To the editor:
Sincere thanks for your part in distributing vital FOCA information to your readers. I am concerned, however, that this information is too late. Shouldn’t this issue have been given a clear voice prior to recent weeks?
Year: 2009
Freedom of choice should extend to unborn children
To the editor:
I am writing in regards to this Freedom of Choice Act. I think it’s rather confusing. It seems that this man and woman who are seeking an abortion have already spent their choice of freedom. Now does the act get extended to their little being that she is carrying?
Catholics had facts, voted for pro-abortion politicians
To the editor:
Regarding the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) legislation: Being out of step with the values of Americans doesn’t seem to be reality. If that were true, “good Catholics” would not have voted for pro-abortion politicians at any level of government making them the majority at this time, nor would we have “good Catholic” politicians who are at the same time pro-abortion politicians openly thumbing their nose at God’s commandment, Thou Shall Not Kill. These same politicians will ignore the Silent Minority’s postcards and petitions because they CAN at this point in time.
Facing challenging times with love
Only if I serve my neighbour can my eyes be opened to what God does for me and how much he loves me. The saints — consider the example of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta — constantly renewed their capacity for love of neighbour from their encounter with the Eucharistic Lord, and conversely this encounter acquired its real-ism and depth in their service to others. Love of God and love of neighbour are thus inseparable, they form a single commandment. But both live from the love of God who has loved us first. No longer is it a question, then, of a “commandment” imposed from without and calling for the impossible, but rather of a freely-bestowed experience of love from within, a love which by its very nature must then be shared with others. Love grows through love.
From Deus Caritas Est, “God Is Love,” Pope Benedict XVI, 2005
As our nation and world face challenging economic times, I think it is important to remember that all of us — each one of us — impacts what happens in our society.
Catholic Charities honors Gerald Ring for 15 years of volunteer leadership
Catholic Charities of Madison has named a roadway “Gerry Ring Way” at the new assisted living section at All Saints Retirement Neighborhood on Madison’s west side to honor Gerald Ring’s 15 years of volunteer leadership.
Sister Marilyn Brown (William Marie), OP, dies
Sr. Marilyn Brown, formerly known as Sr. William Marie Brown, died February 9, 2009, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich. She was 82 years of age and in the 64th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Sister Dolores Pertzborn (Theorita), SSSF, dies
School Sister of St. Francis Dolores Pertzborn (Theorita) died February 9, 2009, at Clement Manor in Greenfield. The daughter of Theodore and Elizabeth Pertzborn, she was born May 11, 1926, in Dane.
Surgery center board approves abortion plan
MADISON — Pro-life groups have denounced the unanimous vote by the Madison Surgery Center board of directors on February 6 to begin performing second-trimester abortions at the clinic’s 1 S. Park St. location.
Board approves abortion proposal in Madison
MADISON — The UW Hospitals and Clinics (UWHC) Authority Board approved a proposal February 4 to begin performing abortions at the Madison Surgery Center (MSC).
Marchers oppose abortions in Madison
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| Dr. Haywood Robinson speaks to over 800 people attending a pro-life rally held on the Library Mall in Madison to protest a plan to provide second-trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center. (Catholic Herald photo/Joe Ptak) |
MADISON — Thirty years ago a young doctor finished medical school. He wanted to help people by treating diseases.
In his first year of practice, he began delivering babies. He found it to be an awesome experience.
But to earn some extra money, he also began to perform abortions. At first he experienced uneasiness, but soon it became easier.
Experienced conversion
That young doctor was Dr. Haywood Robinson. He talked about his conversion to the pro-life cause at a rally on the State St. Mall on the University of Wisconsin campus on Saturday, Jan. 31. Over 800 people from throughout Wisconsin attended the rally, many carrying signs such as “What about the baby’s rights” and “Thou shalt not kill.”
After “coming to know the Lord,” Robinson said he now thinks of his payment for performing abortions as “blood money.”
He insisted that doctors “can’t have it both ways.” They can’t take care of pregnant women who want their children on one hand and kill the babies of those who don’t want them on the other.
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Robinson, who is chief of staff at the College Station Medical Center in College Station, Texas, urged the crowd to “hold people accountable” at the University of Wisconsin and Meriter Hospital, which are partners in the Madison Surgery Center. Plans are being proposed to offer second-trimester abortions at the Surgery Center.
“They can’t open a death camp in Madison,” Robinson told the rally.