Winter 2025 Newsletter
Even In A World That’s Being Shipwrecked, Remain Brave and Strong.”
Saint Hildegard Von Bingen
Saint Hildegard said the above quote in the twelfth century. When I read this quote, I felt it was good advice for our time. We recently observed January 22, the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn children. The loss of the lives ended through abortion is staggering and heartbraking to ponder. We know the wounds it leaves on everyone involved and the impact the lives lost could have made on the world. We know that loving both mom and baby is the answer that honors each of them.
Children diagnosed with special needs or health issues are very vulnerable to the threat of having their lives ended or not receiving the care to reach their full potential. Families filled with fear are often talked into ending the life of their child or letting the child die after birth by forgoing treatments that could help them. Many times, there is a false sense of compassion and pressure that leads to these decisions.
Those of us who know the gifts that these precious children are and the positive impact they bring to their families and the world, understand the great loss to humanity when their lives are not valued. Our efforts to help families with support, information, and encouragement is more important than ever before. Our efforts to educate the world about the gift of life is crucial in helping other understand that all life is made in God’s image with a plan and a purpose.
Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity. Saint Hildegard Von Bingen
It is not always easy speaking up for what is right, especially when one is attacked, threatened, and lied about. Anyone who is involved in the pro-life movement is familair with the negative behavior of those who disagree. I have been called horrible names and selfish for letting my child be born and live 6 1/2 years. However, no one will ever be able to convince me that it is best for a mother to kill her own child.
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap. Saint Hildegard Von Bingen
We must never be afraid to speak up with love and truth for the gift of all life! Please come to our annual Celebration of Life on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Save the date and join us for a wonderful evening filled with great food, inspiration, and awesome company. Your support allows us to keep helping families with life affirming aid and encouragement. Know that you are always in our prayers. Please keep us and the families we serve in your prayers, too. Thank you!
Wishing you an abundance of God’s love and peace,
Mary Kellett
