Phil’s Notes & Tidbits
“The Defining Issue of Our Day”
Tim Roach of Fairbault, MN was an out of work electrician. His unemployment benefits were about to run out when he received a phone call offering a job making
65-70k a year for at least 11 months. Unfortunately, the job offer was for the construction of a Planned Parenthood Clinic in St. Paul, MN. (Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of abortions in the US). What did this Catholic father of a 9 year old boy and 11 year old daughter do? He turned down the offer. As his wife said, “Through this whole process, our faith has deepened. We feel like it was a test of our faith. We chose to stand by our faith.” Amen! (Source: TheCatholicSpirit.com)
Several years ago, Planned Parenthood decided to build a new abortion clinic in Austin, Texas. As they began planning for its construction they encountered a problem, no construction company in the area wanted to participate in such a project. It started with one Christian owner calling his colleagues and urging them to live up to their convictions. The call kept spreading, and soon not a single construction company within 60 miles of Austin would take on the project of building this abortion clinic. Amazing.
Today, January 22nd, marks the 39th tragic anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court Decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The Catholic Church has always been at the forefront of defending the dignity of every human life from conception to natural death. (Did you know, the Catholic Church remains the largest charitable organization in the world? We just had a wonderful example of that last weekend with Fr. Demsey’s appeal on behalf of “Food for the Poor”.)
A special mention to our 4 high school students: Michelle Dubay, Ivy Engwall, Dalton Guinn, and Lucas Mancheski who are currently in Washington DC. They are joining several hundred thousand others to peacefully march urging the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the defense of all human life. Did you know this is the largest annual protest march that takes place in Washington every year?
Every single one of us has a role to play in what has been called “the defining issue of our day.” The examples listed above, are simply accounts of regular Christians taking a stand in whatever large, or small way, was presented to them. May we do likewise.
God bless you!
Phil Lawson
Director of Catechesis & Evangelization