2025 Events
Coming August/September - Spiritual Adoption at Corpus Christi
We will have a baby shower for our spiritually adopted babies and give the presents to a local Pregnancy Resource Center. Keep checking here for more details!
Pro-Life Prayer Call – help us pray for the support of life in Virginia
Every Wednesday morning at 7:30, you can join the Prayer Call to pray for the defeat of the proposed Constitutional Amendment in Virginia. This is a phone call, not a Zoom meeting, so you can be in your pajamas and no one will know! Or participate (in a safe manner) from your car during your commute! Usually, this lasts 15 minutes.
Here's the info:
WHEN
Every Wednesday morning beginning at 7:30am. Call to conclude no later than 8:00am.
HOW
Dial (605) 313-5902
When asked for the access code dial 8777729 followed by #
MUTE your phone
Put yourself in the presence of God and pray with your whole heart.
2026 Events
Richmond Advocacy Day- Jan. 15, 2026
DC March for Life – Jan. 23, 2026
State March for Life in Richmond – April 22, 2026
Amendment to Constitution
PRO- LIFE APOSTOLATE NEWS
SJ247 | Virginia 2025 | Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). | TrackBill
Be a part of the solution. Sign up to receive legislative alerts from the Virginia Catholic Conference by using the QR code below.
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EDUCATE YOURSELF!
An excellent source for pro-life information is found at the Priests For Life website https://www.priestsforlife.org. Here you can find a challenge to politicians and voters asking them "Is This What You Mean", when they speak of their support of abortion. Perhaps the information may be too graphic for our Church bulletin. That in and of itself is very telling. An abortion "procedure" is barbaric and should never be tolerated anywhere, at any time, for any reason. Please visit this website for additional information.
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ROE V. WADE FACTS
In the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion in this country, never in the Justices' decision was abortion declared a "constitutional right". Rather, the Justices' based their decision on a previously undefined "right to privacy" which is not written in the Constitution but is a "right" in the penumbrae of the Constitution. The penumbrae are used to describe implied powers of the federal government derived from a specific rule. In this case, the "right to privacy" is implied from the First Amendment to the Constitution.
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ARM YOURSELF WITH THE TRUTH
THE TRUTH WILL OUT - William Shakespeare
Pro-Choice Argument: If the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, handed down in 1973 is overturned by the court next month, abortion will be illegal in the United States.
THE TRUTH: The abortion issue will be returned to the states. Currently under Virginia law, an abortion may be performed in the first and second trimester. In the third trimester, an abortion may be performed if the life or health of the mother is at serious risk, as attested to by three doctors. Abortion will remain legal in Virginia.
We continue to pray for a conversion of hearts and minds to end the evil that is abortion. In addition, the election of pro-life candidates to state office will enable pro-life legislation to move forward.
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THE SCIENTIFIC ANSWER TO WHEN LIFE BEGINS:
Science teaches without reservation that life begins at fertilization (conception). It is a scientific fact that an organism exists after fertilization that did not exist before. This new organism has its own DNA distinct from the mother and father, meaning that it is a unique person. As the embryo grows, it develops a heartbeat (22 days after fertilization), its own circulatory system, and its own organs. From fertilization, it is a new organism that is alive and will continue to grow and develop as long as nutrition is provided and its life is not ended through violence or illness.
It is indisputably human, as it has human DNA. (www.liveaction.org)
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Did You Know....
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , which was sponsored by Senator Jacob Howard and passed in 1868, states, in part: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Preborn children are constitutionally entitled to due process and the equal protection of the law. At the time this amendment was written the definition of a person was a human being. No dictionary of the era referenced birth or the status of being born in its definition of person, man , or human being. (Josh Craddock, LiveAction.org). To learn more about this and other pro-life replies to the pro-abortion arguments, visit https://prolifereplies.liveaction.org/
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The document below details the true account of a woman's journey for forgiveness and mercy after multiple abortions.
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RESOURCES
Help After Abortion - Project Rachel
https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/find-support/help-after-abortion/
Pregnancy Assistance - Gabriel Project
https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/find-support/pregnancy-assistance/pregnancy-assistance-(gabriel-project)/
For our parish contact, email
Support Gabriel Project
Agape Pregnancy Resource Center of Loudoun County
Teen Pregnancy & Pregnancy Crisis Services in Leesburg, VA
In the event of an unplanned pregnancy, something as small as a free pregnancy test or pregnancy counseling can help. Let Agape help you today. Agape provides caring, non-judgmental support to girls and women who are distressed by an unplanned pregnancy. Using its own resources and those of the community, Agape offers positive alternatives to abortion as well as pregnancy counseling services. We present many services and offer referrals for many more. We provide friendship and emotional support, free pregnancy testing, advice on alternatives to abortion, maternity and baby clothes, and help in making a workable plan for the future. We also give information and referrals to help clients meet medical, legal, educational, employment, financial, and housing needs. Agape treats each woman as an individual who deserves kindness and respect, as well as personal attention to her unique situation. We are here to listen and help you because we care; you are not alone. All Agape services are free, absolutely confidential, and available to any woman regardless of age, race, creed, and economic or marital status.
Agape Pegnancy Resource Center of Loudoun County is located at 16 Royal St. SE Leesburg, VA. 20175. Their phone number is (703) 777-25026. If you wish to donate, or are interested in more information please visit their website at www.agapeofloudoun.org
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WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
"Some people argue that changing laws will not eliminate abortions. It is certainly true that a change of heart is more important than a change of law. What is forgotten, however, is that the law is the great teacher. Children grow up believing that if a practice is legal, it must be moral." Cardinal John O’Connor
What is the Hyde Amendment and why is it important?
Originally passed in 1976, three years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade, the Hyde Amendment is named after one of its biggest advocates, the late congressman Henry Hyde. The amendment prohibits federal funding of abortions, and as a rider to the HHS appropriations bill, must be passed each year. There have been various iterations of the amendment’s language over the past 40 years, but the current version includes exceptions that allow Medicaid funds to be used for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or the health of the mother – but all other federal taxpayer funding of abortion is banned. Although the Hyde Amendment was first passed in 1976, it did not take effect until 1980 when the Supreme Court ruled it to be constitutional. During the years between Roe and the implementation of the Hyde Amendment, federal tax dollars funded roughly 300,000 abortions annually – which amounts to roughly 25% of all abortions during that same period. Before the Hyde Amendment went into effect, America’s taxpayers were paying for nearly a quarter of all abortions in the U.S. (ACLJ.org)
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There are several local pregnancy help centers here in NOVA. We highlight one of them below. If you wish to donate, we include information on how to do that as well as a list of some currently needed items. If you are a mother in need, please contact Mosaic Virginia. Their services are free and confidential.*****
MOSAIC VIRGINIA: 19415 Deerfield Ave. Ste 109, Lansdowne, VA 20176
mosaic-virginia.org (703) 729-1123
Some of the services Mosaic Virginia offer include no cost pregnancy testing, childbirth preparation classes, Ultrasound services, options counseling, men's program , a client boutique where clients may shop for themselves and their babies. The boutique is stocked entirely with donations from the community. Some items the boutique can use include:
Gift cards (Walmart, Target, Costco), pacifiers, diapers for premies, newborns and size 5, diaper rash ointment, diaper bags and baby girl and baby boy clothing sizes 0-12 months. If you wish to make a donation, this organization requests you call them at (703) 729-1124 to set up a drop off time.
Mosaic Virginia also has a wish list on Amazon. Items may be ordered and delivered directly to their Lansdowne facility. Just use this link: https://www.amazon.com/baby-reg/mosaic-virginia-january-2023-lansdowne/2UVG3WQNTGAMT
“Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right even if nobody is right”. - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
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YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
U.S. Representative for 10th Congressional District:
10th Congressional District is represented by Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D):
To Email: https://subramanyam.house.gov/contact/
To write or call:
1217 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5136 Fax: 202-225-0437
U.S. Senators for state of Virginia:
Senator Mark Warner (D) www.warner.senate.gov
Senator Tim Kaine (D) www.kaine.senate.gov
U. S. Senators representing the state of Virginia and their contact information:
Sen. Mark Warner (D)To Email: https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactpage
To write or call:
231 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2323
Sen. Tim Kaine (D)To Email: https://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact
To write or call:
231 Russell Senate Office Buidling, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4024