Archive for August, 2012
St Puis X
Saint Puis X was born in 1835 in the village of Riese in the province of Venice. After he became a priest he peformed his duties with distinction. He became bishop of Mantua and patriarch of Venice, and was elected pope in 1903. He took as the motto of his reign “to renew all things […]
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In amongst the chaos, pain and destruction that abortion brings lies the women who have had abortions. Here at the Initiative Sr Andrea runs the Rachels Vineyard Retreats for women, men, grandparents – anyone affected by abortion. So we were very interested in the short film made by an American, Peter Baklinski who has felt […]
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Standing Up for Life
An interview on John Smeatons’ blog http://spuc-director.blogspot.co.uk/ last Friday makes fascinating reading for us in the prolife movement. It is rare to read of any scientists taking a moral stand against the tide of research which uses aborted foetuses. Dr Sardella, who is married with a son, and a child on the way has taken a difficult and […]
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Pope Sends Encouragement
It means so much and helps the cause enormously when Pope Benedict highlights a particular group working within the Church. This Initiative is close to our hearts….. Pope sends message to pro-life pilgrimage 2012-08-16 Vatican Radio Pope Benedict XVI has sent a telegram to the participants of the 301st Pilgrimage Walk from Warsaw to the Shrine of […]
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Prayer for Purity
HOLY NAME PRAYER FOR HUMILITY: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your disciples: “If you ask anything in my Name, I will do it, so that my Father may be glorified in me” (John 14:13). Lord, in your Holy Name I pray for the grace to humbly know myself, to know who I truly […]
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No Need To Abort
A good news story in The Daily Mail Chemotherapy-wont-harm-baby-Cancer-treatment-pregnancy-safe-says-study.html today suggests that women who discover they have cancer while pregnant need not delay chemotherapy or use less powerful drugs. Unfortunately, alot of women have opted for abortion especially in the early stages of their pregnancy in order to proceed with life saving treatment. However this study […]
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We are extremely pleased to hear that a date has been set for an appeal for the Scottish midwives and pray for a positive outcome. This report from John Smeatons SPUC blog, SPUC welcomes appeal date for Glasgow midwives SPUC has welcomed the news that an appeal will be heard next January in the case […]
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Anyone who watched Mo Farah win either of his Olympic gold medals will have felt elation and euphoria as he raced to the finishing line. However for us, the greatest thing about his win was his dedication after he won the race to the twin girls his wife is carrying. “Those medals are for my […]
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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life is a defined dogma of the Catholic Church. The Feast of the Assumption, celebrated every year on August 15, is a very old feast of the Church, celebrated universally by the sixth century. It commemorates the death of Mary […]
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St Maximilian Kolbe
Maximilian was born in 1894 in Poland and became a Franciscan. He contracted tuberculosis and, though he recovered, he remained frail all his life. Before his ordination as a priest, Maximilian founded the Immaculata Movement devoted to Our Lady. After receiving a doctorate in theology, he spread the Movement through a magazine entitled “The Knight […]
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