Here's Your Monday Update

VOLUNTEERS WANTED:
JULY 4 PARADE, BABY BRIGADE

If you reside in the Stone Bank area (Waukesha County) and have a baby, we encourage you to join other Pro-Life Wisconsin family members as part of the “Baby Brigade” for the 4th of July parade!

We all recognize the dangerous censorship and “cancel culture” so prevalent in recent times. Unfortunately, patriotic July 4th celebrations are not exempt. The pro-life signs that were created for the Stone Bank parade (see photo here) have been rejected by parade organizers as “not appropriate messaging” for a family-oriented parade celebrating America. What is more patriotic than celebrating life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

One of our donors who is coordinating Pro-Life Wisconsin’s participation in the parade has come up with a great alternative so that we can still have a presence – a Baby Brigade! We would love to have a great representation of mothers pushing their babies in strollers (all children welcome) behind a blue 1978 continental classic car. If you are able, please join other Wisconsin Pro-Life Wisconsin family members. Bring your strollers, your children, and your patriotic, enthusiastic smiles. Your presence will certainly win over hearts and minds!

Details:

Sunday, July 4: Stone Bank Independence Day Parade

Parade line up begins at 9:00 a.m. at Stone Bank School (N68W33866 County Hwy K in Oconomowoc). Look for a classic blue colored Lincoln Mark 5 continental. Parade begins at 11:00 a.m. and is approximately 12 blocks long

Please email Michele Grall at Michele.G@ProLifeWI.org for more details or to confirm your participation in the baby brigade. Thank you!

A CALL TO ACTION FOR LIFE

This past Saturday, 22 pro-lifers gathered to take a stand against the atrocity of abortion. A Call to Action for Life, coordinated by Pro-Life Wisconsinite Donald Dunlap, was a gathering to inspire and equip pro-life action. Donald remarked, "One million children are killed in the womb every single year in America. With such tremendous numbers, it can seem like a problem too big to fight, and with abortion being such a hot issue, it can be intimidating to even talk about." At A Call to Action for Life, leaders in the pro-life movement offered multiple strategies for personal life, equipping attendees to make a very real difference in the lives of our preborn brothers and sisters.

Dan Miller was among the pro-life leaders who presented the 100% pro-life position and promoted life-saving resources like Pro-Life Wisconsin's crisis pregnancy resource website, Choose Life Wisconsin, and the Knights of Columbus ultrasound initiative. Countless attendees stayed afterward to form connections with their fellow pro-lifers and commit to ending abortion in Wisconsin. Thank you to all of the attendees and to Donald Dunlap for his efforts to coordinate this event!

If you would like to host a sidewalk counseling seminar for your pro-life circle, please contact Dan Miller at Dan.M@ProLifeWI.org or by phone at 262.796.1111 ext. 111. It's a part of our mission to educate on how to end abortion - so it's free, and we'll even bring pizza!

EDUCE PRO-LIFE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP:
FREE TO THE FIRST 30 REGISTRANTS

Summer is a perfect time to refresh "why" you’re pro-life! Did you know there is a pro-life educational course that strengthens, informs, and educates on the 100% pro-life position? Pro-Life Wisconsin is partnering with Educe to provide the 6 session Foundations Course COMPLETELY FREE to the first 30 people who sign up ($60 value/per person).

The Foundations Course is written for upper secondary, post-secondary, and adult audiences. It is a robust curriculum in both depth and breadth. We recommend at least 11th grade, because of the basic knowledge of American history that the courses assume people have coming in, the level at which the content is written, and the subject matter itself. Visit our website here to get started.

About Educe: Educe is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with headquarters in the Minneapolis, MN area. They are the exclusive author of the Foundations pro-life curriculum, which builds the historical, philosophical, and biblical perspectives pro-life Christians need to compassionately engage the culture and defend human life, from its earliest biological beginning to its natural end. Building this solid foundation helps people bring a much deeper, broader, and biblically rooted understanding into the particular areas of pro-life ministry and outreach they feel called into.

TRUE TO LIFE MEDIA CAMPAIGN PROGRAM

Did you know that one of PLW’s educational programs focuses on spreading the pro-life message through online, media, print ads, billboards, radio, and other media outlets? The True to Life Media Campaign Program is entirely focused on changing hearts and minds through media.

If you’ve seen the billboards on NB and SB I-41, or the most recent billboard on I-94 eastbound, near Highway 16, or you’re following @ProLifeWI on social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Parlor, MeWe), you’re seeing the powerful impact of this program.

But we need YOU to help promote and spread this program in your community. Please consider prayerfully how you can be an influencer. Whether you are following PLW on social media platforms, commenting/sharing PLW’s posts, inviting your friends, family, classmates, coworkers to follow PLW and sign up for our weekly e-newsletter The Monday Update, or donating to fund more billboards, radio ads, and print ads…everything you do can help change hearts and minds with the truth of the pro-life message.

We’re always looking for ways to expand the impact of this program, so please reach out if you have ideas or donate here to support this program.

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 1,791 of these plates on cars in the Badger State, sales have resulted in a total of nearly $100,000 which has been granted to over twenty-five Wisconsin pregnancy resource centers in a little over two 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.

IS ROE V. WADE ON A COLLISION COURSE IN THE SUPREME COURT?: (Catholic Business Journal, by David G. Bjornstrom, Attorney at Law) – “The U.S. Supreme Court’s viability standard in Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey will be tested this fall in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The Dobbs case involves a Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. While the case does not go far enough, in that it still allows abortions at all, it highlights the absurdity of the Court’s viability standard […]These changes in the date of viability are irrelevant to the baby’s intrinsic personhood, but they increasingly discredit Roe since the moving target of viability cannot logically determine an unborn baby’s legal status as a Constitutionally protected “person.” Read the full op-ed here.

KENTUCKY POLICE OFFICER RETURNS TO WORK AFTER BEING SUSPENDED FOR PRAYING OUTSIDE ABORTUARY: (LifeSiteNews) – “A Kentucky police officer will return to work after the Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed that it will not formally discipline him for quietly praying the rosary in front of a Louisville abortion clinic last winter while off-duty.” Read the full story here.

CANADA FACES PUSHBACK OVER EXPANDING ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS: (Live Action News) – “Canada’s ever-accelerating expansion of physician-assisted suicide gained significant momentum with the government’s March 2021 decision to allow mental illness as a qualifying reason to seek physician-assisted suicide (PAS), referred to in Canada as Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).” Read the full story here.

GREEN BAY: Join Pro-Life Green Bay Affiliate as we participate in National Bridges Day at the Glory Road overpass in De Pere/Ashwaubenon on Highway 41 between 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on July 16, 2021.

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 on July 16, for Pro-Life Bridges Day from 6:00 - 8:00 a.m. or 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the footbridge by St. Alphonsus (near 6060 W Loomis Rd, Greendale, WI) where thousands of motorists will see your witness in defense of the pre-born.

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).

OZAUKEE COUNTY: Stop by the PLW Ozaukee County Affiliate booth at the Ozaukee County Fair during these hours to pick up free literature and pro-life swag! July 28: Noon-10:00 p.m., July 29: 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., July 30: 10:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m., July 31: 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., August 1: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Volunteer opportunities available. Email Emily.C@ProLifeWI.org for more details.

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 5:30 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 the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes located just south of the St. Catherine's Commons Senior Living Complex (3524 7th Ave Kenosha, WI 53140). Bring family and friends!

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.

MAY 13 - OCTOBER 17 – Want to Change History? Join Heaven's Army Every Thursday from May 13 to October 7. Few Americans would disagree that the country is going through a dark time. In fact, recent polling shows America is more and more convinced that things are only getting darker. Launched from St. Mary's of Pine Bluff, America will begin to gather together and adore Jesus Christ, inviting Him to make Himself fully present in our land and free it from the powers of darkness. And the local Christians of Wisconsin are committed: they will continue to gather for what they are calling Heal Our Land Holy Hours every Thursday from May 13 until October 7th. For those who are interested in organizing a Thursday "Heal our Land Holy Hour" in their own parish, visit healourlandholyhour.com for the program of prayers to get started.

JULY 3, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

JULY 7, NEW BERLIN – 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Holy Apostles Church Lofy Hall (16000 W. National Avenue New Berlin, WI). The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae) encyclical was published in 1995 by St. Pope John Paul II. In this year of the 25th anniversary of its publication, the Holy Apostles Respect Life Committee is hosting six sessions to study and discuss this landmark document. The study sessions are free to attend, but we request that you register with your name and email address. More information here.

JULY 11-17 – The Biking for Babies 2021 National Ride begins from four different starting points across the nation: Green Bay, WI; Columbus, OH; Natchez, MS; and Holly, CO – converging in St. Louis, MO, at our Celebration of Life event. In case you are unfamiliar with Biking for Babies, visit this page of the B4B website to watch a short intro video and the 2021 National Ride webpage to learn more. Our team believes in a world that respects the dignity of every single life, and we are chasing that vision. This year, we aim to raise $225,000 for pregnancy resource centers. That would allow us to surpass the million-dollar mark contributed to pregnancy resource centers in our 12 years of riding!

JULY 24, SLINGER – It’s that time again! Since 2012, our local Knights of Columbus – Unity Council #12743 from St. Lawrence & Resurrection Parishes has held a golf outing that has raised almost $2,000 annually. Funds are donated to the Seed of Hope Center in West Bend, the Women’s Support Center of Milwaukee, several local K-C UltraSound Initiatives, projects sponsored or promoted by Pro-Life Wisconsin, and other similar Culture of Life causes and organizations in southeast Wisconsin. Join us on Saturday, July 24th, 2021 at Scenic View Country Club (4415 Club Drive, Slinger, WI 53086). $80 per person; 4 person team scramble with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. (check-in by 7:30 a.m.). To sign up, contact Russ Koth at roscoerr@charter.net or call 262-224-3112. The signup deadline is Monday, July 19th. *Note: this is not restricted to Knights of Columbus members – ALL ARE WELCOME. View the flyer here.

JULY 24, MENOMONEE FALLS – Save the Date for Arise Family Day! Live your Catholic faith in a fun and hands-on way! Families are invited to join us for the inaugural ARISE FAMILY DAY! More information will be available in the coming weeks! Visit www.arisemke.org

AUGUST 4, NEW BERLIN – 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Holy Apostles Church Lofy Hall (16000 W. National Avenue New Berlin, WI). The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae) encyclical was published in 1995 by St. Pope John Paul II. In this year of the 25th anniversary of its publication, the Holy Apostles Respect Life Committee is hosting six sessions to study and discuss this landmark document. The study sessions are free to attend, but we request that you register with your name and email address. More information here.

AUGUST 7, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

SEPTEMBER 1, NEW BERLIN – 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Holy Apostles Church Lofy Hall (16000 W. National Avenue New Berlin, WI). The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae) encyclical was published in 1995 by St. Pope John Paul II. In this year of the 25th anniversary of its publication, the Holy Apostles Respect Life Committee is hosting six sessions to study and discuss this landmark document. The study sessions are free to attend, but we request that you register with your name and email address. More information here.

SEPTEMBER 4, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

OCTOBER 2, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

NOVEMBER 6, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

DECEMBER 4, ELM GROVE – St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove will be offering Holy Mass for the intention for an end to abortion every First Saturday of the month. It will be a Traditional Latin Mass (low Mass) at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

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