The following comes from a Jan. 4 email sent by Helpers of God’s Precious Infants.
A counselor spoke with a couple on their way to FPA. The counselor warned them about the dangers of FPA and the poor medical history of the doctor. The counselor showed them what their baby might look like. Though they seemed concerned, they began to walk towards FPA. Another counselor spoke with them and both counselors pointed to the guard and told them he was there to coerce and escort them into the clinic. They were concerned, but not enough to make them turn away. They went upstairs but left moments later. One of the counselors went to their car and talked to them. It appears they did not like the aggressive nature of the guard and they felt pressure from the sidewalk counselors. The sidewalk counselor apologized but told them that many women do not know what a baby looks like in the earliest stages. The counselor urged them to go to Culture of Life Family Services, and the counselor called COLFS to make sure they could go there. The counselor told them it was a sign perhaps that they met, and maybe the sign was to keep their baby. The counselor told the woman how many women have been helped to choose life for their baby. At that, the woman became more defensive and they said they were leaving. They pulled away.
Soon after, a young couple with a toddler began to walk to FPA. They were escorted by the young woman’s mother. The counselor talked to them at length of the medical history of the doctor and told them of the many women going there today for abortions. The counselor showed them a model of a 12-week-old baby and asked them why they would want to do this, since they already had a beautiful little girl. The young woman was visibly downcast and appeared to be regretting being there. Her mother told the counselor they could not afford another baby. Her daughter was only 18. The counselor handed her a blue rosary and told her that perhaps she was going to have a boy. The counselor told her she did not have to listen to anyone upstairs, and she could get up and leave if she felt even one percent in doubt about this. After they went up to FPA, the boyfriend came down and talked to the counselor again. He told the counselor adoption was not an option and they could never do that. The counselor tried to make him understand that abortion is killing a child, and adoption is giving a child a life. He seemed to agree but went back up. The mother came down with the baby and they sat in the van. Shortly after, the couple came out on the balcony and prayers were started for them. One of the prayer warriors talked at length to the young man and told them she would help them. He told the prayer warrior that their insurance would not cover the abortion. The prayer warrior and sidewalk counselor spoke at length to the woman’s mother and boyfriend about how they could get help. It appears they are living in a very unsafe neighborhood. The young woman’s mother broke down in tears because she did not want her daughter to be there, and did not want her to have the abortion, but she felt they had no choice. The prayer warrior offered assistance and they accepted. The mother texted her daughter and told her to come down right away. Shortly after they came down and all exchanged hugs. The young woman began to cry when she saw her mother crying. The young woman told the counselors she did not want to have an abortion.
They left and followed the prayer warrior who is going to help them. The mother of the young woman told the prayer warrior that she felt so bad taking her daughter to the abortion mill, but thanks be to God it all worked out in the end, and now this young couple will have another child. They are in great need right now to find an apartment and they need many prayers.
Right now they are in urgent need of an apartment in a safe neighborhood. They will gratefully accept your help and therefore we are asking if anyone knows of a place for them to stay or is willing to help them re-locate. These miraculous moments do not happen so often and therefore we are asking for your help in finding them a place to stay.
Please contact Louise at Lamato@mac.com if you can offer help.
God bless these young parents, the Mother, and the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, and other sidewalk counselors.
Abortion is Satan’s death embrace. All priests and bishops that fail to use the utmost in Church resources must be summarily dismissed. This would mean that phoney clerics like Abp. Cupich must go, with a public rebuke for his actually reigning in Catholic manpower to possibly affect change to the abortion industry. Perhaps one of the “Helpers” could take over as bishop for Chicago. This is a highly questionable man, yet one beloved of Francis, who went out of his way to pick the most outrageously Liberal person for this important position. A nice in-your-face to great pro-life people like the “Helpers”.
The Democratic Party should be re-named the “Sex Without Responsibility Party”. It should also go the way of the Whig Party into the dustbin of history. No one should ever vote Democratic, no Catholic, certainly. But, do you think tha tthe USCCB cares about things like this? Nope, much better to bray about the need for a higher minimum wage, or immigration reform (after all, the Church is pretty much dead in the USA without conservatives, the Traditionalists, and the Hispanic influx of Churchgoers).
The Catholic Church should be much, much more active in seeking practical relief for such young parents, including a sort of institutional adoption of the young mother, to assist her with education, child-rearing, and the like.
“The Catholic Church should be much, much more active in seeking practical relief for such young parents, including a sort of institutional adoption of the young mother, to assist her with education, child-rearing, and the like.”
Well said St. Christopher. I hope it is of comfort to you to know there are many Catholic organizations and individuals out there helping out with the practicalities of these situations. I think with the volume of need out there, there is just not enough of them. I always pray that more and more people can get involved in any way they can – and we can always pray for them.
“Carol”: Yes, there are a number of helping Catholic organizations. Unfortunately, few Catholic politicians seem to notice the need for such groups and for a federal commitment of funds (instead of giving over $500 million to Planned Parenthood).
Why doesn’t the federal government change course and re-direct some resources to Faith-groups that will assist young and pregnant women that lack families to assist them (and an education for after the birth of the baby)? This is a crying scandal in our time. Focus is almost exclusively on the sexually wanton women, and finding ways to “permit them” to “fulfill” their destiny (rather than have children; the “punishment” noted by our Abortionist-in-Chief Obama).
And, almost no corporations are donating to such groups. Why is this? Where are bishops pushing and demanding that this be done (rather than have corporations falling all over themselves to give money and hold events for Planned Parenthood)?
Answer: Because bishops, in the main, do not really care that much about abortion. But they do really, really, really care about being called “anti-woman” or being seen as “pushing” large families (you know, like the old cliche about Catholics).
Remember: there would be no abortion “rights” in America, if all Catholics lived their Faith, if all bishops were true shepherds of the Faith, and if everyone “made a mess” (like the Pope said to do), if and when Planned Parenthood and sexual freedom arguments are raised and “rights” demanded.
St. Christopher, you are right about this being the crying scandal in our time. But the reason why the government gives money to PP an not pro-life Catholic groups is because the federal money has strings attached. They either have to perform abortions or refer for them and they have to provide a host of other things like contraceptives and sterilizations, or refer for them. The pro-life places won’t agree to that so they don’t get federal money. The bishops can’t change that – we have to change that as citizens that vote, and vote pro-life. So the pro-life places have to be funded privately or we have to change the laws. At my parish, we have several fundraising events for the local places that don’t get federal money because they won’t accept the strings. It’s worse now because abortion is “health care” and that is where the laity, the bishops and every other decent person should push back. Hope that helps. God Bless.