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League history, NOW v. Scheidler, Action News, Joe Scheidler, League staff
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Joe Scheidler and Mark Crutcher at the March 20 taping of Life Talk
[Photo by Gary McCullough]
Joe Scheidler has been interviewed several times by Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics in Dallas, TX for his Life Talk VHS and cable television pro-life program, including tapings on January 15 and March 20 of this year. Look for Life Talk in your local cable listings and if it isn't there, contact your local cable company about getting it on, including community access opportunities that may be available. Also contact Life Talk at 800-800-LIFE for tapes of the show and more information on bringing it to your broadcast area.
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Former Miss Wisconsin Mary-Louise Kurey
On January 29 the staff of the Pro-Life Action League met with Mary-Louise Kurey, new director of the Respect Life Office of the Chicago Archdiocese. Mary-Louise shared her vision of closer cooperation between the Respect Life Office and pro-life organizations throughout the Chicago area. At the urging of Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life, she decided to meet first with the Pro-Life Action League.
Mary-Louise is especially interested in working closely with Annie Scheidler and Mary Shine and their Generations for Life youth outreach program; Cardinal Francis George has explicitly encouraged her to work on bringing the pro-life message into the schools.
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Ann and Joe Scheidler with Fr. Tim Alkire
On March 12, Joe and Ann Scheidler attended a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Lafayette, IN. After Mass Joe and Ann gave a talk at St. Michael's Hall across the street from the Church. The following day, Joe was interviewed by St. Boniface Pastor Fr. Tim Alkire for his radio program, Inspired by This Confidence.
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On February 22 Joe Scheidler spoke at the Illinois Citizens for Life Prayer Breakfast at the Drury Lane Oak Brook Terrace in Oak Brook, IL. He was invited by ICL's Ralph Rivera. Pictured here are (from left) ICL President Blanche Heaney, essay award winner Ann Marie Dust, Joe, essay award winner Teresa Jerkes and ICL Vice-President Ann Kish.
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Mindszenty Freedom Award honoree Joe Scheidler with Eleanor Shlafly, President of the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation
Joe Scheidler was honored at the 24th Annual Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation Conference on Freedom, Faith and Family on March 22 with the Freedom Award. The recent victory in the Supreme Court made this award all the more significant. Papal biographer George Weigel, who spoke during the awards luncheon at the conference, called the 8-1 decision "a great victory for America."
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Face the Truth 2002 tour stop in Sugar Grove
Pro-life activists, mark your calendars: the Chicago area 2003 Face the Truth tour will run from Wednesday July 9 to Saturday July 19 this year. Strategic locations throughout the region are still being chosen by our experienced Face the Truth planning team and will be announced in the next issue of Action News.
Join us for all or part of the 2003 tour and help show the public the truth about abortion that they'd rather ignore. Sunday and Monday July 13-14 are days off for tour participants to rest, worship and spend time with family.
If you live outside the Chicago area and know of a Face the Truth tour going on in your area, please let us know so we can post the information on our website.
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To invite Eric to speak, call his home office at 708-386-7429 or write eric@prolifeaction.org. [Photo by Nate Scheidler]
League Communications Director Eric Scheidler spoke to several audiences in Illinois and Indiana in recent months on issues of faith, family and openness to life. On January 10 he spoke to a group of fifty young adults at St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church in Chicago on the impact of Roe v. Wade on their generation, the first to be targeted by the abortionists.
On March 15 he spoke to a young adults conference at the Newman Center of Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL on how Christ's words at the Last Supper, "This is my body, given up for you," are echoed within the family. The next day he addressed a small but faithful audience at St. Joseph Catholic Church in LaPorte, IN on the importance of openness to life.
On March 23 he spoke to several hundred teens and their parents at a Chicago area parish on "The Top Ten Ways To Lose Your Faith," with tips on how to stay Catholic. Back in Dekalb County on April 9, Eric spoke on the spiritual dimension of parenthood at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Genoa.
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