EWTN Press Release: We want your Pro-life videos!

EWTN Wants Your Pro-Life Videos

Watch To See If We Post Your Video

Online OR On-Air During March for Life

        Irondale, AL (EWTN) – It’s January – and you know what that means! Hundreds of thousands of our nation’s pro-life heroes will descend upon Washington, D.C. for the 42^nd Annual March for Life. As always, EWTN will be there – and this year, we’re inviting you to be online and on-air with us in a new way!
        The theme for this year’s March for Life is “Every Life is A Gift.” We’re inviting you to send us a short video that illustrates this theme in your own life. Did you go through with a pregnancy after a difficult diagnosis? Did you or a loved one find life worth living even after being diagnosed with a serious or even terminal illness? Do you love life despite (or even as a result of) your disability?
        Please send us a 10 to 60 second video on this theme – or a link to the video from one of your social media sites - and we may post it on EWTN’s own social media sites – which reach more than 600,000 people; it could even be aired! Send in videos NOW to communications@ewtn.com.
        Whether you access EWTN from D.C. using your mobile phone or watch/listen on TV, radio, the Internet, and more, you’ll want to tune in to EWTN to get a view of the March that you simply can’t get when you’re in the middle of the crowd! As always, EWTN President and “Bookmark” Host Doug Keck and EWTN Chaplain Father Joseph Mary will anchor EWTN’s coverage. On the ground coverage, which will include interviews with marchers, speakers, and other surprise guests, will be more robust than ever thanks to the intrepid Teresa Tomeo (“Catholic Connection”/”Catholic View for Women”) and the “EWTN News Nightly” team headed by Anchor Brian Patrick. 
         The event begins at 6:30 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Jan. 21 with the “Opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life,” which airs live from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. On March Day, tune in at 7:30 a.m. ET, for Mass from the Basilica; at 9 am. ET, for all the pre-March excitement; and at noon ET for the speeches and the March down Constitution Avenue to the offices of your Congressional Representatives. (Check www.ewtn.com for encores.) Also, at 9 p.m. ET, don't miss "EWTN News Nightly's" special one-hour recap of the day's events.
        Can’t make it to D.C. Check out EWTN’s pro-life page, www.ewtn.com/prolife where we have posted the Twitter handles of your House and Senate representatives – and a lot more. Let your representatives know that you are pro-life and that, as your representative, you want them to vote that way too!
        See you on TV, radio, or live at the March in D.C. - or on EWTN's social media sites (including www.facebook.com/ewtnonline, www.twitter.com/ewtn) as we "virtually" March for Life!

        EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 34^th year, is available in over 230 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.

Baby Nevernamed

I am baby Nevernamed. 

Many people call me an “unborn child”, I prefer "pre-born child". I’m a person. A person in the earliest stages of growth and development. It was never a question as to whether or not I am human or if I’d leave the womb. 

The question was only... when? What would my birthday be? At this point, they call it my Mommy's "due date", but for me, it's when will my birthday be? Or rather, when would my birthday be... if I was going to have one.

I’m an eight week old pre-born child. I’ve done a lot of growing in my eight weeks of life in my Mommy's womb. I’m an inch long and weigh 0.1 oz. and my heart is beating about 150 beats a minute, that’s faster than my Mommy’s heart beats. 

All my major organs are formed, even my muscles are growing so I can be big and strong one day. I have two eyes that I can move, a nose and a mouth full of taste buds! I even have all my tooth buds for my first teeth. I have all my tiny fingers and all ten tiny toes and they wiggle. I can move! Sometimes, if I can catch it, I suck my thumb - I really like that. Once I even had the hiccups! There is so much I have to look forward to, each day is another step forward for me and full of new and exciting things. So much potential in my future- if I had a future.

Soon I won’t ever have the hiccups again. And I only have a little while left to suck my thumb, yawn, wiggle my toes and stretch my tiny arms. I’ll never use my taste buds or my baby teeth. I'll never know a grandma or grandpa or brother or sister or cousin.  I won’t ever see light or hear my Mommy’s voice outside the womb. I'll never feel a kiss on my forehead or arms hugging me. I'll never see a smile or give a smile back.

I’ll never even be named.

Someone told my Mommy she could pay someone to kill me. They told her she has a ‘right’ and a ‘choice’ to make sure I never get born. Nobody gave me my ‘rights’ or my ‘choice’. No one will give me the future I am supposed to have.  My entire life span takes place in the warm nourishing womb of my mother who is even now planning to pay someone to kill me. 

No life outside the womb.  No rights to my future and nobody to even gave me a name.

Please help me and all the other pre-born human beings who want their ‘right’ to life. The right to see the sky, taste food, breath air and the right to have a birthday and a name. I can’t talk yet, so I need others to speak for me and my rights to life. Please support a Pro-Life group today and let everyone know that I have a Right to Life and I want a name.

Thank you for taking a moment out of your life to think of the life of a pre-born human being.

In memory of, 

all the babies never named...


Please pray for an end to ALL abortion and support the Right to Life!


In Christ,

Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner


**I originally shared this post in 2008.

EWTN wants your March for Life videos, photos and posts!

EWTN: Send Us Your March for Life/
Walk for Life Videos, Pics & Posts

Irondale, AL –Be part of EWTN’s 2014 March for Live/Walk for Life coverage!

 

There are lots of ways your voice can be heard on the EWTN Global Catholic Network, the only Network to provide complete live coverage of the March!

• Post your comments on our Facebook (www.facebook.com/ewtnonline) page, (almost 344,000 strong and growing), using the hashtags #ewtn, #ProLife, #WhyWeMarch, and #marchforlife or #walkforlife.
• Post your tweets on our Twitter (www.twitter.com/ewtn) site, using the same hashtags as above.
• Send photos of your pro-life banners as well as SHORT videos to marchforlife@ewtn.com. We’re looking for short pre-March/Walk videos about why you or your group is going to the event as well as videos from the venue. (Caution: Please huddle around your microphone or speaker so your voices won’t be drowned out by the crowd.) Some of these may appear on-air!
• Send us your pictures from the “March for Life” and the “Walk for Life” as well as your pro-life banners for possible posting on the “March for Life” or “Walk for Life” board on EWTN’s Pinterest site. View them at www.pinterest.com/ewtn.
• Also, Facebook fans, the EWTN 360 technology that was introduced during World Youth Day is back! The app will allow you, the viewer, to click on an event for a 360 degree view of the venue just by moving your cursor! (If you missed WYD360, click here: http://www.ewtn.com/rio2013/wyd360.asp.) This means that you will be able to see MFL events on our website and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ewtnonline) just as if you were standing in the crowd listening to the speakers or marching down Constitution Avenue.
• Finally, check out EWTN’s pro-life page, http://www.ewtn.com/prolife, for news, resources, and more ways to get involved! 

Let’s tell the world why we’re marching; let’s tell the world why it makes a difference; let’s tell the world what we’re seeing as we march and about the difference it makes in the lives of women around the world.

 

Coverage of the 2014 March for Life begins at 9 a.m. ET, Wednesday, Jan. 22, with encores at 10 p.m. ET, Wednesday night, and 9:30 a.m. ET, Sunday, Jan. 26. Coverage of the Walk for Life begins at 2:30 p.m. ET, Saturday, Jan. 25. For a complete schedule of all the events, please go to www.ewtn.com.

 

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 33^rd year, is available in over 230 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.

EWTN Press Release: EWTN's Coverage of the March for Life

EWTN’s Coverage of the
'March For Life' Goes ‘Full Circle’

Irondale, AL – EWTN, the first and only television network to air complete live coverage of the March for Life, announces dramatically expanded coverage.

This year, thanks to a new wireless camera unit, EWTN will be able to walk alongside the crowd from the National Mall, all the way down Constitution Avenue, and right up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court itself. You will see the March as only those who actually walk the route will see it.

 

Plus, the EWTN 360 technology that was introduced during World Youth Day is back – and this time we are “live.” The app allows you, the viewer, to click on an event and to get a 360 degree view of the venue just by moving your cursor. (If you missed WYD360, click here: http://www.ewtn.com/rio2013/wyd360.asp.) This means that you will be able to see MFL events on our website and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ewtnonline) just as if you were standing in the crowd listening to the speakers or marching down Constitution Avenue!

 

EWTN’s coverage will be anchored in the studio by EWTN President Doug Keck and EWTN Chaplain Fr. Joseph Mary, and in the field by EWTN TV and Radio Anchors Teresa Tomeo (“Catholic Connection,” “Catholic View for Women”), Mike Romano and Elena Rodriguez. Also, look for special in-studio coverage of your Facebook posts, tweets (www.twitter.com/ewtn) and videos (send to marchforlife@ewtn.com) by the EWTN Communications Department.

 

Then, in the evening, don’t miss a special one-hour “EWTN News Nightly with Colleen Carroll Campbell,” which will feature a great lineup of pro-life leaders and speakers who will discuss the past, present and future of the pro-life movement as well as the fight against abortion.

 

Here’s the schedule:

• Opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life airs live at 6:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Jan. 21 from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
• Closing Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life airs live at 7:30 a.m. ET, Wednesday, Jan. 22, also from the Basilica.
• Coverage of the 2014 March for Life begins at 9 a.m. ET, Wednesday, Jan. 22, with encores at 10 p.m. ET, Wednesday, and 9:30 a.m. ET, Sunday, Jan. 26.
• Coverage of the Youth Mass for Life from the Verizon Center will air at 4 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Jan. 22.
• “EWTN News Nightly With Colleen Carroll Campbell:” One-hour special begins at 6 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Jan. 22.
• If you can’t be at the March itself, please join us for our Virtual March for Life on EWTN’s Facebook page and Twitter page, www.twitter.com/ewtn, as well as on TV, Radio, our Mobile app, and streaming live on the Internet! As we always say, “EWTN is Everywhere!”

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 33^rd year, is available in over 230 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.

Catholic Events

Cloistered Vocation Retreat Weekend

The cloistered Dominican Nuns at the Monastery of Our Lady of Grace (North Guilford, CT) invite all young women, aged 18-35 to a vocation retreat on January 3-5, 2014. For more information, contact Sister Maria of the Angels, OP, atgracevocations@comcast.net or 203-457- 1985.

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Are you going to Washington, DC for the 41^st Annual March for Life? As you know, this year the March for Life takes place on Wednesday, January 22nd.

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“The Pope from the New World” NOW available from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Francis-The-Pope-New-World/dp/B00GHNL0QC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1383769382&sr=8-4&keywords=pope+francis+documentary

The film Francis: “The Pope from the New World” is now available on DVD through Amazon.com.

Thanks to the great work of the Knights of Columbus!!!!
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UPDATE ADDED:

Plenary Indulgence, under the usual conditions of Confession, Communion, prayer for the intentions of the Pope and freedom of attachment to all sin on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1st:

§ 1. A plenary indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a church or in an oratory, are present [take part] in a recitation or solemn chant of: ... 

1° the hymn Veni Creator ... on the first day of the year, imploring divine assistance for the whole of the coming year... 

2° the Te Deum hymn, on the last day of the year, in thanksgiving to God for the favors received in the course of the entire year.

(Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, 4th edition)

Catholic Events in and around Connecticut

Gospel of Life Society

Meets the second Sat. of each month at 10 AM,following the
9:00 AM Pro-Life Holy Mass

At:  St. Mary Parish, 669 West Ave., Norwalk 06850

All are welcome!

Eileen Bianchini (203) 847-5727 or stmarygols@aol.com

Nov 9 Meeting Reminder 

On Homeschooling:

Join us!  Bring homeschooling friends!  Our speaker will be Donna Person, VP, The Education Association of Christian Homeschoolers - in CT (TEACH-CT) http://www.teachct.org/ - recommended by HSLDA's Michael Farris.  Specifically, Donna can discuss any of the following depending on your interests:

• The idealology that is really behind some current challenges to homeschooling, both in the USA and internationally
•  Understanding the Parental Rights Amendment, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and related issues.
• Recent legislative activity in CT and its potential impact on homeschooling freedom -- how to get involved.
• The role of TEACH - CT in the homeschooling community and our relationship to other homeschool organizations.
• What you need to know about homeschooling in CT --  (Donna could also meet privately after the meeting with any who are interested in knowing more about getting started homeschooling.)

Note:   Q & A time related to any of the above.

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Saturday, November 9, will be the Opus Dei Morning of Recollection for Men.

Location: St Anthony Church, 70 Washington Street, New Haven, CT

Schedule

7:30   Priest Available for confession

7:45   Meditation by the priest

8:25   Examination of Conscience

8:40   Talk by a layman

9:00   Holy Mass

The priest is also available for confession from 8:15 until 9:00 am.

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The Clelian Adult Day Center, a ministry of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is running free memory screenings on  November 19, 2013 for National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.


Clelian Adult Day Center
261 Benham Street, Hamden

Time: 10am to Noon & 4-6pm

More info: 203-288-4151, ext. 644


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The Capuchin Franciscan Friars will be having their next Discernment weekend in December.

The Capuchins serve in a few places (parishes and lead the Secular Franciscans Order) in Connecticut.

06-08 December 2013
Notre Dame Spirituality Center, Ipswich, MA

Br. Tim Jones, OFM Cap.

phone: 845-642-1025

brotimjonesofmcap@gmail.com

Sacred Heart Friary
110 Shonnard Place
Yonkers, NY  10703-2226

Phone914-375-8230
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MARCH FOR LIFE – WASHINGTON, D.C.

2014 is a state and Congressional election year and Wednesday, January 22, 2014 is the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Make March for Life 2014 in Washington, D.C. the largest ever!

                      

The March for Life Convention on Tuesday, January 21st will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The convention features pro-life speakers, exhibit booths and much more! Events include the Law of Life Summit, from 11 AM to 2 PM and a Youth Rally from 2 to 5 PM.

The March for Life Rally on Wednesday, January 22nd, will be held from noon to 1 PM on the National Mall. Following the Rally, starting from the Mall, will be the huge 2014 March for Life.

Following the March on January 22 the annual Rose Dinner will be held at the Hyatt Regency at 6 PM. Also associated with the March will be the 2nd Annual Nellie Gray 5K Run.

Last year’s March had an estimated 250,000 to 400,000 marchers participating. Over 700 pro-lifers from Connecticut made the trip, including large contingents from Cromwell, Norwalk, Waterbury, West Hartford, and Eastern Connecticut.

MARCH FOR LIFE – HARTFORD

On Saturday, January 25th, 2014, Archbishop Leonard P. Blair will celebrate Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford. Following Mass, Helpers of God’s Precious Infants will lead a Rosary procession to the State Capitol and back, for those wishing to participate. Once everyone is back at the Cathedral, there will be pro-life speakers and refreshments downstairs in the Cathedral.

MARCH FOR LIFE – NEW HAVEN

Mass will be offered at St Mary’s Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven. Date & Time TBA.


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**Please don't email me questions about these events, I just share them.  Contact the websites and phone numbers or addresses given directly.** 


UPDATE: Adding more Catholic events

The Sisters of Life are sponsoring a vocation Come and See on 14-17 November 2013.

Contact Sister Antoniana Maria, SV: 718-863-2264 OR vocations@sistersoflife.org

www.sistersoflife.org/vocations

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FREE!!!!!!!!!!

An amazing concert is being offered for free (No tickets required) on Sunday, November 17, 8pm, St Mary's Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven

The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Phillips was founded in 1973. Their recordings and concerts have established them as experts in Renaissance sacred music. The Tallis Scholars perform in sacred and secular venues giving nearly 70 concerts around the globe each year.

The concert is sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music

This free concert is a terrific gift to CT!