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Massachusetts Family Institute TS FAM ET ILY S IN U S H T C I A T S U S T A E M D Y E L D I I C M A A T F E established E D H T T O 1991 G S N T NI RENGTHE Twenty-Sixth Annual Fundraising Banquet Friday, October 20, 2017 Investment Management ® Breuer & Co. is pleased to support the Massachusetts Family Institute! ® LLC SCHOOL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT www.veracross.com Valetude® LLC HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE & SERVICES www.valetude.com ...providing software and service solutions for education and healthcare; serving organizations seeking highly tailored solutions with extraordinary levels of support. ǻŝŞŗǼȱŘŚŜȬŖŖŗŖȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱŝŖŗȱ ȱǰȱęǰȱȱŖŗŞŞŖȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǯǯ Massachusetts Family Institute Twenty-Sixth Annual Fundraising Banquet Pledge of Allegiance National Anthem Michael Scully Invocation Father Darin Colarusso St. Athanasius Parish Greeting Todd Polando Massachusetts Family Institute Board Member Award Presentation David Aucoin AMEDAL- Asociacion Ministerial Evangelica Del Area de Lawrence Remarks Andrew Beckwith Massachusetts Family Institute President Introduction of Speaker Robert Bradley Massachusetts Family Institute Founder and Vice-Chairman Keynote Address Hugh Hewitt Closing Prayer Pastor Roberto Miranda Congregación León de Judá Dinner music performed by: Barry Johnston and Julianne Johnston 1 Dear Friends of the Family, Welcome to Massachusetts Family Institute’s 26th Anniversary Banquet. As a public policy organization, MFI attributes its success in strengthening families throughout the Commonwealth to the prayers and steadfast support of many partners. Therefore, tonight is a celebration of God’s great faithfulness in answering those prayers and effectively utilizing that support, enabling MFI to be the clarion voice for faith, family and freedom in the Bay State. Massachusetts continues to be “Ground Zero” in the culture war, most especially regarding the sanctity of life, the dignity of natural marriage, the definition of male and female, and our constitutional right to religious freedom. We encourage public policies that strengthen our Commonwealth’s families and provide a reasoned response to policies that are harmful to them. We support parents with resources that help them to protect their children. We provide information and opportunities to encourage good citizenship. We partner with churches and other faith-based organizations to make Massachusetts a healthier and more wholesome place to live. We could not accomplish these initiatives without your help, and we thank you for your steadfast support. It is my hope that tonight you will become better acquainted with those who serve this wonderful organization as board members as well as the many unsung heroes among us who are standing up in the public square in support of Judeo-Christian values. It is also my hope that you will partner with us in the work of reclaiming our culture. My wife, Karen, and I thank you for the opportunity to serve MFI. May God grant us His grace and provision so that we can fulfill His call to strengthen Massachusetts families — our greatest resource. Please contact us if we may serve you in any way. For our families, Andrew Beckwith President 2 Statement of Purpose Massachusetts Family Institute is a non-profit, non- partisan research and education organization dedicated to strengthening the family. MFI exists to be a voice for the family in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Our organization is the local family policy council in Massachusetts for Family Policy Alliance, the official public policy partner of Focus on the Family. We are also associated with Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. and Alliance Defending Freedom in Scottsdale, Arizona. The following commitments and philosphies guide Massachusetts Family Institute: 1. We endeavor to preserve and strengthen Massachusetts’ most valuable and vital resources- its families. The future of Massachusetts depends ultimately on the strength, vitality and well-being of its families. 2. We adhere to basic Judeo-Christian values, as we best understand them, in every sphere of life and articulate them in debate in the “public square” and in public policy formation. 3. We seek to provide families in Massachusetts with accurate and reliable information about issues that affect them. Our aim is to equip and empower citizens of the state with the resources necessary for them to influence society and effect change utilizing the democratic process. 4. We promote parental authority over minor children and the right of parents to teach the Judeo-Christian principles that reflect their heritage. Further, we work to support and equip parents to raise, nurture and educate their children in ways consistent with these beliefs. 5. We undertake to work with those individuals, groups and organizations, regardless of religious persuasion, that wish to strengthen the family and that support Judeo-Christian principles. 3 “Congratulations to Massachusetts Family Institute for your more than 25 years of promoting and defending the institutions and values on which the Commonwealth was founded. May God continue to bless your work and give you many more years of honoring him with your service.” 4 S Kristian M. Mineau President Andrew D. Beckwith Maureen H. Vacca Executive Vice President Director of Public Policy VACANT Patricia L. Midura Director of Communications & Research r esearch and education organization dedicated to strengthening the family. MFI exists to be a voice for the family in the Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. and and Alliance Defending Freed5 om in Scottsdale, Arizona. 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