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Holy Angels Pro-Life Outreach Ministry 15th Annual Respect Life Conference Saturday
October 18, 2014 Holy Angels Parish Center 585 Main Street South Meriden, CT 06451 (203) 235-3822

Schedule:
8:00 a.m. Registration and Hospitality
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Prayer, Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford
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9:30 a.m. Workshops (Your Choice):
(a.) THE FOUNDERS, FEDERALISM, AND PRO-LIFE STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Christopher P. DeSanctis Adjunct Professor of Government and Politics, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. http://www.chrisdesanctis.com
(b.) THE RETURN OF EUGENICS AND DOWN SYNDROME. Leticia Velasquez Co-founder of KIDS (Keep Infants with Down Syndrome). Author of “A Special Mother is Born”. http://www.keepinfantswithdownsyndrome.blogspot.com
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(c.) ASSISTED SUICIDE: KILLING IN THE NAME OF COMPASSION…AND HOW TO FIGHT IT. Peter Wolfgang President, FIC Action and Executive Director, Family Institute of Connecticut. http://www.ctfamily.org/staff.html
10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker Abby Johnson A JOURNEY FROM ABORTION PROVIDER TO PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE. Abby is former Planned Parenthood Director and Founder of And Then There Were None. Author of “Unplanned” which chronicles both her experiences within Planned Parenthood and her dramatic exit. http://www.abbyjohnson.org
Noon Respect Life Mass, Reverend Robert J. Rousseau Director of Pro-Life Office for the Archdiocese of Hartford nd Pastor of Holy Family Church in Enfield, CT. will be the Celebrant and Homilist.
1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker Gianna Jessen ABORTION SURVIVOR. The date was April 16, 1977, and abortion had been legal for four years. A 17 year old mother in her third trimester of pregnancy entered a southern California abortion clinic for a late-term abortion. Toxic solution was injected in her womb, and she was expected to deliver a dead baby within 24 hours. Instead, after being burned alive in her mother’s womb. GIANNA JESSEN was born breathing....... The soundtrack from the movie October Baby, inspired by Gianna’s life, showcases her beautiful voice in the song Ocean Floor. http://www.giannajessen.com/
3:00 p.m. Close
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Norwich Diocese: http://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/norwich/
Hartford Archdioceses: http://www.prolifeministry.org/news/14-08-25_40days.html
Bridgeport Diocese: http://www.officeforpastoralservices.org/index.php/respect_life