April 30, 2017 Newsletter
Newsletter, April 30, 2017
March for Life 2017
On Friday, January 27th, 2017, 42 people (16 men, 25 women and 1 boy) boarded our bus to attend the 44th Annual March for Life! Our group included five students from Westminster College and ten from Grove City College. (The students were such a blessing to this 78 yr. old attending my 34th March for Life.) The youngest was Gunnar, age 10. Autumn, his Mom, has traveled with us for many years. Our group was filmed by EWTN near the end of the March. We were very visible with our signs with two red hearts and the words, “Abortion, one
31st “Light a Candle for Life” Prayer Vigil
Our 31st annual “Light A Candle for Life” Prayer Vigil seemed better this year. Why? In part, because it was held on Friday, January 20th, the day of the Inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. It was now official! We had a Pro-Life President!! It was also better because God blessed us with rain stopped at 3pm, the sun came out and nearly 75 people came to Kennedy Square to kneel, pray and light 1,000 luminaria in memory of the 60 million American babies lost to abortion and in concern and sympathy for their Mom’s. “In the past
DEFEND GOD’S GIFT OF LIFE BANQUET ~ THURS., APRIL 14, 2016
Defend God’s Gift Poster 2016 < Click to view Poster The Advisory Board and Officers of PCUC, New Castle Chapter are busy planning our DEFEND GOD’S GIFT OF LIFE BANQUET to be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at The New Englander Banquet Center, 3009 Wilmington Road, New Castle, PA. The Banquet begins at 5:30pm with a plated dinner, followed at 6:30pm with nationally known pro-life speakers, Rev. Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life and Attorney Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel. See biographies below. Tickets: Adults – $20.00 Clergy – Complimentary Students, Clergy Spouse or Clergy Staff – $15.00
PCUC New Castle Updates: January-June 2015
Finally! An Update of PCUC, New Castle Chapter events and activities! ( 5 months overdue! – I’m sure not too many of you really checked in as often as I do, so you probably didn’t even know!) Do you have too many irons in the fire! I DO! In fact, there’s another iron on the ironing board behind me as I type this update. When I last updated (Feb. 8th) about our January 20th “Light A Candle for Life” Prayer Vigil, I added photos and text about our lighting of candles and ceremony at Kennedy Square. Then I promised
“Light A Candle for Life” 1/20/15
Life is Beautiful!… and it was especially beautiful at 6pm on Tuesday, January 20th at Kennedy Square (“the diamond”) in New Castle, PA as we began our 29th “Light A Candle for Life” Prayer Vigil! God Blessed us with beautiful weather and a group of more than 75 people of all ages. They came to Pray and Light 1,000 luminaria candles in memory of the 58 MILLION unborn American baby boys and girls who have been aborted since January 22, 1973. The local American Heritage Girls (conservative alternative to the Girl Scouts) led the Pledge of Allegiance and Rev. Father
This week at the “March for Life”.
WATCH THE MARCH FOR LIFE RALLY! (see link below) See the Rally and the entire “March” on EWTN: EWTN “March for Life” 6 1/2 hours tomorrow, Sunday, Jan. 25, beginning at 9:30AM. The “March” is also covered by C-Span 1 (Channel 3, Comcast) – or perhaps on C-Span 2 or 3 (Comcast Channels 184 & 185) PHOTOS, PCUC, New Castle Chapter at the “March for Life” PHOTOS 1) and 2) The 33 wonderful folks, ages 10-81yrs. who traveled by bus to the “March for Life” in Washington, D.C. on Thurs., Jan. 22, 2015. Hoping you can Click on the
JANUARY 2015 EVENTS
Photo of 2014 “Light A Candle for Life” Prayer Vigil held on March 31, due to the dangerously cold temperatures in January! See More Photos: Click Events & Photo Albums. ADD LOCAL PRO-LIFE EVENTS TO YOUR 2015 CALENDAR! (Suggested New Year’s Resolution: “I will stand up and speak out in defense of GOD’S PRECIOUS GIFT OF HUMAN LIFE ~ from Conception to Natural Death.”) Please pray for a return to RESPECT FOR GOD’S GIFT OF LIFE. Put your pro-life convictions into action. TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015; “Light A Candle for Life” Prayer Vigil; 6 PM KENNEDY SQUARE:KNEEL, PRAY AND LIGHT
PCUC, New Castle Chapter Celebrates Founder, Jean Rogan
On Monday, November 19th, 2014, despite a blanket of snow and cold temperatures, ninety-eight pro-life people came to the New Englander Banquet Center to honor our Founder, Jean Rogan and to help celebrate her 40 years of defending God’s Gift of Life! Jean formed the New Castle Chapter of People Concerned for the Unborn Child in 1974, several months after attending the very first “March for Life” on January 22, 1974 in Washington, D.C. Jean had seen a message in the St. Joseph the Worker Parish bulletin that a group from Pittsburgh had buses going to Washington,D.C. to attend the