrimage site near Krakow and home to a live dramatization of the Passion of Christ, Archbishop of Krakow Stanisaw Cardinal Dziwisz called on the over 150,000 faithful present to show courage and speak the truth in defense of the dignity of human life.

The Cardinal condemned abortion, euthanasia, common-law marriage, homosexual unions and in vitro fertilization.

Speaking to the thousands gathered for the Good Friday service around the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska monastery, Cardinal Dziwisz said that the attitude of Pilate, who knew the truth, but still condemned an innocent man, is still present in the political and social life of Poland. . .