Culture of Life KCLS 2018 From Conception to Natural Death !

1. Chris Davis: State Life Director Peter and EdnamaeSahuc: Culture of Life Couple Culture of Life KCLS 2018From Conception to Natural Death !

2. My story… “Life should be respected, loved, and cherished from Conception to natural death!” Why are YOU pro-life?

3. A Culture of Life • Culture is the way in which men and women in a community mold or shape a particular way of relating to nature, to each other and to God, thus establishing a typical style of human coexistence. • One of the primary values of the Culture of Life is respect for human life from its beginning at conception until its natural end. • When a culture is capable of protecting and encouraging this vision of mankind through its political, social, economic and legal structures, it can be called a culture of life. • Building such a culture not only requires collaboration of society’s leaders, but it is also a duty and a right of all Christians. • As Catholics, in every circumstance, we must do all we can to build a culture of life.

4. Abortion >900,000 womb Suicide 44,000 self Murder 7,000 others Euthanasia/ 200 Terminally ill assisted suicide 5) Capital 14 prisoners punishment What is the Culture of Death?

5. There Is More Than One Moral Threat to Human Life • What moral issues are covered under the Culture of Life? • Abortion • Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research • Human Cloning • Contraception • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) • Surrogacy • Redefinition of Marriage • Euthanasia

6. Secondary Life Issues • What moral issues are covered under the Culture of Life? • Abortion • Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research • Human Cloning • Contraception • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) • Surrogacy • Redefinition of Marriage • Euthanasia

7. Secondary Life Issues • What moral issues are covered under the Culture of Life? • Abortion • Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research • Human Cloning • Contraception • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) • Surrogacy • Redefinition of Marriage • Euthanasia • Pre- or extra-marital sex • Transgenderization

8. How are these culture of life issues related? Pope Francis in the Holy Land said: “Every child needs to be accepted and protected…children need to be welcomed and defended, from the moment of their conception.” “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.” Pope Saint John Paul II

9. What are the risks associated with using artificial birth control? • “The Pill” • breast cancer • hypertension (high blood pressure) • blood clots • stroke • heart attack • depression • weight gain • migraines • Infertility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiCU46_lWeE&authuser=0

10. Q.What are the risks associated with using artificial birth control? A.Pregnancy!

11. What are the risks associated with using artificial birth control? • Methods [of birth control] including use of spemacides, the IUD (Intrauterine Device) and even the so-called “permanent” sterilization methods of Tubal Ligation & Vasectomy all have associated health risks. • In all cases pregnancy can occur! This includes cases when both Tubal Ligation & Vasectomy are used. • 100% expectations from something that is at best 98% effective in achieving the desired outcome of preventing pregnancy creates the desire for this BIG SAFETY NET WE CALL ABORTION.

12. “O God, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Wonderful are your works.” (Psalm ???) “Human life is sacred and inviolable at every moment of existence, …. God who searches them and knows them, … forms them and knits them together with his own hands” (St. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 61).

13. “Conception is the beginning of human life. From the time that an ovum is fertilized a new life begins that is neither that of the father nor of the mother. It is rather the life of a new human being with his own growth. It would never become human if it were not human already.” Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration on Procured Abortion, 1974

14. Educate Yourself: Pro-Life 101 • Conception: A new human life is formed; embryo has separate DNA, this life will never be repeated in history. • 3 weeks: The heart begins to beat • 6 weeks: Brain waves are detected • 8 weeks: All organs & extremities are present, sucking its thumb, just need to be developed • 12 weeks: Baby sleeps & exercises its muscles, all organs functioning • 16 weeks: Baby occupies all room in mother’s uterus • Third Trimester: Baby is just gaining weight!

15. Fetal Development • By weeks nine & ten the baby turns & somersaults, squints his eyes in reaction to light, frowns, swallows & moves his tongue.

16. Fetal Development • 3rd trimester

17. Educate Yourself: Abortion Procedure • Morning-After Pill (Plan B)/Week-After Pill (Ella): may abort a newly-conceived life • First-Trimester: • Surgical: Vacuum aspiration and/or D&C • Medical/Chemical: 2 medications, Mifeprex (blocks progesterone) and Misoprostol (empties uterus) • www.abortionpillreversal.com • Second-Trimester (2-day process): Laminaria (we can remove) + D&E or saline • Third-Trimester (2-3 day process): Laminaria (we can remove) + injection (Dioxin) + prostaglandin or partial-birth

20. Partial Birth Abortion

21. State Grading Form

22. Supreme mandatory program for Columbian award Novenafor Life

23. Purpose: to lead the community in the spiritual battle for life Novena for Life

24. Nine day Novena for Life/ 40 Days for Life! kofc.org/novena Prayer for Life cards (#4665) Home On the sidewalk 9 days for one hour as a whole council 9 hours in a row for the whole council Novena for Life

25. March for Life 40 Days for Life Ultrasound Initiative Pro-life Wrestling?!? Major Pro-life Activity

26. Supreme Featured program Marches for Life

27. Louisiana Life March March for Life in DC Marches for Life

28. Show public support for life at Local, state, or national march 50 or more people for full credit Resources: Marchforlife.org Choos life sign (#9341) Marches for Life https://www.kofc.org/un/en/resources/service/culture-of-life/9341-18-11x17.pdf

29. Pilot program in Louisiana! Goal: to reach people who previous pro-life efforts may not reach

31. Special Olympics

32. State Chairman: Tim Helbling Form 4584 State requirements are significantly different than the Supreme requirements for Columbian award Polar plunge, 5K, drive as fundraiser Special Olympics

33. New program from Supreme Christian RefugeeRelief

34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=YHegSk2omdE Christian Refugee Relief

35. Purpose: save persecuted Christians facing genocide all over the world (Mainly Middle East, but also other places like Nigeria) Christian Refugee Relief

36. Solidarity Crosses Submit all funds to the designated fund at Supreme Resources: Order kit online Order solidarity crosses online Christian Refugee Relief

37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGPsvYHtDs&authuser=0 Christian Refugee Relief

38. Same program, but New Category under Life Director Silver Rose

39. Purpose: share the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe and promote respect for life Resources: kofc.org/silverrose Vicen Alvarez 226-266-3165 Silver Rose

40. talk to your pastor Rosary Mass Reception Promote it with other councils Order Silver Rose Prayer Service Booklet #4841 Silver Rose

41. New program from Supreme Mass for Peoplewith Special Needs

42. Purpose: welcome people who might not usually feel welcomed Physical, mental, Emotional, Cognitive difficulties Mass for People with Special Needs

43. Pregnancy Center Support

44. Frequently Asked Questions About This Important Link in the Pro-Life Ministry What is a Pregnancy Resource Center?

45. What is a pregnancy resource center? • Pregnancy resource centers (crisis pregnancy centers) are non-profit agencies that assist women who are pregnant and do not have the means to support their child. • Most visitors to these centers are actively seeking an abortion because they feel they have no other choice. • In many cases they have been tricked, coerced, or even threatened into having an abortion by a parent, boyfriend, or husband.

46. Why are these facilities so important? • They are unique and uncommon - There is usually only one or two in most cities or areas. • The centers assist those who feel that they have no other choice but to have an abortion. • They provide them with an option they thought they did not have – life for their growing child. • These centers prevent abortions one by one.

47. What services do pregnancy resource centers provide? • Usually the first service provided is a pregnancy test • After confirming that the woman is indeed pregnant: • Ultrasound • one-on-one counseling • additional services as necessary

48. What services do pregnancy resource centers provide? (continued) • If the client is not pregnant: • counseling covering such topics as sexually transmitted diseases & chastity

49. What can we do as Knights of Columbus to assist these centers? • The best thing a KC Council can do is to provide direct funding to the center. • The most effective fundraiser is the Knights of Columbus Pro-Life Baby Bottle Campaign.

50. What is required to sponsor a Pro-Life Baby Bottle Campaign in my Church Parish? • Make sure announcements are put in the church bulletin • Provide a speaker for a church talk or quick announcement from the pulpit • Hand out baby bottles on a weekend chosen by your group and approved by your Pastor • Collect the baby bottles with donations the following weekend & return them to the center