Staring Death in the Eye

Staring Death in the Eye   September 16, 2008 Click here or on the photo above to watch a video about the Catholic vote Dear Tony, Before I give you some important election tools as well as my biweekly column, please note: Our Priests for Life pastoral team is visiting the halls of Congress today, tomorrow, and Thursday, and going to as many offices of pro-abortion members as possible. On Thursday we will have a major press conference at the National Press Club, and will have diagrams of the abortion procedure on display. If you have a blog or publication of any kind, we invite you to cover our press conference. My statement to the press and other details will be released on www.PoliticalResponsibility.com. By the way, have you signed up yet as a subscriber to my You Tube channel? Doing so will help us get more traffic to our pro-life videos on You Tube, and will help you to receive updates on key video resources that we post there! See www.YouTube.com/frfrankpavone and sign up as a subscriber today! I am happy to announce that EWTN is airing our special mini-series on the elections. This is an excellent way to educate family, friends, and parishioners. Just let them know when it's going to be on and encourage them to watch! The special series is already underway, and the remaining episodes will be aired on EWTN on the following days at 3am, 12am, 6:30pm and 3:30pm ET. Episode 4: Tuesday, September 16th Episode 5: Monday, September 22nd Episode 6: Tuesday, September 23rd Two other tools you can use in upcoming days are these: 1. Friday night September 26 will be the first Presidential debate. Why not have a "debate-watching party" at your home? Invite people over and watch it together. This is a great way to help educate others about where the candidates stand, especially if they might not watch the debate on their own. Have additional information available about the elections. 2. Monday night September 29 will be our next national teleseminar to train activists on what to do to increase voter turnout and voter education. Join us from 9 to 10pm Eastern time either by phone or internet. Sign up at www.priestsforlife.org/conferencecall/index.aspx. Let me also provide you with the upcoming schedules for our own TV shows and Radio programming: Hear us on EWTN radio on Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo. I am her guest every Wednesday at 9:30am ET and Janet Morana is her guest every Friday at 9:10am ET. For radio station information and to listen to the live show on the internet, go to www.avemariaradio.net Defending Life: Watch on EWTN every Friday at 10pm ET and Saturday at 2:30am ET. Listen on EWTN radio every Friday at 1am ET, Saturday at 6:30pm ET and Sunday at 5am ET. For more information or to listen online go to www.ewtn.com. September 19-21: Spirituality of Being pro-Life, Part Two. Involvement in the pro-life movement is shaped by particular virtues and characteristics. Fr. Frank describes this spirituality, in which he has trained thousands of priests, deacons, seminarians, and lay activists over the years and around the world. September 26-28: Reaching out by Preaching out to the 'Choir,' the 'Estranged' and all in Between. Fr. Wilde has preached the pro-life message full time with Priests for Life since 1998, and shares the wisdom and experience he has gathered about how to convey that message with conviction and compassion. Gospel of Life: Watch on the Angel One channel on Sky Angel Satellite (www.skyangel.com) or Angle One channel 262 on the Dish Network: Wednesday's at 11:30pm ET. Watch on Catholic Familyland, Sky Angel 9717 (www.familyland.tv): Sunday at 1am ET, Monday at 9am ET and Thursday at 11:30pm ET. Listen to Gospel of Life episodes online at www.gospeloflife.com. Week of September 14: The Presidency and Abortion Week of September 21: Challenging Abortion Supporters Life on the Line radio program. Go to www.lifeontheline.com/listen/index.htm for stations and airing times. September 20-21: Sign of Victory, Part 1. Speaking at a 2007 banquet, before Legatus, a ministry of Catholic business leaders, Fr. Frank shares some signs of victory for the culture of life. September 27-28: Signs of Victory, Part 2 Please tune in and spread the word! In fact, you can help us - and your whole parish -- by asking your pastor to place in the parish bulletin an announcement about our TV shows. Thanks in advance! Blessings and prayers,   Fr. Frank Pavone National Director, Priests for Life	Recently, Fr. Frank visited Kansas where he conducted a Respect Life Conference for the Diocese of Salina and preached at local parishes.  Above, Fr. Frank Pavone with Lester and Donetta Robben  Is this what you mean? Fr. Frank's Blog Visit our Online Store Please, remember to support our work   Visit PriestsforLife.org   Priests For Life PO Box 141172 Staten Island, NY 10314 Phone: 888-PFL-3448 718-980-4400 Fax: 718-980-6515 Email: mail@priestsforlife.org
Staring Death in the Eye A few of my colleagues in the pro-life movement have at times made the blanket generalization that showing pictures of aborted babies "doesn't work" or is "counterproductive." They say people already know abortion is evil, and seeing the photos will only turn them away from our movement. Nor, they say, will the photos persuade someone not to have an abortion. May I present some evidence to the contrary. These are three of hundreds of emails I receive from people who see these photos at www.priestsforlife.org/images. 1. "Up until I visited this site I had been prochoice. I thought that I would do an Internet search to see exactly what an abortion entails. After seeing the images on your site, there was no decision to be made. I figured that whatever hardships having a baby at this time would bring me would be far easier than living with the guilt I knew I would never rid myself of if I was to get an abortion. The pictures had such a powerful effect on me. They helped me to be strong and realize that this pregnancy was made possible by God and if it wasn't meant to be, that was His choice, not mine." 2. "Hello, I am a sixteen-year-old female and I just finished looking at the pictures on your site and reading what actually happens during an abortion. Up until five minutes ago I was extremely pro-choice. Because of your site, I realize that abortion is not a choice about a woman's body...it is the LIFE of a BABY. Never before did I realize how truly horrible and careless abortion really is. Maybe it's because I'd never seen the pictures, or read the actual descriptions of abortion. Maybe I was too afraid to know the truth. But within 3 minutes of viewing your website, my face was covered in tears. Those pictures just really hurt to look at. I cannot express how grateful I am that you have shown me the truth about abortion. God bless you." 3. "Thank you so much for your website. I am 14 weeks pregnant and my partner wants me to have an abortion. ... so I thought about it. I got on the internet trying to see how much it cost and I was lead to your site. I wanted to see what happens and what they look like at 14 weeks. Thanks to your site. I am not going to do it. I am unable to commit murder. That is like killing my own children at their age. This is a remarkable website. Everyone should see this site before they consider having an abortion. Everyone needs to see this to determine if they are able to live with themselves after doing this". Many other messages like these are posted at www.priestsforlife.org/images. Now if someone prefers not to use the photos, that's fine. Many others will, and there are many other kinds of pro-life work to go around. But please don't say the photos don't work. They certainly do. This column can be found online at www.priestsforlife.org/columns/columns2008/08-08-25-staring-death-in-the-eye.htm Fr. Frank's columns can be heard via podcast.  See www.priestsforlife.org/podcast for more details. Fr.. Frank's columns can be listened to in MP3 format at www.priestsforlife.org/columns/columns2008/index.htm
Praise for our Work! Father Pavone: Recently an email was sent to me with a link to your video [on youtube]. After watching a response was necessary. This is one of the most terrible, loathsome, sickening, awful (in both senses of the word) AND most necessary videos I have ever watched. Just now, not 5 minutes ago I watched it and it so deeply affected me. I have never been a proponent of abortion, in fact it is and has been my firm belief that abortion is wrong. Still this video is necessary because it tells the truth and could convince someone who is on the edge. We do have to remember that the violence of abortion does not make it wrong. It is wrong because our Lord says it is wrong. I will be sending the email on to friends and acquaintances whether I know their stance or not. I have many friends both Christian & not who will find this email as disturbing as I but will recognize it's importance. Thank you for producing it.  -- Nancy
Mirando la muerte a los ojos Algunos colegas míos en el movimiento pro-vida han dicho alguna vez generalizando que mostrar las fotos de bebés abortados "no funciona" o es "contraproducente". Dicen que la gente ya sabe que el aborto es malo y que ver las fotos lo único que hace es alejarlos de nuestro movimiento. Dicen, además, que las fotos no van a convencer a nadie para que no se haga un aborto. Quiero presentar evidencia en el sentido contrario. He aquí tres de los cientos de mensajes de correo electrónico que recibo de gente que ve las fotos en www.priestsforlife.org/images. 1. "Hasta que visité este sitio era pro-elección (pro-choice). Pensé que iba a hacer una búsqueda en Internet para ver exactamente lo que implica un aborto. Después de ver las imágenes en su página, no cabía otra decisión. Me di cuenta que cualquier dificultad que me acarreara tener este bebé en este momento sería más fácil que vivir con la culpa que sabía imposible de superar si me hacía un aborto. Las fotos tuvieron un efecto muy fuerte en mí. Me ayudaron a ser fuerte y darme cuenta que Dios hizo posible este embarazo y que era su elección y no la mía que continuara o no." 2. "Hola, soy una mujer de dieciséis años y acabo de terminar de mirar las fotos en su sitio y leer lo que realmente ocurre durante un aborto. Hasta hace cinco minutos era extremadamente pro-elección. Gracias a su sitio en Internet me doy cuenta que el aborto no es una elección relacionada con el cuerpo de la mujer… se trata de la VIDA de un BEBE. Nunca antes me di cuenta de lo horrible y desconsiderado que es el aborto. Quizás porque nunca había visto las fotos o leído descripciones reales de un aborto. Quizás tenía temor de saber la verdad. Pero a los tres minutos de ver su sitio, mi cara estaba cubierta de lágrimas. Era doloroso mirar esas fotos. No puedo explicar lo agradecida que estoy que me hayan mostrado la verdad del aborto. Que Dios los bendiga." 3. "Muchas gracias por su sitio de Internet. Tengo 14 semanas de embarazo y mi pareja quiere que aborte… así que lo pensé. Entré al Internet para ver cuanto me costaría y así llegué a su sitio. Quería ver que pasa y como son a las 14 semanas de gestación. Gracias por su sitio. No lo haré. No puedo cometer un asesinato. Sería lo mismo que matar mis propios hijos a su edad. Es un sitio extraordinario. Todos deberían visitar este sitio antes de considerar un aborto. Todos necesitan ver esto para determinar si son capaces de vivir consigo mismos después de hacerlo." Hay muchos otros mensajes similares en www.priestsforlife.org/images. Ahora, si hay quienes prefieren no usar las fotos, no hay problema. Hay otros que sí lo harán y hay otras formas de hacer trabajo pro-vida. Pero, por favor, no digan que las fotos no funcionan. Ciertamente funcionan. Esta columna se puede encontrar en la página de Internet http://www.priestsforlife.org/spanish/08-07-14span.htm
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