Legatus International 2008 Cardinal O’Connor Pro-life Awards
On 3 October 2008 during the Legatus International Fall Summit at Seattle, the 2008 Cardinal O’Connor Pro-life Awards were given. This years winners were Sr. Paula Vandegaer, Chris and Joan (Andrews) Bell, and the Sisters of Life.
Sr. Paula is the Executive Director of International Life Services. Based in Los Angeles, she coordinates pregnancy centers and trains volunteers who devote themselves full-time to pro-life work. Sr. Paula has been doing this work for decades and is highly respected in the movement. She has an advanced training institute at which Priests for Life Associate Director Janet Morana spoke this past summer.
Chris and Joan Bell live in New Jersey. Chris runs the Good Counsel Homes, which take in moms and babies, no matter what challenges they are facing socially, physically, or emotionally. Joan (Andrews) Bell is best known for her heroic witness in the Rescue movement. For peaceful intervention to save babies, she spent some 6 years in jail, with over two years in solitary confinement.
The Sisters of Life were founded in the early 1990’s by Cardinal John O’Connor, Archbishop of New York. They have both a contemplative and active dimension to their community, and their full-time ministry is pro-life work. They take a special fourth vow for the defense of human life.
Congratulations to these faithful servants. Their witness in working for the "Culture of Life" is an inspiration for all of us.
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