I Know the Feeling & Agree With Their Reaction - It Won't Stop Us or Slow Us Down
For those who remember what happenned to me in June when my home was vandalized, you will know why I understand what they are feeling, what they are saying & why they refuse to be silent.
You can be sure we will see more incidents like this, & worse across the USA & Canada in the months to come. Some of them will be for pure harrassment. Others to try & silence us. But we cannot let anything they do stop us from standing up or speaking out. So it may cost us a little bit in time or money, maybe even a lot. But isn't it worth it to be about doing what God has called us to do, fight to protect the unborn?
Turning Sour Grapes into Wine: Vandalized Catholic Bookstore Ups Pro-Life Efforts
By Patrick B. Craine
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, September 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A volunteer-run Catholic bookstore in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia that has been subject to increasing vandalism due to its promotion of life and family has responded by raising its voice even louder in encouraging locals to get more involved in pro-life activities.
On Saturday, the windows at Veritas Catholic Books & Gifts were pasted with pro-abortion posters advertising “underground abortions.” The posters were posted so as to cover up an ad for the local 40 Days for Life campaign.
In recent months the store’s windows have been scratched and plastered with hard grease to cover up promotions of natural family planning, post-abortion healing, and the 40 Days campaign. Vandals have even smashed the door lock and injected glue into it to prevent the door from being opened.
But far from backing down, store manager Lucian Bianchini is using the incidents to call for Catholics to take the message of life and faith to the streets all the more. “We are not giving up on our freedom and what we believe,” he told LifeSiteNews.
In a letter to the priests of the Archdiocese of Halifax, Bianchini urged them to encourage their parishioners to bring their faith into the public square. “It seems evident ... that there are groups of people intent on pushing Catholics back into the sacristy,” he wrote, after relating the vandalism.
“These facts are reported to you so that parishioners may be informed and encouraged to take part in activities which bring Catholics outside the Church in large numbers: the FORTY DAYS FOR LIFE comes to mind,” he wrote. “We should not be silenced.”
Veritas has informed the Halifax Regional Police of the vandalism, and Bianchini says the police are concerned and have advised the store to improve security.
Bianchini said he is worried that the vandalism could escalate, but cautioned against overstating the gravity of the attacks. “These people have created embarrassment and nuisance to us, and they are targeted nuisances,” he said. “They know what they want to do. But they haven’t destroyed anything except one poster. They haven’t created a loss.”
LifeSiteNews.com did not hear back from the Archdiocese of Halifax by press time.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, September 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A volunteer-run Catholic bookstore in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia that has been subject to increasing vandalism due to its promotion of life and family has responded by raising its voice even louder in encouraging locals to get more involved in pro-life activities.
On Saturday, the windows at Veritas Catholic Books & Gifts were pasted with pro-abortion posters advertising “underground abortions.” The posters were posted so as to cover up an ad for the local 40 Days for Life campaign.
In recent months the store’s windows have been scratched and plastered with hard grease to cover up promotions of natural family planning, post-abortion healing, and the 40 Days campaign. Vandals have even smashed the door lock and injected glue into it to prevent the door from being opened.
But far from backing down, store manager Lucian Bianchini is using the incidents to call for Catholics to take the message of life and faith to the streets all the more. “We are not giving up on our freedom and what we believe,” he told LifeSiteNews.
In a letter to the priests of the Archdiocese of Halifax, Bianchini urged them to encourage their parishioners to bring their faith into the public square. “It seems evident ... that there are groups of people intent on pushing Catholics back into the sacristy,” he wrote, after relating the vandalism.
“These facts are reported to you so that parishioners may be informed and encouraged to take part in activities which bring Catholics outside the Church in large numbers: the FORTY DAYS FOR LIFE comes to mind,” he wrote. “We should not be silenced.”
Veritas has informed the Halifax Regional Police of the vandalism, and Bianchini says the police are concerned and have advised the store to improve security.
Bianchini said he is worried that the vandalism could escalate, but cautioned against overstating the gravity of the attacks. “These people have created embarrassment and nuisance to us, and they are targeted nuisances,” he said. “They know what they want to do. But they haven’t destroyed anything except one poster. They haven’t created a loss.”
LifeSiteNews.com did not hear back from the Archdiocese of Halifax by press time.
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