Powerful Messages Given at Mass for the Unborn

 

Mary Kowalyshyn

   
  The second annual Mass for the Unborn took place at St. Anthony’s Church, due tothe threat of rain. Brother Knight, EddieYasinski, led the rosary prior to Mass. A procession led to the statue of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, whereby many flowers were placed in memory of the unborn. St. Gianna Beretta Molla is the patron Saint of Mothers, Physicians and Unborn Children. Fr. Marcin Mironiuk OMI lead in a prayer to St. Gianna. A luncheon and program followed in the Parish Hall. Knights of Columbus from many areas were introduced and acknowledged. Merv Polzen, Chairman of Yorkton-Melville Deanery, brought greetings on behalf of the Archdiocese of Regina. Marcy Milette, past president of Saskatchewan Pro-Life, shared some astounding statistics and challenged the audience with a quiz. “Do You Know The Facts of Life?”

Some of the facts were:

1. Unborn babies have NO LEGAL status in this country and can be aborted up to the ninth month.

2. The Environics National Polls show that over 60% of Canadians WANT to see end to the free for all holocaust against abortion.

3. Few Canadians know that we terminate over 300 babies in this country every day!!!

4. Canada stands alone with China and North Korea as the only countries lacking an abortion law.

5. Saskatchewan abortion statistics show one out of every four babies are killed through abortion. She stressed that the important thing for us is to be able to present a big list of supporters to the Legislative table encouraging everyone to keep in touch with what is happening, to send signatures to your MLA to show that the majority want protection for the unborn.

She outlined simply “One of the missions  of the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association  is to equip its members with the knowledge  needed to better spread this message: the  sanctity of life and OUR duty to protect it.” With that she encouraged everyone to become a member of Pro-Life

But it wasn’t until guest speaker, Anita Sonntag, stood at the podium and spoke about abortion and its impact on men, women and family that the crowd fell completely silent! She compared abortion to an animal caught in a trap who gnaws off its own leg to get free.” She further stated, “Abortion is a traumatic experience with the same kind of after effects that soldiers in combat deal with causing a breakdown of function in the physiological, spiritual and physical areas.”

She then presented her own testimony calling it “FROM PRISON TO FREEDOM” stating how she was imprisoned with her own abortion in her younger years, how it affected her and how she finally gained her freedom in her healing journey with the help and support of Rachel’s Vineyard (a post-abortion healing program presented in the form of a weekend retreat).

Presently, she is not only a member of Rachel’s Vineyard, but also the Regional Coordinator for Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia in the Silent No More Campaign. She makes her home in Saskatoon. Sonntag has spoken publicly in many places throughout Canada and we were very fortunate and honoured to have her speak in Rama. The audience immediately responded with a standing ovation as she delivered a very powerful presentation.

Organizer of the event, Lorne Sliva, thanked all the Knights of Columbus and everyone present with special thanks to Anita Sonntag and Marcy Milette. He had everyone join in The Lord’s Prayer and Hail Mary for his closing remarks.

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