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CENTRAL TEXAS
VOICES FOR LIFE © 
(CTV4-Life)

[ CURRENT U.S. 2008 DEATH RATE = 2 ABORTIONS EVERY MINUTE ]
(SOURCE: EWTN)

581,760 CURRENT DEATHS YEAR TO DATE


WORLD WIDE ABORTION DEATH RATE IS EST. AT 46 MILLION
PER DAY !  (SOURCE: First Things)




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  CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

    ACTIVE PRO-LIFE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:

 

  CTV4-Life holds a prayer service every Wednesday night from 7:00 PM in the Church.

  For information or to volunteer, contact Edward or Penny Szeman at 698-6539.

  E-mail: Webmaster
 

December 18, 2006

Dear Pro Life Supporter,

Your continuing generosity and prayerful support have resulted in another successful year of Pro Life growth and action in our community. (See the enclosed summary of 2006 CTVL Activity.)

Our efforts in 2007 will continue to emphasize the Pro Life movie ad campaign at the Hollywood Theatre complex in Killeen and Abstinence Education support for our local middle and high school youth. Our budget for movie ads for next year is $7,680. We are preparing a revision of the ad themes to provide a more engaging and informative message.

Support of crisis pregnancy services provided by the Diocese of Austin and Hope Pregnancy Centers will be expanded through more volunteer and assistance efforts.

In 2007 we hope to end the taking of innocent life in our community through increased presence of pro life supporters at the Wednesday and Friday vigils outside the Killeen Women's Health Center. We will also continue to provide information and access to those needing crisis pregnancy help.

Your vital contribution provides for advertising, literature and other resources necessary to continue our Pro Life programs. Please support and help with your prayers and most generous donation. God Bless you for your respect for life and the future of the unborn.

Edward Szeman
Chairman
Central Texas Voices for Life

ENCL

Central Texas Voices for Life
Summary of Annual Activities
2006

January

• Renewal of Hollywood Theatre movie ads (All screens; 210 repetitions daily).

• Pro Life Holy Hour held each Wednesday evening at St. Paul Chong Hasang.

• Pro Life prayer vigil held each Wednesday AM at Killeen Women's Health Center.

March

• Billboard contracts signed for two locations (April-September) for crisis pregnancy inquiries at Hope Pregnancy Centers.

April

• Two CTVL volunteers complete 25 hour orientation course leading to internship as crisis pregnancy counselors at Hope Pregnancy Centers in Killeen.

• CTVL Charter Revision; Appointment of CTVL Board of Directors; Realignment of CTVL Executive Council.

May

• Cell Phone recycling fundraiser started.

• Pro Life ads contracted in Harker Heights Evening Star.

June

• Affiliation with American Life League established.

• Distribution of free Pro Life literature at St. Paul Chong Hasang.

July

• Abstinence Videos procured and distributed to all KISD Middle and High Schools.

August

• Pro Life abstinence education added to St. Paul Confirmation Class curriculum.

• Catholic magazine Subscription Fund raiser.

September

• American Life League T-Shirt Sales.

• Add Friday AM prayer vigil and distribution of pro-life literature at Killeen Women's Health Center.

October

• Life Chain demonstration sponsored by CTVL on W.S. Young Drive near Killeen Women's Health Center on Oct. 1. (80+ participants)

• Pro Life materiel sales after weekend Masses at St. Paul Chong Hasang.

• Briefing of CTVL Pro Life Activities for Catholic Women of the Chapel at Comanche Chapel, Ft. Hood, TX.

November

• CTVL Christmas Card sales fundraiser after weekend Masses at St. Paul.
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    Greetings to all - just a reminder that our raffle weekend is coming up June 14,15 . We need all the help we can get. If you can stay after one of the Masses, please do; it won't take long and is a great chance to meet people. Also we have offered a catered BBQ for 20 to raffle off. It must be used by Labor Day (the BBQ is from Dick Young). Edward and I will be gone a lot this summer, so we are asking if anybody could take this on. I have somebody working on a sample ticket that can be reproduced and cost us very little if anything, so it would be ALL profit for Voices For Life. If somebody will do this let me know. We also need somebody to take over the materials, sales and organizing pro-life weekend for pass-out of materials once in awhile to keep the Right To Life in the forefront. Edward and I are stepping down, so we need a chairman. The group is in good shape with a few dedicated people. Please pray on this and if God is calling you to step-up, follow your heart. Thanks. Penny

    ABORTION  VS.  U.S. WAR CASUALTIES (Military Deaths)*

Revolutionary War     26,000
Civil War                     600,000
World War I                126,000
World War II               407,318
Korean War                 33,629
Vietnam War                57,685
Aborted in the U.S.
  (since Roe V. Wade) 47,000,000 + (# updated to current year)

*  VICTORY WON  2001  -  VW, P.O. Box 101, Davenport, NE 69335-0101

    Killeen Citywide Prayer for the Unborn *
"You are invited to attend the Killeen monthly citywide time of prayer at Hope Pregnancy Center, next door to the abortion clinic. Please join us the first Monday of each month from 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. as we petition the Lord on behalf of the unborn. We do this in the spirit of Biblical Unity. HPC is located in the Southpointe Center directly south of the Copper Mountain post office on WS Young Drive in suite 301-C. Pass the word along to all of your friends and invite them to join you. For more information contact Pat Galanffy at 254-681-5823.
*  Central Texas Prayer Network NEWSLETTER, Spring 2008

    (From the address of Pope John Paul II, Capitol Mall, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1979)
"...I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life...is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God. Nothing surpasses the greatness or dignity of a human person. Human life is precious because it is the gift of God whose love is infinite; and when God gives life, it is forever. And so, we will stand up every time that human life is threatened. When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, we will stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life."

    There is an urgent need for silent prayer volunteers to stand outside the abortion clinic in Killeen, every Wednesday from 8 - 11 AM, and Fridays, 10:30 - 11:00 AM.  These are the abortion days/hours; however, people are needed there everyday.  If you can't make it to the clinic, pray at home! The clinic is at the Southpoint Office Mall on W.S. Young next to the post office.  Turn on Little Nolan and go into the first entrance. The abortion clinic is right next door to Hope Pregnancy Center. For more info. please call Linda Busti at 699-3787 (cell: 289-7511) or Pat Beseda at 698-5566. 

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all who donated clothes for the Hope Pregnancy Center!
       
    QUOTE FROM POPE BENEDICT XVI ADDRESS, NOV. 2, 2005
"In today's social context, family groups with numerous children are a witness of faith, courage and optimism, because without children there is no future."

    YOU CAN GET INVOLVED!!
Your monetary support will help save lives. Please make your check payable to:
CENTRAL TEXAS VOICES FOR LIFE
and remit to:
 
St. Paul Chong Hasang Church
1000 East FM 2410
Harker Heights, TX 76548 (or)

Katie Fitzpatrick
306 Schrader Road
Killeen, TX 76542

Together we CAN make a difference! Thanks!!

    EXCERPTS FROM "END THE ROE LITMUS TEST" (Published by the National Committee for a  Human Life Amendment, 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 926, Washington, DC 20005)

            "In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court issued two abortion rulings, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. These decisions created a new "right" to abortion, and made abortion legal nationwide through the full nine months of pregnancy, with no meaningful limitation."

          "In recent years, Roe has even been used to invalidate bans on partial-birth abortion, which kills a child in the process of birth." (A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling may change this!!)

           "Since Roe v. Wade became the law of the land, more than 40 million unborn children have lost their lives and untold numbers of women have suffered the aftermath of abortion. The practice of medicine has been degraded by those in the profession who participate in destroying life. And society as a whole has been coarsened by the toleration and even acceptance of the widespread taking of innocent human life. Roe v. Wade has poisoned all it has touched." 

    DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN BEING *

        Day 1 (H-Hour):  "The sperm penetrates the egg."

        H + 12 hours:       "The ovum divides into two genetically unique cells."

        H + 30 hours:        "The cell, dividing every 12-15 hours, moves down the Fallopian tube."

        Day 2:                    "Still moving through the Fallopian tube, the morulla now is 8 - 16 cells."

        Day 3:                    "The fertilized ovum forces its way out of the Fallopian tube into the uterus.
                                          It is now a blastocyst."

        Day 4:                     "The blastocyst, shed its 'armor' and attaches to the uterus. The embryo
                                           and placenta are distinct."

        Day 8:                      "Now several hundred cells, once attached, the blastocyst secretes
                                            progesterone signaling the woman's brain that she is pregnant."

        Day 11:                    "Every one of the approximately 2,000 cells are dividing twice a day. The
                                            blastocyst tells the woman's body to stop menstrating (sic) and the uterine
                                            walls become more elastic."

        Week 3:                    "The embryonic brain is forming and the embryonic heart is beginning to
                                             form and beat. The human embryo is .08 inches long."

        Week 4:                    "Bones are forming. At 1/4 inch the heart pumps blood to the liver and to
                                             the aorta."

        Week 5:                    "At .4 inch long, the brain is extremely large and hands and feet are
                                             starting to take shape."

        Week 6:                    "Just over 1/2 inch, the embryo has a spinal cord and the heart beats
                                             140-150 beats a minute, twice as many as the mother. The embryo has its
                                             own blood, seperate (sic) from the mother. Dark eyes are visible."

        Week 8:                    "At 1 1/2 inch long, all the organs are in place. At this point, biologist refer
                                             to it as a fetus. The fetus weighs 13g (less than 1/2 ounce). In 50 days it
                                             has gone from one cell to many millions with 100,000 genes in each cell."

        Week 10 or 11:        "At 1 1/2 inches, the fetal body jerks and moves, hiccups and flexes her
                                            arms and legs." 

        Week 15:                   "Facial features appear. Hands grasp one another."

        Week 20:                    "If a fetus is exposed to bright light, she will shield her eyes with her
                                               hands."

         Month 4:                    "The baby is 6 1/2 inches long. The baby hears. Pleasant music may calm
                                               the child. Loud noises may cause him to react."

          Month 4.5:                "When the baby's finger touches her lips, it creates a sucking reflex."

          Month 5:                    "Hair gets thicker."

          Month 7:                    "The baby now 18 inches swallows the surrounding amniotic fluid, giving
                                                its digestive tract practice."

          Months 8 & 9:           "The baby adds 1/2 pound a week."

          Month 9:                    "Mom has gained 25 - 35 pounds. The baby is responsible for about
                                                one third. Birth is physically demanding for mother and child. Babies
                                                produce more adrenaline than they will ever do as adults." 

          Birth:                            "...The lungs must expel liquids and breath. The heart seals, blood
                                                    circulates. First eye contact occurs within minutes."
           
            *  Quotations are from Thirty Days To Become Pro-Life by Douglas E. Daugherty, Sr.,
                   <doug.thirtydays@comcast.net> . (Published by 30 Days, PO Box 4473, Chattanooga,
                   TN 37405, © 2002.)  Used with permission.   

   FOOD FOR THOUGHT


I.  A physician in the United States can perform a partial birth abortion on a child in the womb of its mother without judicial prejudice of any kind.  However, if that same physician goes home and performs the same operation on his pregnant purebred dog, he can be subject to arrest, monetary fine, and confinement for animal cruelty.  (Note: A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling may make partial birth abortion illegal...keep praying!!) 

What can be said of a society that places higher value on the safety and well-being of a dog's litter of pups than it does on a human being in the womb of its mother?  WAKE-UP AMERICA!!

II.  THE LIFE OF A HUMAN begins with conception. [If you slept through 9th grade biology, you might not know this.]  Development of a baby in the womb is an important phase of life, just as the birth process, childhood, puberty, adulthood, old age and death are phases of life. In a "civilized" society, CONVENIENCE can never be an excuse for killing a human being...in any phase of life!  


(Webmaster) 
 

I.    IF YOU ARE PREGNANT AND NEED HELP (OR JUST WANT SOMEONE TO TALK TO) CONTACT THE HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER (254-554-6822) OR HTTP://WWW.HOPEPC.COM .

II.  Our Lady of the Angels Maternity Shelter
Our Lady of the Angels Maternity Shelter in Temple, Texas is licensed to serve women (age 14 to adult) in crisis pregnancy by offering a loving and stable family environment to support the mother and child in their efforts to create a hopeful future for themselves.  There are NO charges or fees.  For more information, please call toll-free 1-866-389-2340.

III.  National Domestic Violence Hotline (Monitored in Austin): 1-800-799-7233

III.  Austin Diocese Office of Pro-Life Activities (512) 238-1756

IV.  National Right to Life Committee
       419 7th St. NW Suite 500
       Washington, DC 20004
       (202) 626-8800
       NRLC@nrlc.org

V.  Americans United for Life
       310 S. Peoria St., Suite 300
       Chicago, IL 60607-3534
       (312) 492-7234
       information@unitedforlife.org

VI.  American Life League
       P.O. Box 1350
       Stafford, VA 22555
       (540) 659-4171
       www.all.org

VII.   Family Research Council
       801 G. Street, NW
      Washington, DC 20001
       (800) 225-4008
       www.frc.org 

VIII.  Information on the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision:
           A.  <www.nchla.org>
           B.  <www.usccb.org/prolife>

IX.     PUBLICATIONS (Limited # available in the Church vestibule)

           A.   Thirty Days to Become Pro-life - Thirty, short thoughts and actions for you to take over the next thirty days to make a difference in the battle to save little children.  Doug Daugherty (© 2002, Thirty Days Communications, c/o Chattanooga Resource Foundation, 102 Walnut Street, Chattanooga, TN  37403; <www.Thirty-Days.org> )

                B.  Pro-life, Today and Always (Father Frank A. Pavone, © 2002, Liguori Publications, One Liguori Drive, Liguori, MO 63057-9999; <www.liguori.org> )

            C.  the HUMAN LIFE REVIEW (Order info. only) (Quarterly journal published by The Human Life Foundation, Inc., New York, New York)