"I decided to send an e-mail out to our entire camp community and just challenge them to raise the bar," he said. "I felt I couldn't, in good conscience and being a youth minister and having connections with young people, remain silent about it," he said. Sears, a father of four young sons, said he researched the site and prayed about what to do. It was all things that made my heart heavier," he said in an interview with The Catholic Observer, the official publication of the Diocese of Springfield, Mass. "The negativity, the swearing, the anti-religious sentiment that's on there. There were so many pictures that were inappropriate. It was something that the more I looked, the heavier my heart became. "I clicked on MySpace and went from site to site. Pat Sears, youth minister and co-founder of New Spirit Ministry, which runs retreats and a summer camp for young people, became acquainted with MySpace at the end of summer 2005 through an e-mail link from a teen. But there is a dark side to this new Web wonder. For many teens, it is a way to connect with others and let others know about them. WebPro News reported recently that this Web site has 32 million members with 130,000 being added each day. These bills would end the requirement that abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy be performed in hospitals.The 17-year-old was talking about, one of fastest-growing trends in the lives of young people.These bills repeal parental consent requirements for minors between the ages of 12 and 17 who are considering having an abortion.Allan Frank Guttmacher, have acknowledged “that most women seeking later terminations are not doing so for reasons of fetal anomaly or life endangerment.” The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, named after former Planned Parenthood president and eugenics supporter Dr.Children born after the 24-week mark, according to the New England Journal of Medicine , if provided with medical treatment, have a survival rate of more than 50 percent - a number that jumps up to 72 percent at 25 weeks.These bills would allow for abortions after a 24-week period, citing that “medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors - physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the person’s age - relative to the well-being of the patient.”.1209 , would eliminate current laws requiring that physicians “take reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of the aborted child” - the following language in the current law would be eliminated entirely:īoth bills would repeal state laws requiring that lifesaving equipment be present in the same room where failed abortions are conducted. Reminder: Write to your State Representitives to voice your opposition to the Roe Act.Īttached is a sample letter for you to sign, and below are some brief facts from the proposed legislature. Be patient and keep a good sense of humor.If too many people come for a Mass we will run a second Mass in the Church Hall to accommodate the overflow.All hymnals, Mass cards and missalets have been removed from the Church since they can not be easily cleaned between Mass. You might want to purchase your own Missal. We also need to disinfect the pews between Masses. We want to get you out before the next Mass comes in and avoid crowding.
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