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PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN PAC ENDORSES
JUDGE MARIA LAZAR FOR
WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS

The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund Political Action Committee (PAC) has endorsed Judge Maria Lazar for Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District 2. Headquartered in Waukesha, District 2 covers twelve counties in the southeastern corner of Wisconsin: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, and Winnebago counties. The general election is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5.

A judicial conservative with a deep commitment to the rule of law, Judge Lazar will adjudicate fairly and impartially and with respect for our Constitutional freedoms. Her belief in the dignity of the human person, devotion to family and community, and fidelity to our federal and state constitutions as written make Judge Maria Lazar the only choice for pro-life voters. Pro-Life Wisconsin is proud to endorse her.

According to Judge Lazar, “We need judges on the bench that issue decisions based upon precedent and principle, not upon activism or personal bias. I base my decisions on the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and our laws to ensure that the rights of citizens remain safe and secure […] ,it is also my duty to make sure that the basic principles and freedoms enshrined in our Constitution will never be violated or infringed by the State or any person.”

Judge Lazar’s broad range of legal experience makes her an excellent candidate for Wisconsin’s appellate court. Elected in 2015 to the Waukesha County Circuit Court, Judge Lazar currently presides over the Juvenile Division and has been a presiding Judge in the Criminal Division. She was a Drug Treatment Court Judge and served for two years in the circuit court’s Civil Division. Judge Lazar also served as a Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General, in the Special Litigation and Appeals Unit. She was President of the Milwaukee Bar Association and a member of its Board of Directors. She served two terms on the State of Wisconsin’s Board of Governors. For about 20 years, her private practice centered on business litigation and bankruptcy law.

Judge Lazar graduated from Mount Mary College with high honors and earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She resides in Brookfield with her husband Tom, a nature and wildlife photographer. Both are immensely proud parents of their two talented children.

The Victory Fund PAC is urging the citizens of southeast Wisconsin to get out to the polls on Tuesday, April 5, and vote for Judge Maria Lazar for Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for this nonpartisan race. Visit this site to learn about where you should vote, who else is on your local ballot, and for information on voting absentee if you cannot vote on Election Day.

PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN AT WCYR

This past weekend, Pro-Life Wisconsin joined the Wisconsin Catholic Youth Rally where over 1,100 middle and high school teens from across the state entered into a deeper relationship with God. The event was an excellent opportunity for us to communicate the pro-life message to many young people. The best part was seeing the students' reactions to holding and looking at the preborn baby models that show each stage of development in the womb. Teens were amazed to hear that a preborn baby's heartbeat begins at about 3 weeks! Many of them were appalled to hear that abortion is legal in our state up to 22 weeks.

While Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups are spreading lies about human dignity at such a young age at schools and community events, Pro-Life Wisconsin is sharing the truth! Our young people are desperately searching for the truth about their identity and dignity. We need to be always ready to share with them that they are beautiful children of God. We must always speak the truth that every life, no matter what stage of development, has inherent dignity and worth. Our human dignity is not circumstantial!

If you are in need of any pro-life resources or would like Pro-Life Wisconsin to visit your local school, church, or community, please email Corrie.C@ProLifeWI.org. We are here to serve!

Registration is now open for the 2022 Living Courage Awards Dinner! Join us on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the Bridgewood Resort Hotel (1000 Cameron Way, Neenah, WI 54956) where we will honor our Activist of the Year, Tallulah Caulfield, and Legislator of the Year, Senator André Jacque.

Our Keynote Speakers for the evening are Michael and Tallulah Caulfield. Michael and Tallulah met in Sydney, Australia (where Michael is originally from) and now reside in De Pere, WI where they are active members of Pro-Life Green Bay – joyfully serving in ministries at their church, local 40 Days for Life vigil, and Vida Medical Clinic and Support Services. Together, they will share their powerful testimony of the grace and mercy found in Jesus Christ after abortion.

Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE: 40 BABIES SAVED

Praise the Lord! 40 babies have been saved so far in Milwaukee, that we know of!

If you haven't joined us at the campaign site, Affiliated Medical Services, (1428 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202) please join us! God can use you to help save lives! As Abby Johnson has said, "Abortion centers no-show rates skyrocket to as high as 75% when there is even just ONE person outside praying." If God has been tugging at your heart to be a voice for the babies, sign up here or contact Dan Miller at Dan.M@ProLifeWI.org

Join us here or at a campaign near you! View Wisconsin locations here. If you or your campaign is in need of signs, we can ship you one or as many as you need.

40 Clergy, 40 Days: In past years, the presence of clergy has proven a very powerful witness and has influenced many women to choose life outside of abortion facilities! Our goal is to have one priest, deacon, or religious praying every day of the campaign for one hour. If you are a clergy member and would like to commit to one hour of prayer outside the local abortion facility, please sign up here. If you would like a member of our Pro-Life Wisconsin staff to join you on the sidewalks, let us know! Call 262.796.1111 ext. 110 or email info@prolifewi.org.

PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN PRAYER CARD ART CONTEST

The 5th annual Pro-Life Wisconsin Prayer Card Art Contest is underway for students in grades 1-12! Do you love painting, drawing, photography, or graphic design? Submit your artwork and have a chance to win the 2022 contest for your grade. Winning entries will be printed as a prayer card and distributed in your church and through PLW. All entries must be postmarked by April 30, 2022.

Grade winners will receive:
- Their design featured on a prayer card
- 500 prayer cards for their church
- 3 tickets to the 2022 PLW Love for Life Gala

ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive all of the above plus $100 cash.

For more details and to submit artwork, visit our website here.

PURCHASE YOUR CHOOSE LIFE WISCONSIN PLATE, AND SAVE LIVES FROM ABORTION!

Choose Life license plates have been available to Wisconsin motorists since late October 2017. Pro-Life Wisconsin and Wisconsin Family Council partnered to underwrite all the administrative costs of Choose Life Wisconsin, which allows us to give every penny that comes from the sale of the plates to Wisconsin’s incredible pregnancy care centers!

With 2,171 of these plates on cars in the Badger State, sales have resulted in over $100,000 granted to over twenty-five Wisconsin pregnancy resource centers in nearly three years.

If you would like to be a part of the mission to save lives, get your Choose Life Wisconsin license plate today! For more information call Pro-Life Wisconsin at 262-796-1111 ext. 110.

BUYING A BABY: THE HARMFUL OBJECTIFICATION INHERENT IN SURROGACY AND IVF: (Live Action) – “The ‘right’ to have a child does not exist. Children are gifts, not possessions or commodities to be bought and sold. But the fertility and abortion industries have turned them into just that. Innocent human beings are being created and destroyed to fit the desires of adults, while being deprived of their own right to know their biological mother or father […]Studies have proven that being separated from a mother — biological or surrogate — at birth is a ‘major physiologic stressor’ for the baby, which can permanently alter the child’s brain and leave her susceptible to depression, abandonment issues, and emotional problems related to attachment, bonding, and self-esteem. Yet this fact is ignored so that adults can continue to buy the babies they want and the fertility industry can profit.” Read the full op-ed here.

PRIEST, PRO-LIFERS CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING AFTER COUNSELING WOMEN INSIDE ABORTION CENTER: (LifeSiteNews) – “Three pro-life activists, including a Catholic priest, were convicted of trespassing yesterday for handing out roses and counseling women inside an abortion mill to choose life for their preborn children. After a three-day trial, Father Christopher ‘Fidelis’ Moscinski, Matthew Connolly and William Goodman were found guilty of third-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, for a ‘Red Rose Rescue’ they carried out at All Women’s Health & Medical Services on November 27 last year. During the rescue, they aimed to save the lives of preborn babies by offering women support services in an effort to inspire them to let their babies live.” Read the full story here.

FORMER NFL STAR WITH DECADES OF PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY ACTIVISM NOW RUNNING FOR LT. GOV. OF MINNESOTA: (LifeSiteNews) –“Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen has picked a pro-life, Catholic father of eight to be his running mate in the 2022 elections. The GOP primary will be held August 9, and the winner will take on Democratic-Farmer-Labor Governor Tim Walz. ‘I’m proud to announce my running mate, Matt Birk,’ Jensen, a former state senator and a critic of lockdowns, announced on March 8. ‘We are in the 4th quarter. We need a teammate who LOVES MN and wants to help it thrive.’ Birk, a former player for the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens, is outspoken in his support for life and Biblical marriage.” Read the full story here.

GREEN BAY: Pro-Life Wisconsin affiliate, Pro-Life Green Bay, meets every 4th Monday of the month. For more information, contact prolifegreenbay@gmail.com

LA CROSSE: We would like to see at least two people pray every day of the week outside Planned Parenthood. If you can commit to this weekly prayer, please let Marie Allen know. We encourage people to pray in groups of two if possible. You may choose your own time, and sidewalk counseling and signs are optional. Pro-Life literature is available if anyone wishes to distribute it. Questions? Call 608-784-5189.

MILWAUKEE: Join us every Tuesday at 6:00 PM (rain or shine) to pray the Angelus followed by the Rosary in reparation for sins of ingratitude at the Fatima Shrine (141 N 68th St Milwaukee, WI 53213).

ROCK COUNTY: For meeting times and other information, please email Miriam at

plwrcc@charter.net

WINNEBAGO COUNTY: Please join us in prayer every first Monday of the month from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. to exercise your 1st amendment free speech rights in the public right of way (nearest to Marcus Cinema) in Oshkosh, near Planned Parenthood (378S Koeller St, Oshkosh, WI 54902). Bring your own sign, or use one of ours! Contact Don Doro at 920-279-3496 or at ddurawa1@yahoo.com

WISCONSIN RAPIDS: Please join us in prayer on the 2nd Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. along 8th Street near Planned Parenthood. Gather in the parking lot at 3:45 p.m.

ONGOING, KENOSHA – Participate in the Rosary in Kenosha at 6:00 p.m. every Sunday at Saint Therese Catholic Church (2020 91st Street Kenosha, WI 53143). Bring family and friends!

ONGOING, OCONOMOWOC – Public Prayer of the Rosary to entrust the whole world to Our Lady and ask her to intercede for our state, country, and world. Join us at Village Green Park (104 E Wisconsin Ave. Oconomowoc, WI 53066) every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. View the flyer here.

ONGOING – Toda America con Cristo and Family Life Council, Inc. has begun creating pro-life resources for the latino community. If you or someone you know would benefit from these resources please view the web pages both here and here.

HIRING – Milwaukee Birthright is the first pregnancy center to open in Milwaukee. We are a non-profit organization assisting moms and dads in the Milwaukee area with any help they need to have a stable lifestyle. Currently, we are looking for an Assistant Director and Volunteers to help Milwaukee Birthright to open five days a week. Milwaukee Birthright is located at 2025 W. Oklahoma Avenue, Suite 125 in the Ascension Medical Art Building. If you are interested, please call Monica Staubach at 414-335-1562.

NOW THROUGH APRIL 1 – Dismas Ministry is happy to announce the continuation of our project: “I Am Beautiful.” This is a published book that invites women with histories of abuse (whether emotional, physical or sexual) to send us their writings and art. We are preparing to publish Volume 9 of “I Am Beautiful” in the Spring of 2022. Please send us your contribution of writing and/or art for this book. This is a wonderful opportunity for those who have experienced abuse,
to share how you have overcome and survived. The book will be sent to the 90 women’s prisons across the country. Hopefully, this will give others the courage and comfort they need to heal, and live with hope and new self‐worth. We look forward to receiving your contributions. View the flyer here for more info.

MARCH 2–APRIL 10 – 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign! Help save lives by praying for an end to abortion in your community. View Wisconsin locations here.

MARCH 22, MILWAUKEE – St. Sebastian Church in Milwaukee will be hosting a Lenten Soup and Substance every Tuesday evening in Lent. Gather for a soup dinner and speaker who will talk about human dignity. View the flyer here for more information. Questions? Email Jon Metz at jmetz@saintsebs.org

MARCH 25, Milwaukee – Archbishop Jerome Listecki will be joining Pope Francis and Bishops around the world in consecrating Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary this Friday, March 25. The consecration ceremony will take place at 11:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Pope Francis has invited all Catholic Bishops to hold a consecration ceremony at the same time as he will be at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. People are welcome to attend the ceremony at the cathedral, or they can watch via live stream from a link on the archdiocesan website.

MARCH 26 – Join us for the 2022 Men of Christ Conference held in parishes across the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (and beyond). Participating parishes will accommodate as many men as possible and facilitate the live stream. View more information and/or register here.

MARCH 27, MILWAUKEE – Join the Milwaukee 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign for a Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m. to pray for an end to end abortion. The procession walk will be approximately 2 miles roundtrip, beginning and ending at St. Hedwigs Church (1702 N Humboldt Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202). Please join us!

APRIL 3, MILWAUKEE – Join us for Marquette for Life's Awakening Hope Gala to celebrate the work of pro-life students on campus and in the community. We will be joined by guest speaker Beth Wisniewski and her son Henry. Henry, age 7, was diagnosed with Down Syndrome before he was born and the diagnosing physician encouraged his parents, Beth and Kevin, to abort. They will share with us their story of choosing life! Student awards will also be presented. Register here. Questions? Email marquetteforlife@gmail.com

APRIL 9, NEENAH – Join the Fox Valley Respect Life Committee at St. Mary Catholic High School, Jane Bergstrom Fine Arts Education Center (1050 Zephyr Dr. Neenah, WI 54956) for a morning of presentations highlighting end-of-life issues from an informed, faith-based, and life-affirming perspective (8:00 – Noon). This free event will explore the following:
1. Power of Attorney vs. Living Will — Which one is better?
2. Sustaining Life: What’s moral? What’s not?
3. Legal Implications of Advance Directives
4. Support for Dignity of Life Legislation.
Whether you are currently caring for an elderly person, anticipating your own medical needs, or seeking to become more informed on end-of-life issues, this event features speakers, workshops, and vendors to inform, guide, and empower you. No RSVP required. View the flyer here.

APRIL 22, – WELS Lutherans For Life invites you to Sip for Life on Friday, April 22, 2022, at Grace Center (250 E Juneau Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202) at 6:00 p.m. Sip for Life will be a wine tasting, 3-course dinner, and entertaining evening with raffles. Come learn and support the mission of WELS Lutherans for Life and its pregnancy clinic APS Medical. The evening will feature an appetizer hour and 3-course meal all catered by Zilli’s Hospitality Group and wine paired with the 3-course dinner. Questions? Contact Julie at jschoenrock@apsmke.com or 414-727-8176 Want to attend? Register here.

APRIL 30, WAUWATOSA – Join the Milwaukee Guild of the Catholic Medical Association on Saturday, April 30 for 9:00 a.m. Mass followed by breakfast and a 10:00-11:30 a.m. Presentation by Father Eric Nielson at Christ King Parish (2604 N. Swan Blvd Wauwatosa, WI 53226). Why are anxiety and depression rising among college students – especially those at higher-ranked institutions? What is making young people with the greatest talents and best opportunities so anxious? Fr. Eric Nielsen will address these questions based on 15 years of experience ministering to
college students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Register for free here. View the flyer here.

For inclusion on this list, please send a PDF or JPEG of the event flyer along with a short write-up about your event to info@ProLifeWI.org