Mater Vitae Apostolate
Did you Know?Please note: Tammy Beaven has resigned from her six years of service, as the Mater Vitae Apostolate Director, for St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, in Fairfax, Virginia. If you are an active Catholic and a parishioner of St. Leo's and would like more information about becoming the new pro-life director, please call the rectory office at 703-273-7277. Thank you for your dedication to LIFE. May God bless all you do for His glory!___________________________________________________________________________ The Mater Vitae Apostolate and AWC Crisis Pregnancy Center would like to extend our heartfelt THANKS to the generous parishioners of St. Leo's parish for making our annual AWC Greens Sale a success! Our parish contributed $730 of the total $4,597.45, that will be used to help AWC support families dealing with crisis pregnancies. ___________________________________________________________________________ Virginia Pro-Life License Plate! Senator Ken Cuccinelli is introducing a Virginia bill that will come up in the 2009 (Jan-Mar) General Assembly Session for a Virginia Pro-Life License Plate! At least 350 pre-paid applications for a plate will be required, and many of the parishes in the diocese are also gathering petition signatures, so the bill will have more force when it hits the committee hearing. If the bill passes, $15 of every $25 of the plate's annual fee will be donated to pro-life organizations (Crisis Pregnancy Center, etc). (In Florida, they've raised over $5 million!) To sign print an application or to sign the petition, go to: www.vachoose-life.org ___________________________________________________________________________ Proposed Bill Could Thwart Hundreds of Pro-Life Laws The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Pro-Life Secretariat has urged clear, vigilant, and persistent advocacy against an extremely dangerous bill being considered by Congress called the "Freedom of Choice Act" (or FOCA). The Pro-Life Secretariat has expressed grave concern to state Catholic conferences that FOCA would, if enacted and signed into law, sweep away hundreds of pro-life laws and policies at the state and federal levels! You are highly encouraged to respond to the USCCB-approved alert in the following link, and to forward it to as many other people as possible who may share your concerns: www.nchla.org ___________________________________________________________________________ Think Twice Before You Give to the Door-to-Door Cancer Research Canvassers www.lifesitenews.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Catholic OB-GYN Practice Now Accepting NEW Patients Tepeyac Family Center, the pro-life OB-GYN practice in Fairfax, announces the addition of two Catholic OB-GYN physicians to the staff and is now accepting new OB and GYN patients. To make an appointment, email info@tepeyacfamilycenter.com or call 703-273-9440. ___________________________________________________________________________ DONATE NEW OR GENTLY-USED BABY ITEMS TO ST. LEO'S! Items that are always needed include: diapers (especially sizes 3, 4, and 5), baby clothes, cribs, strollers, and toys. These items can be brought to the Rectory Office (M-F 8 AM - 9 PM; Sat. & Sun. 9 AM - 7 PM) and are donated to our local crisis pregnancy centers. Donations are taken all year long. DONATE BABY CRIBS TO HOPE! HOPE, a pregnancy aid organization, in Falls Church, is always in need of new or used cribs, to give to new mothers, so their babies will have a safe place to sleep. A crib and a mattress cost about $135.00 and are too costly for many families. (Used cribs must meet current federal safety guidelines.) For further info. about donating, please call HOPE at 703-536-2020. _____________________________________________________________________________ DID YOU KNOW that, for over 30 years, pharmaceutical companies have been producing vaccines to protect our children from serious diseases derived from tissues of aborted babies? FREE brochures on Vaccines From Abortion - The Hidden Truth are available in the church vestibule or at the rectory office. The brochure describes how this has happened – in many cases without our knowledge – and what we can do to change it, as well as ethical alternatives which may be available. For further information go to the Children of God for Life website: www.COGforLIFE.org. _____________________________________________________________________________ DID YOU KNOW that the Catholic Church supports 4 out of the 5 types of stem-cell research? FREE brochures on Stem-Cell Research, Cloning, & Human Embryos are available in the church vestibule or at the rectory office. Pick up a brochure today and learn the TRUTH behind stem-cell research. Stay up to date on the latest information regarding stem cell research. Click on Pro-Life Websites, then click on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops or the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
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