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P[g_ 4 S_]on^ Sun^[y in Or^in[ry Tim_ St. Agnes Altar Society Circles Winter Circle Rohrick Diana Rahmig Marilyn Pszanka Brenda Jan, Feb, Mar Rossman Kris Rezac Theresa Schaff Kerri Schwarzkopf Mari Schaub Melissa Arnold Sara Shelter Jan Roehl Kathleen Schiff Kristin Bjorling Vicki Sulu Pat Sexton Carol Skiles Mary K. Brisco Patty Sylvester Sally Seymour Jacqueline Svitak Lori Carney Kathy Temple Phyllis Sulu Pat Swank Teresa Carrell Sharon Travnicek Heather Vieseman Tammy Von Lintel Veronica Castinado Billye Weddell Sherry Weitzel Donna Wolff Peg Daly Dorothy Winters Amy Davis Ev Summer Circle Fall Circle Dwinell JoAnn Spring Circle July, Aug, Sept Oct, Nov, Dec Edelbrock Kathy April, May, June Andrews Maggie Anderson Ann Esselstein Beth Albright Stacey Brown Julie Bailey Terry Ferguson Virginia Biberos Amanda Colton Holly Bolinger Zita Hayhurst Robin Calvert Terri Dalton Catherine Bollman Tammy Herman Carol Cantril Nita Douglas Judy Busekist Kay Holloway Doris Cary Thresa Elley Linda Bush Margaret Mary Johnson Carlye Corr Shelley Geibler Donna Christensen Jean Kicken Margaret Fraass Marie Goerke Barbara Comstock Eileen Krieg Joanne Heggem Darla Gonzales Linda Elledge Pam Lenhart Virginia Ingram Jane Hafner Shannon Fitzgerald Jeanette Lkhagvajav Pugee Kearns Jean Hascall Mary K. Flohr Doris Lunniss Christine Kent Louise Johnson Pearl Fraass Mary Marshall Julie Lessert Susan Knudtson Jeanie Heitman Susan McCaslin Brandi Lundgren Stacie Koenig Lucille Henderson Trudy Mecklem Karen Malm Renee McDonnough Connie King Janice Moeller Joyce McCarthy Twila Montague Lynda Koeteman Danni Nance Mary Miller Barb Moran Gail Prince Carol Neu Jacque Murdock Becky Nash JoAnn Speidel Brooke Ostdiek Tammie Ostry Mary Neilan Kristie Tryon Jean Palmer Brigette Overman Bernandine Olsen Peggy Van Noy Debbie Pieper Jane Peters Kathy Parks Stephanie Vath Cathy EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS Saturday 6pm: Ciborium - Alice Nye; Chalice - Doris Flohr; Linda Elley, Brooke Elley, Deb Hilzer, Jeff West, Connie McDonnough Sunday 8am: Ciborium - Doris Holloway; Chalice - Michael Esselstein; Marjorie Benzel, Michael Clavert, David & JoAnn Nash, Mark Neifert Sunday 10:30am: Ciborium - John Bush; Chalice –Joanne Krieg; Sue Bringelson, Elizabeth Curtis, Roger Holsinger, Joe Lissolo, Tammie Ostdiek LECTORS Saturday 6pm: Steve Viessman Sunday 8am: Zita Bolinger 10:30am: Jacque Neu J[nu[ry Ministry @ssignm_nts GREETERS Saturday 6pm: Dale & Veronica VonLintel (E) Gail Ellison (E) Ellen Ramig (S) Colleen Mathewson (N) Sunday 8am: Dick & Susan Lessert (E) Margaret Rood (E) Jerry & Jeannette Fitzgerald (N) Paul Tyler (S) 10:30: Don & Sherry Weddell (E) Jack & Jean Kearns (E) John Vidlak (S) Donna Weitzel (N) USHERS Saturday, 6pm: Rod Ramig, Captain; Chuck Elley, Mark Loose, Jim Ellison Sunday, 8am: Geme Schwarzkopf, Captain; Thresa Cary, Janice & Steve Hamburger 10:30am: Mark Overman, Captain; Dennis Parks, Melvin Elledge, Jason Parks SACRISTANS Saturday 6:00pm: Ann Anderson Sunday 8:00am: Terrence Fox Sunday 10:30am: Brad McCaslin SERVERS This Sat: Isabelle Lucius, Jace Henderson Sunday 8am Ellie Houston, Scott Herman 10:30am: Erin Hayhurst, Sam McCaslin Next Sat.urday: Brett & Tyler Pszanka Sunday 8am: Levi Kicken, Emma Herman 10:30: Anna Polk, Andrew Holsinger
P[g_ 5 J[nu[ry 20, 2013 January 22, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the infamous Roe v Wade Supreme Court ruling which legalized abortion during all nine months of pregnancy for virtually any reason. Sadly, 40 years later, most Americans still don’t know the radical nature of this ruling imposed on our nation by the Court and they don’t know the catastrophic impact it has had on our culture. Hence, this anniversary provides a great opportunity to educate ourselves and our society on this subject. What is Roe v. Wade? 40 Years of Roe v. Wade and Its Impact on Our Culture It is the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe”) said she was pregnant from rape and wanted an abortion. She sued a Texas district attorney (Henry Wade) to prevent him from enforcing a Texas law banning abortion except to save the mother’s life. On January 22, 1973, the Court decided this case, and a similar case (Doe v. Bolton) in which Sandra Cano (“Mary Doe”) challenged Georgia’s abortion ban after being denied an abortion by a hospital review committee. The Court struck down both state laws, thereby striking down similar laws in all the other states as well. Norma McCorvey later admitted having lied about the rape. Horrified at these decisions’ impact, both she and Sandra Cano are now among those urging their reversal. What did Roe v. Wade do? It said the right of privacy (not mentioned in the text of the Constitution) “is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.” The Justices ruled that a state may not restrict abortion at all in the first three months of pregnancy. It may establish guidelines only to protect the mother’s health during the second three months. After “viability,” when the unborn child could survive if delivered (which the Court placed at 24 to 28 weeks of gestation), the state may prohibit abortion unless it is deemed necessary to preserve the mother’s “life or health.” Although this may appear to give states the authority to ban most post-viability abortions, in reality it does no such thing. In the companion case Doe v. Bolton, which the Court said must be read together with Roe, “health” was defined in the abortion context to include “all factors—physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age—relevant to the well-being of the patient.” By this definition, abortion must be allowed in the ninth month if the abortionist says it is needed to serve a woman’s emotional well-being, for example. Thus all meaningful limits on abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy were discarded. What is Roe’s impact on society? Following Roe, abortions in the U.S. skyrocketed to well over a million a year, with one-fourth of all pregnancies ending in abortion. According to public reports, there have been more than 55 million abortions since Roe and some estimates put the total closer to 60 million. More than 90 percent of abortions are done for social or economic reasons. Less than 2 percent are done as the result of rape, incest or to preserve the life of the mother. Problems that some claimed Roe would alleviate—“unwanted” children, child abuse and abandonment, etc.—have worsened. Many women have been maimed or killed by legal abortion. Many more women bear heavy emotional scars from abortion, and increasingly they are making their stories public to warn other women (see www.hopeafterabortion.org). Far from emancipating women, Roe has helped create the expectation that women will resort to abortion—to “fit” into college and the workforce, and to free men from unwanted parental responsibility. It has blocked progress toward a society that welcomes women with their children (see www.feministsforlife.org). What can you do about it? Pray and fast that our nation will correct the injustice of legal abortion and rebuild a culture that respects and protects every human life. Educate yourself and others. Great resources are available online at www.nebcathcon.org, old.usccb.org/prolife/issues/ abortion/roevwade/index.shtml, www.endroe.org,
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