Southern Downriver Right to Life has invited us to join them at their 2019 Pastor’s Luncheon.
Month: April 2019
Planned Parenthood Protest
Fifty people prayed and sang on the sidewalk in front of Detroit’s Cass Avenue Planned Parenthood Center on the cool, clear Saturday evening of April 13 as part of a Prayer Vigil (#protestPP) at 142 locations nationwide.
Pedestrian and car traffic was brisk. One heckler was persistent, but valiantly ignored as everyone focused on praying the Rosary and the intercessory prayers led by Deacon Richard Bloomfield from Our Lady of the Scapular in Wyandotte.
As the shadows lengthened with the evening sun and after singing a few hymns, candles were distributed and lit, but most were extinguished by the wind, much like the babies who entered this place in their mothers’ wombs.
The Divine Mercy Chaplet was prayed, and people were asked to contact legislators and write letters to editors, or take other pro-life actions. The Deacon gave his blessing, a group photo was taken, and the group dispersed to their homes.
Participants came from Downriver and Detroit Parishes, Upper Downriver Right to Life, Central Wayne County Right to Life, Southern Downriver Right to Life, St. Joseph Oratory, Holy Redeemer Parish, Grosse Ile, and more.
Photos by Richard Evich.
People of Life
Our People of Life Benefit Reception is coming up on Thursday, May 2. People of Life is RLM’s annual fundraising dinner in support of outreach to the Black community. This is the last year that we’ll be able to have the dinner at the Edison Boat Club in Detroit as it will be closing – which is a shame because the food there is always so great.
Since Upper Downriver RTL is near the Detroit area, you can be one of our powerful allies in outreach to the Black community and to the city of Detroit. I’m hoping you’ll help us get the word out and invite people to join us. Reservations are coming in slowly and we want to fill the room to hear Christina Bennett’s amazing story. You can view all information and register here:
I hope you will help us promote the dinner and that you can join us!
Nationwide Prayer Vigil April 13!
COME OUT AND PRAY FOR AN END TO ABORTION, SATURDAY, APRIL 13!
Join pro-lifers coast to coast in the solemn prayer vigils at Planned Parenthood facilities coast to coast on Saturday, April 13.
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, performing 36% of all abortions in our nation – over 330,000 each year!
Join the effort at the Planned Parenthood center in our community, in solidarity with over 100 other vigils coast to coast on April 13.
WHEN: Saturday, April 13.
WHERE: Planned Parenthood, 4229 Cass Avenue in Detroit
ADDITIONAL INFO: For those coming from Downriver, we will carpool from Our Lady of the Scapular, departing at 6:15 P.M. Deacon Bloomfield will lead a prayer service that begins at 7:00 P.M. We will light candles in memory of the victims of abortion. We have also invited a speaker from “Silent No More”.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT, OR TO FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU, PLEASE CLICK ON http://protestpp.com/locations/
Rabbis Defending Life
Repost of video by the Jewish Pro-Life Foundation.
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Eli Wiesel
To learn more about the Jewish Pro-Life Foundation, CLICK HERE!
Downriver Activism & Empathy 