alexschadenberg.blogspot.com

Woman who sought assisted suicide 26 years ago is happy to be alive.

Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition We received a message from Jeanette Hall who commented on the article concerning France legalizing euthanasia. Jeanette wrote:Alex. It is 26 years (July 17, 2000) that I learned I had terminal colon cancer and wanted to follow that same course with Oregon's law and asked Dr. Kenneth Stevens to help me end my life. I pray there are many Dr. Stevens in France that will want to see their patient live. Still "Great to be Alive."Dr Kenneth Stevens is a physician in Oregon who helped Jeanette find a reason to live. The text from the youtube video explaining the story. The patient that I specifically recall is a patient by the name of Jeanette Hall. She was referred to me by her surgeon. She had a low rectal cancer.So when I saw her I told her what she had, I told her we could treat it with radiation and chemotherapy and said that this is potentially treatable.She said I don't want to go through all that. I had an Aunt who lost her hair and …

67K
csk.news shares this

O 26 rokov neskôr: Prečo je Jeanette Hall stále vďačná za to, že je nažive: 17. júla 2000 bola Jeanette Hall v americkom štáte Oregon diagnostikovaná rakovina hrubého čreva a konečníka. V presvedčení, že nemá žiadnu budúcnosť, požiadala svojho lekára o asistovanú samovraždu na základe v Oregone nedávno prijatého zákona. Namiesto toho, aby jej vypísal recept, si Dr. Kenneth Stevens našiel čas, aby pochopil jej obavy, a povzbudil ju, aby zvážila liečbu. Jedna otázka všetko zmenila: „Nechceli by ste vidieť, ako váš syn absolvuje policajnú akadémiu?“ Jeanette sa rozhodla pre liečbu. Prežila, zúčastnila sa promócie svojho syna a o niekoľko rokov neskôr povedala Dr. Stevensovi: „Zachránili ste mi život. Keby som išla k lekárovi, ktorý verí v asistovanú samovraždu, už by som tu nebola.“

pt.news shares this

26 anos depois: Por que razão Jeanette Hall continua grata por estar viva: No Oregon, EUA, a 17 de julho de 2000, Jeanette Hall foi diagnosticada com cancro colorretal. Convencida de que não tinha futuro, pediu ao seu médico que lhe prescrevesse o suicídio assistido, ao abrigo da lei recém-aprovada no Oregon. Em vez de passar a receita, o Dr. Kenneth Stevens dedicou algum tempo a compreender os seus receios e encorajou-a a considerar o tratamento. Uma pergunta mudou tudo: «Não gostaria de ver o seu filho a formar-se na academia de polícia?» Jeanette optou pelo tratamento. Sobreviveu, assistiu à formatura do filho e, anos mais tarde, disse ao Dr. Stevens: «O senhor salvou-me a vida. Se tivesse consultado um médico que acreditasse no suicídio assistido, eu não estaria aqui.»

everydayforlifecanada.blogspot.com

Archdiocese of Toronto celebrates 50 years of ShareLife: more must be done

It's fifty years since the Archdiocese of Toronto began its ShareLife annual campaign in support of diocesan works and to protect life. The annual fundraising efforts presently collects about $15,000,000. An anniversary Mass will be celebrated at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica on August 22 by Cardinal Frank Cardinal Leo, Archbishop of Toronto. It was 50 years ago that Archbishop Philip Pocock made the right decision to end the Catholic partnership with the United Way. The United Way was funding Planned Parenthood and Catholics are called to protect the unborn. Life is not our own but a gift from God. Pocock was not making a political statement. He was just giving public witness to our faith. ShareLife presently helps to fund 40 Catholic agencies that provide assistance to people not just in the Toronto area but also sound the world, even to those who aren't Catholic. So, let's celebrate the anniversary of ShareLife. However, we must also admit that much more has to be done to bring …

2284
Everyday for Life Canada

Even saving one life is never a waste of time and money. Must much more be done? Yes.

Father Karl A Claver

A waste of time and money. How many abortions or birth control practices were stopped? Not very many.

catholicworker.org

A Story of Two Cathedrals – Catholic Worker Movement

This spring I travelled from my home in Iowa to join Catholic Workers and friends from around the country in New York to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of our movement there on May 1, 1933. An added incentive for this journey was to join with activists from around the globe in witnesses for nuclear abolition on the occasion of the United Nations’ Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference that began on Monday, May 3. It was at the May Day festivities that the word was passed that the archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan, who was in town to address the U.N. conference, would be celebrating the 10:15 Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral the next day and several of us decided we would attend. As Martha Hennessy, visiting from Vermont, and I came out of the subway to walk the final few blocks to the cathedral, we were struck by the number of Japanese pilgrims of all ages on the streets of Midtown, greeting New Yorkers and tourists with gifts of origami cranes, gathering petition signatures,…

5852
Jeffrey Ade

Please read "Atomic Bomb Secrets" by David J. Dionysius.

Everyday for Life Canada

Today once again, sadly, there is talk of nuclear war. We must heed the terrible lesson of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mary of Hibuska, pray for us!