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LOVE FOR LIFE GALA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020

Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 22, 2020! We are so excited to gather for our annual Love for Life Gala and share Wisconsin's life saving efforts with you all! This year's gala will be held at the brand new Brookfield Conference Center, located at 325 S Moorland Rd, on the south side of the Brookfield Square Mall. This is a new, very large, venue — 24,000 square feet in the ballroom, 8,000 square feet in the atrium, and eight cash bars to accommodate you with your favorite beverage. Because we are fortunate to have this generous space, we are going to seat six to a table (unless you specify otherwise – maximum of 10) with a maximum of 500 total guests. Because of limited seating, we encourage you to register early. Online registration will open very soon, so stay tuned!

It is our distinct honor and privilege to bring you our own spiritual director and Bishop of the Madison Diocese, His Excellency Bishop Donald J. Hying as our keynote speaker. Bishop Hying is known worldwide for his unwavering support of all human life and our religious freedoms. Those of you who have heard the Bishop in the past know of his warmth, humor, and insightful stories. Bishop Hying brings his own very special and profound perspective as he speaks of the sanctity of life, and most especially the preborn.

We look forward to seeing you at the Gala!

UPCOMING WISCONSIN PRIMARY ELECTION:
SEE PLW ENDORSEMENTS

Wisconsin's primary election is just one week away! Do you know who you will be voting for? The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund political action committee (PAC) has announced candidate endorsements for the Fall 2020 elections. View endorsements here. A total of thirty-five candidates have been endorsed by the Victory Fund PAC for state office.

“We proudly endorse these candidates who recognize the personhood of the preborn baby and hold the principled and compassionate no-exceptions pro-life position,” said Matt Sande, director of the Victory Fund PAC. “For over twenty-five years, Pro-Life Wisconsin has held high the banner of total protection for all preborn children. Because we insist on this high standard, more and more candidates for elected office are 100% pro-life. We stand behind those candidates who stand behind 100% of the babies.”

For details on polling locations, voting absentee, and ballot content, click here.

SAVE LIVES ALL YEAR LONG

Did you know that you can save lives with a simple pro-life license plate? Displaying the Choose Life license plate provides funding for Wisconsin's Pregnancy Resource Centers, which provide essential services day in and day out to help women and babies across the Badger State.

Your purchase of the Choose Life license plate will include a tax-deductible $25 contribution each year to Choose Life WI, Inc. to support Wisconsin's life-saving Pregnancy Resource Centers.

CONSECRATE WISCONSIN

The culture of death has made devastating inroads in our country over the last 50 years, and the lives of pre-born children hang in the balance, as does our own culture. We hope to petition Our Lord through His Blessed Mother for supernatural graces to help us defeat the culture of death and all abortion, euthanasia, and other evils that come with it.

We recognize this effort as not only good for the people of our state in general but also for our pre-born children specifically.

Please sign the petition in support of asking our Wisconsin Catholic Bishops to Consecrate Wisconsin to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Please forward this email or website address to everyone you know. Encourage them to sign it also!

Please contact ConsecrateWI@gmail.com if your organization or business would like to endorse this effort.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. The CARES Act increases tax deductions for charitable donations for both individuals and corporations for tax year 2020. You may wish to consider the following provisions when determining your charitable giving this year:

Individuals who do not itemize their tax deductions may take a new "above the line" charitable deduction of $300 per taxpayer ($600 for a married couple). An "above the line" deduction reduces a donor's adjusted gross income and thereby reduces taxable income.

Individuals who do itemize may deduct donations up to 100% of their 2020 AGI, up from the previous limit of 60%.

Corporations may deduct up to 25% of taxable income, up from the previous limit of 10%.

To qualify for these special deductions, contributions must be made during tax year 2020. Payments on outstanding pledges also qualify, provided the payment is made in 2020.

U.S. SENATOR VOWS TO VOTE FOR ONLY SUPREME COURT NOMINEES WHO WILL OVERTURN ABORTION RULING: (LifeSiteNews) – “Republican Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri has vowed to make a Supreme Court nominee’s position on Roe v. Wade the litmus test for confirming him to the nation’s highest court. The 1973 landmark ruling essentially imposed legal abortion across the country. ‘I will vote only for those Supreme Court nominees who have explicitly acknowledged that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided,’ Hawley said, emphasizing that any Supreme Court nominee must be on the record already before the nomination.” Read the full story here.

PRO-LIFERS ARRESTED TRYING TO CHALK ‘BLACK PREBORN LIVES MATTER’ AT DC PLANNED PARENTHOOD: (LifeSiteNews) – “Two activists with Students for Life of America (SFLA) were arrested Saturday morning while peacefully attempting to chalk ‘BLACK PREBORN LIVES MATTER’ outside of the Planned Parenthood megacenter in the nation’s capital. SFLA had a permit and had communicated with the city about its plans to paint the street. This came following the city’s decision to allow a private organization to paint on the street a message in support of defunding the police. SFLA was asked to use tempera paint and had planned to do so.” Read the full story here.

HUNDREDS OF SICK CANADIANS EUTHANIZED OVER LONELINESS: (National Review, Wesley J. Smith): “Good grief. We are told that euthanasia is ‘compassion.’ But how compassionate is it when last year in Canada, hundreds of sick people were euthanized because of loneliness? The country’s 2019 MAID [medical assistance in dying] annual report found that 13.7 percent of the 5,631 Canadians killed by doctors asked to be lethally injected because of “isolation or loneliness.’ If my math is right, that’s about 771 people, or 64 a month, or two per day. Good grief!” Read the full op-ed here.

SEPTEMBER 12 - Join us at 11AM for the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children in Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee as we gather in prayer and reflection for the lives of those aborted in our country and around the world. Questions? Call 262-796-1111 ext. 114. The event will also be observed in Green Bay at the Memorial for Aborted Children in the Allouez Cemetery - more details to come.

OCTOBER 22 - Join us for the Love for Life Gala in Brookfield at the Brookfield Conference Center (325 S Moorland Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005) with keynote speaker, Bishop Donald Hying. More details and registration coming soon.

MILWAUKEE: Join us on August 9 at 2PM for a Eucharistic Procession beginning at Saint Hedwig (1702 N Humboldt Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202), processing to the abortion clinic (Affiliated Medical Services), and back to the church.

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: Pro-Life Wisconsin, Rock County Chapter meets monthly at the Beloit Public Library. For further information, contact Miriam at: plwrcc@charter.net.

WINNEBAGO COUNTY: Please join us in prayer every first Monday of the month from 5:30pm-6:30pm 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 920-279-3496 or ddurawa1@yahoo.com.

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

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 webpages both here and here.

ONGOING - Join the Ave Maris Stella Group in our initiative to consecrate Wisconsin to the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Our group is comprised of Pro-Life Catholics who support the Act of Consecrating Wisconsin to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We have petitioned the Bishops of Wisconsin and are working to find the best time, place, and avenue for this public consecration. You can sign the petition or commit to the prayer pledge here.

ONGOING - Participate in "Rosary at the Grotto" in Kenosha every Sunday (rain or shine) in reparation to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes stands just south of the St. Catherine's Commons Senior Living Complex (3524 Seventh Ave. Kenosha, WI). View flyer here.

AUGUST 3 - The La Crosse Guild of the Catholic Medical Association is sponsoring an event at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe open to all persons. On Monday, August 3, 2020, join us for Mass at the Shrine Church at 5:30 PM. This will be followed by a baked parmesan chicken dinner at the Shrine restaurant, Culina Mariana. At about 7:15 PM there will be a presentation on the Hosea Initiative by Clare Ruff: "The story of America's abortion king, Dr. Bernard Nathanson; the lies and deception at the beginning of the abortion crusade; his dramatic change of heart about abortion, and conversion to the Catholic faith!" More information here. Cost: $25 Registration Deadline: Monday, July 27, 2020. Register soon; attendance is limited. To register please make check out to "La Crosse Guild of the CMA" and mail to: Stephen Pavela, MD W5560 County Road MM, La Crosse, WI 54601 For inquiries: Call Dr. Pavela at 608-788-5052 or email at: slpavela@gmail.com

NOVEMBER 6 & 7 - Join us for the first Red Rose Rescue Conference at the Embassy Suites in Saint Louis, MO (11237 Lone Eagle Dr, Bridgeton, MO 63044). For more information, click here.

NOVEMBER 7 - Women of Christ Conference. Stop by the Pro-Life Wisconsin Table! For more information, click 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