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October 2018 Vol People Concerned for the Unb rn Child Published six times a year by People Concerned for the Unborn Child PeopleSince 1969 Concerned - Pennsylvania’s oldest and for largest the grass Unbroots pro-life Organizationrn Child 3050 Pioneer Avenue Published six times a year by People Concerned for the Unborn Child www.pcuc.org Since 1969 - Pennsylvania’s oldest and largest grass roots pro-life Organization Pittsburgh, PA 15226 Office: 412-531-9272 3050 Pioneer Avenue www.pcuc.org Editor: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15226 Office: 412-531-9272 NEWSLETTER Editor: [email protected] NEWSLETTER Fax 412-531-5885 September-October 2018 Vol. 47 No. 5 September-October 2018 Vol. 47 No. 5 INSPIRATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, FUN! MEET NICK ADAMS You are “Shouldn’t a woman’s womb invited to our be the safest place on earth? annual Americans must understand the Celebrate Life fundamental right to life is Banquet. their only unlimited right, ultimate and trumping in its Sunday, nature. When this right is Oct. 21. With absent, so is liberty. Without this life there can be no future life; Anniversary we without the right to pursue life, th begin our 50 the famous United States Constitution is worthless. year of “The American people must conduct the deepest advocacy for the youngest, most vulnerable searches of their national and personal conscience, of God’s precious children. Please join us! realizing the inescapable fact that abortion is Reservation form is on page 8. antithetical to their nation in that it denies the dreams of the unborn. Americans must conceive the truth; their destiny cannot be fulfilled until they give 2 GREAT SEATS – Value $570 voice to those who could not, cannot, and will not STEELERS VS PATRIOTS be able to vote or speak unless they are allowed to We’ll draw the winner at our live. Innocent life must be cherished. Without it, CELEBRATE LIFE LUNCHEON innocence is lost in all respects. It’s time to end the SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 war on life.” Source: The American Boomerang Game is Sunday, December 16 HEINZ FIELD – Sec. 207 – Row D: 19-20 40 DAYS FOR LIFE Donation $5 ticket or 5 tickets for $20.00 September 26 – November 4 Call 412-531-9272 KICKOFF EVENT Need not be present to win. Tuesday, September 25 – 7-8:30 pm Synod Hall at St. Paul Cathedral VIGIL LOCATION LIFE CHAIN – SUNDAY OCTOBER 7 Outside Planned Parenthood See p. 4 for list of local Life Chains. 7:00am – 7:00pm daily Join your neighbors for an hour of silent, Call Nikki Bruni 412-926-9413 peaceful prayer along local streets and [email protected] roads as part of a national effort to bring Sign up for prayer times: attention to the sanctity of human life. 40daysforlife.com/Pittsburgh or Call PCUC 412-531-9272 for signs or if 40daysforlifepittsburgh.com you’d like to have a chain in your town. WHERE IS FR. ANGELUS? SIGN OF LIFE NEAR A PLACE OF DEATH We know he has We are blessed to gone to sing with have a pro-life the angels and family who take saints, but while he advantage of every was with us, he opportunity to save visited this site and innocent life. From admired this fine a suggestion to monument. design to purchase If you know this of parts and OK at location, please the site, this project call the PCUC took one week. office, 412-531- Thanks to Bob, 9272 and tell us so Greg and Steve, we that we can tell the have a new offer to dear friend of Fr. help a mother who Angelus who is might be pressured waiting to hear to abort her baby. from us. Thanks! Call the office if you want to help THANKS FOR COMING DOWNTOWN with the cost of materials. You can make it YOUR sign. UNITED WAY SUPPORTS PP Despite an expose’ in recent years that the Planned Parenthood business sells the body parts of aborted babies, and despite the fact that PP is the nation’s biggest abortion company, a new report indicates that United Way affiliates fund it with millions of donations. Late in August, 2ndVote, the conservative watchdog for corporate activism, released its annual findings on United Way’s financial support for PP. The report tracks 1200 United Way affiliates. Analysis of the most recent IRS Form 990 filings and other documentation found 62 UW affiliates sent $2,756,799.00 to PP abortion organizations in tax year 2016. 2nd Vote Executive Director Robert Kuykendall said, “Our research…gives conservatives and pro-life activists a resource to make sure their charitable donations won’t be used to support PP’s abortion business. If PP says an abortion can cost up to $950.00, that means UW dollars…paid for…at least 2901 PP abortions over Thank you to all who came to the Rally for the course of a single year. LifeNews 8-18 Life and to promote support for confirmation of Judge Eric Kavanaugh as the next Justice of the U. SEE “GOSNELL” MOVIE IN OCTOBER S. Supreme Court. Special thanks to Selene It opens nationwide on October 12 and stars Dean Cain Ceranosky, pro-life leader at Robert Morris as the detective who put Gosnell behind bars. Watch for University (above with Carolyn and Jeanie). it and be sure to see it the weekend it opens. CELEBRATIONS & MEMORIALS SCHOLAR, LEADER, PATRIOT In celebration of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Dr. John (Jack) Walsh took Bob & Dawn Aul from Bill & Evelyn Turocy the pro-life message to his In memory of Jean Indovina community, his parish and to from Bill & Evelyn Turocy California U. of PA where he In honor of all PCUC Volunteers taught for 37 years. He served from Deacon Frank G. Kenski in the U.S. Army, coached the In honor of President Donald J. Trump University diving team, and he from Joseph & Sheila Krill was a loving husband, father In honor of Keith Rothfus from Joe & Sheila Krill and grandfather. John died on July 14, 2018. We In honor of Elsie Rothfus from Joe & Sheila Krill will miss his wit, wisdom and the holiness that In honor of Lou Barletta from Joe & Sheila Krill guided every part of his life. Memory of Pat Collins from Nancy Kenny Memory of Pat Collins from Catherine Huth MAGEE PROJECT Memory of James Donovan from his wife, Karen Our prayers continue. Go to Memory of Ed Huth from his wife, Cathy [email protected] or sign up to Memory of Karl Lindstrom pray for one hour at Magee. You can go to the from Jetta & George Svaranowic chapel or stroll on the sidewalk or sit in the Memory of Anthony Schifino lobby. <signup.com/login/entry/735801120089> from Suzanne & Fred Turba Memory of McKenna & Libell Families STATISTICS TELL A SAD STORY from Joseph R. McKenna National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) Memory of Catherine Bollibon released its 5th annual report on the state of abortion from Jim & Joan Maimone in the U.S. Highlights include: Memory of Dorothy Schuchert Based on data from the Guttmacher Institute from Joann Merhaut and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Memory of Paul G. Wano, died 2-25-17, and Prevention, and projecting 2014 figures from Suzan T. Firment for subsequent years (2015-2017), NRLC Memory of Rachelle M. Antonacci estimates 60,069,971 abortions have been from Ed & Charlene Antonacci performed in the U.S. since 1973. Memory of Norma Otto from Al & Sally Brunn Memory of Joseph Hughes from Al & Sally Brunn Planned Parenthood, which reported nearly Memory Allen Clair from Anthony M. DiGioia, Jr. $1.5 billion in revenue in 2017-2018, and Memory of Carole K. DiGioia posted nearly $100 million in profit, is from Anthony M. DiGioia, Jr. estimated to have made nearly $160 In loving memory of Diane M. Slagle million performing 321,384 abortions— from John P. Slagle over one-third of all abortions annually. Memory of John H. Walsh Source: Spring 2018 PHL Butler NL from Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hassen Memory of John H. Walsh ANNUAL FALL FLEA MARKET from Anne Marie Gajski St. Elizabeth Respect Life Memory of John H. Walsh from the Walsh Family Group will hold its annual Memory of beloved son Donald Fall Flea Market on Sat., Oct. from Mrs. John Krieger 6, 2018, from 8 am – 1 pm at Memory of John Donahoe from his wife, Joan St. Elizabeth Gym on Rt. 51 near the Cloverleaf in Pleasant Hills. Food and MORAL SHINGLES VACCINE refreshments will be available, and we’ll Glaxo SmithKline has produced a long-awaited, have a 50/50 raffle. To reserve a table, call morally produced shingles vaccine, and the product Arlene @ 412-884-5259. There is FREE has received FDA approval for licensing in the U.S. admission and FREE parking. Come! Find a Call PCUC for more information on this good news. treasure of your own. LIFE CHAINS FOR SOUTHWEST PA (Call PCUC 412-531-9272 for more information) AVONMORE - Rt 981 @ Rt 156, 2:00 to 3:00; Angela Palmiscno 724-697-4514 *BALDWIN / BRENTWOOD / WHITEHALL - Brentwood Town Sq on Brownsville Rd, 2:00 to 3:00; Kathy 412-885-3977 BEAVER COUNTY - Lifeline office, 647 3rd St, 2:30 to 3:30; PHL Beaver County 724-728-3235 * BERKS COUNTY / CHESTER COUNTY / MORGANTOWN - Main St (Rt 10) at Rt 23, 2:30 to 3:30, Signs at Brady's Rock Shop; Helen MacMinn 610-582-1075 * BUTLER - Diamond Park, 1:30-3:30; Anita Theiss 412-728-3235 CANONSBURG - 317 W Pike St in front of St Patrick Church, 1:30 to 2:30; Joan Dristas 412-997-4246 CARMICHAELS - 408 Rt 88 in front of St Hugh, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.; St Hugh Church 724-966-7270 *CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP - Rt 19 at Rochester Rd, 2:00 to 3:30; Bill Slusser 724-772-7962 *DELMONT - Rt 22 - front of Salem Plaza, 2:00 to 3:30; Bob & AnnaMarie Stackiewicz 724-689-5292 *EAST McKEESPORT / N VERSAILLES - Rt 30 @ Rt 148, 1:00 to 2:00; Helen Cindrich 412-823-8150 *ELLWOOD CITY - Fountain Ave @ Fifth St, 2:00 to 3:00; Pat Moslener 724-758-2607 EVERSON / SCOTTDALE - Everson-Scottdale
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