The One Minute

Biology Lesson:

What do Sir Issac Newton

Leonardo da VinciAlbert Einstein have in common?

They believed God created everything

Incrementalism

Fr. John Harding

“Conviction is the basis of courage,

certitude is the foundation of

peace. The secret of achievement

is to have the peaceful courage of

possessing the truth and acting on

this conviction in everything we

do.”

Keep your personal faith in a

culture of relativism and

secular humanism

Faith without works is dead

(James 2:20) so if you don’t

want to kill your faith,

Faith without works is dead

(James 2:20) so if you don’t

want to kill your faith,

Get Active!

Activism “how-to’s”

1.Loving your enemy

1.Loving your enemy:

Check your attitude

1.Loving your enemy:

• Check your attitude

• Recognize your own brokenness

1.Loving your enemy:

“We wrestle not against flesh

and blood, but against

principalities and powers”

(Eph. 6:12)

1.Loving your enemy:

They need evangelization,

not de-humanization

1.Loving your enemy:

• They need evangelization, not

de-humanization

Show compassion but don’t

compromise the Truth

1.Loving your enemy

2.Effective political action

1.Loving your enemy

2.Effective political action

You are activists right now by your

involvement in the March for Life

• Letters to the Editor

• Letters to the Editor

• Letters to the PM, your MP or elected rep

• Letters to the Editor

• Letters to the PM, your MP or elected rep

• Vote - make pro-life an issue; ask candidate where they stand on life issues

• Letters to the Editor

• Letters to the PM, your MP or elected rep

• Vote

• Contact your MP

• Letters to the Editor

• Letters to the PM, your MP or elected rep

• Vote

• Contact your MP

• The power of petitions (vid)

Become a member

of a political party

Case study: Pierre Lemieux

• Become a member of a political

party

• Work on a nomination campaign

• Become a member of a political

party

• Work on a nomination campaign

• Work on an election campaign

• Become a member of a political

party

• Work on a nomination campaign

• Work on an election campaign

• Run for office yourself (vid)

• Create a prolife group at your

school/campus

• Create a prolife group at your

school/campus

High school: find other pro-lifers; find a

teacher who can support your group

• Create a prolife group at your

school/campus

High school: find other pro-lifers; find a

teacher who can support your group

University: contact your student council to find

out requirements for creating a group

• Create a prolife group at your

school/campus

• Create your own family and

involve them

• Create a prolife group at your

school/campus

• Create your own family and

involve them

• Use the media: website, FB

group*, Twitter, YouTube videos

• Write prolife songs, poems,

create artwork

• (play video)

• Write prolife songs, poems,

create artwork

• Write letters of complaint (to a

principal or president of an

organization)

(i.e., sex-ed case study)

1.Loving your enemy

2.Effective political action

3.Active prayer opportunities

• 40 Days for Life

40 Days for Life - Montreal

40 Days for Life - Ottawa

• 40 Days for Life

• LifeChain

• 40 Days for Life

• LifeChain

• Bound4life.ca

• 40 Days for Life

• LifeChain

• Bound4life.ca

• Prayer outside an abortion clinic

• 40 Days for Life

• LifeChain

• Bound4life.ca

• Prayer outside an abortion clinic• Adopt an unborn baby

www.spiritualadoption.org/

• Prayer for key activists

• Prayer for key activists

• Prayer for key organizations

1.Loving your enemy

2.Effective political action

3.Active prayer opportunities

4.Financial donations

1.Loving your enemy

2.Effective political action

3.Active prayer opportunities

4.Financial donations

5.Volunteer time

The power of one

David MacDonald

www.ProlifeMusic.com