JACKSON RIGHT TO LIFE
Memorial Motorcade for Life and Interdenominational Prayer Service with Wreath Laying Cermony
 Friday, January 22, 2021 10:30 a.m.

The motorcade will line up in the parking lot of the New Covenant Church, 2405 W. Washington Ave., on the corner of West Washington and 24th Streets beginning at 10:00 a.m. The procession will begin at 10:30 a.m., led by police escort and a hearse, down Michigan Avenue past Planned Parenthood to Martin Luther King Dr. (formerly Francis Street), and end at St. John’s Cemetery where an Interdenominational prayer service and wreath laying ceremony will be held. Guest speakers will include Senator Mike Shirkey and Representative Julie Alexander. Guest clergy to be announced. Join us as we mourn the loss of over 60 million unborn children in the U.S. since January 22, 1973 and rededicate ourselves to pray and work in bringing an end to this grave injustice to the unborn, women and families. Please feel free to bring a wreath to present at the Memorial to the Unborn at St. John’s Cemetery.

For more information contact Kathy Potts at 517-262-4746 (call or text) or Jackson Right to Life at 517-784-1300
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 Planned Parenthood in Jackson plans to reopen Feb 1st
 

Recently I received a message from Beth Thorrez of Jackson for Life informing all the Catholic pastors of Jackson that abortion is coming to Jackson. Planned Parenthood of Jackson is reopening on February 1st after being closed since March and they are adding medication abortion to their list of services. I do not believe that they have offered any type of abortion in Jackson since they opened approximately 25 years ago. Prior to the covid shutdown they had been struggling and I imagine doing abortions is the only way they can afford to keep the local office open. Also I am sure the election results have emboldened them to move forward more aggressively with their culture of death agenda. It looks like clients will come to the office and then have the abortion pill prescribed through a video call. This is bound to be very profitable but more importantly it will be dangerous for women in our area, deadly for the unborn and it gives the great evil of abortion a more substantial stronghold in our community. We obliviously need to respond to this darkness. I know that there are many in our midst who have been praying peacefully outside the Jackson Planned Parenthood office for years. I encourage every single parishioner to pray for an end to the scourge of abortion. January 22nd marked the 48th anniversary of the nation wide legalization of abortion. Since then 60 million children have been exterminated in the womb. The legalization of murder has deprived our nation of 60 million citizens who could have contributed to the building up of our nation. We need to intensify our prayer, our fasting and our peaceful presence legally outside the Jackson Planned Parenthood office. May God deliver our nation from the evil of abortion. Fr. Tim.