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CURRENT ISSUE page links

• "About This Issue” by Heidi Hess Saxton
WoG Online Resources: Abundant Life Program (#14395) “Mary the Feminine Ideal” and Program (#14396) “Raising Up Mommy.” Also Heidi’s book, “Raising Up Mommy.”

Heidi’s blog, “Behold Your Mother,” includes information about her new book Behold Your Mother: Mary Stories and Reflections from a Catholic Convert. Click here to order.

• “Solitary Genius: Lines for a Very Little Girl” by Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic, OSU, Th.D.

• “Women of Grace: Diane Tandy’s ‘Special Deliveries’” by Kate Wicker
Kate’s blog:
For more information about Diane Tandy or “Tandy’s Babies,” the special fund she has started for low-income women to defray the cost of their medical care, write to: Tandy’s Babies, 4854 Vermack Road, Atlanta, GA 30338.

• “Global Watch: ‘Women of the World, Unite!’” by Mary Jo Anderson
Book: “Male and Female He Created Them”

Features:

• “Her Heart to His: The Alliance of the Two Hearts” by Susan Brinkmann OCDS
WoG Online Resources to Help You: Devotion to the Sacred Heart, by Father J. Croiset; True Devotion to the Immaculate Heart, by Father Robert Fox; True Devotion to Mary, by St. Louis de Montfort.

Also see the Abundant Life program: “The Sacred Heart: 150 Years Later” with Gloria and Fr. James Kubicki (#14381)

Experience the blessing of Enthronement in your home. Go to Gloria Anson’s website or call 800-851-5320.

Msgr. Arthur Calkins also promotes the Alliance of the Two Hearts

• “Abortion Changes You: One Woman’s Story” by Michaelene Fredenburg
Book: Changed: Making Sense of Your Own or a Loved One’s Abortion Experience
Links: http://www.abortionchangesyou.com and http://www.LifePerspectives.com
Abundant Life Program #14254 “Healing the Pain of Abortion” by Theresa Burke, Ph.D. and David Reardon, Ph.D.

• “In Search of the Perfect Man, St. Joseph” by Patricia Hershwitzky
St. Joseph Covenant Keepers

• “The Holy Spirit in My Heart” by Patti Mansfield
Book: As by a New Pentecost, by Patti Mansfield

• “A Mother’s Life of Prayer” by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle

• “Does Your Teen Have a Drinking Problem?” by Dianne Spotts
Links: www.drugfree.org,
www.al-anon.org/english.html,
www.righthealth.com (search: ‘teen drinking’).
To discourage teen drinking, go to the “healthy living” page. For a study on the risk of substance abuse based on family history, click here.

Ministering to Women in Crisis Pregnancies

As Catholics who strongly believe in the dignity of life from the moment of conception, Diane says it’s easy to forget babies aren’t the only victims of abortion. “Women so often transfer their grief into something else. Women come to me saying, ‘My husband left me. I wonder if it’s because I had an abortion.’ Or, ‘My teenager has turned to drugs. Is it because I aborted his older brother or sister?’” says Diane. “Abortion is not a quick fix and it hurts women for a long, long time.”

Here’s how you can give unborn babies a voice and help women in crisis pregnancies:

Love them. Resist the impulse to lecture a woman considering abortion and instead offer her your love. “Love them for who they are. They already don’t love themselves if this is what they want to do.” says Diane. “They may want to abort because ‘My mom and dad will never approve,’ or ‘My husband doesn’t love me.’ But if you can convince them of their worth in God’s eyes, they may also be persuaded that it’s going to be okay.”
Remind them of a child’s love. “The miracle they’re carrying inside of them is going to love them, and help them get through lonely times,” says Diane. “I’ll often tell pregnant women that life is hard and lonely for every single one of us, but children bring so much joy. I don’t lie. Children can give you the worst headache in the world, but man, do they bring you a joy like you’ve never had before.”
Ditch the pity. Unmarried women are often fearful of raising a child on their own. However, the last thing they need is your pity, according to Diane, who is a single mom herself. “It does get easier and it’s something women can do. We’ve got the perfect spouse – Jesus.”
Be open to life. Not all of us can pound at the pavement outside of abortion clinics, but by being open to life we’re constantly sending the message that children are gifts from God to be cherished. “I cannot count how many moms - often Catholic moms - touch a girl’s heart in the waiting room. A girl will come in and say, ‘There was a lady out there who had kids and they said something nice to me.’” Likewise, Diane encourages reaching out to all pregnant women you see. “You don’t realize how much you can do, how you can help a woman and baby in need just by saying, ‘You look great. It’s so wonderful that you’re pregnant.’”