PRESS RELEASE FOR PRO-LIFE MONTH 2010

‘Love life’ this ‘love month’

Still in search of a “lovelife?” Your chase concludes this February.

PRO-LIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION quenches your quest for love as the Foundation primes up to highlight ways on how to “love life” this Valentine season.

In staying committed to its advocacies, the Foundation is again set to celebrate another edition of the PRO-LIFE MONTH this February 2010. Themed “Buhay Mo, Mahal Ko,” this year’s celebration promises to put more emphasis on loving life and loving the right to life, which are both founding principles of the Foundation.

An opening salvo for the month-long celebration will be hosted by the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Makati City on February 7, Sunday, 12:00 noon. Following the celebration of the Holy Mass with parish priest Fr. Edwin Mercado, there will be a short program that will formally usher in the pro-life mood for the whole month. Included in the program will be the presentation of a teaser of the upcoming Pro-Life ad campaign against abortion.

The said gathering will be attended by vanguard pro-lifers such as former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza and Pro-Life Philippines Founder Sr. Mary Pilar Verzosa, RGS among others.

With the cooperation of the Blessed Margaret of Castello Movement spearheaded by Bro. Gonzalo Goquiolay, a Pro-life Mass for Healing with Rev. Fr. Efren Borromeo of Trinitas Healing Ministry is scheduled on February 18, Thursday, 5:00 PM at the Sto. Domingo Church. This event is dedicated to holistically nurturing our spiritual health in cognizant of the arduous and challenging situations people face on a daily basis. Also, the event will act as a venue to promote the pro-life stance among more people most especially the young.

Handsome prizes are up for grabs in the Pro-Life Photography Competition and Pro-Life List Competition. Still part of the celebration, ongoing this February are these two contests that seek to promote the pro-life cause and simultaneously harness the potential of creative people especially those coming from the youth sector in ingeniously displaying the pro-life movement’s key thrusts.

The winning entries in the contests will be displayed in the culminating ceremonies of the month at the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City on February 28, Sunday, 5:00 PM. Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes will be officiating the celebration of the Mass.

Further, the Foundation expects parish-based Family & Life Apostolate groups together with their parish organizations to hold Pro-life activities to celebrate the gift of life and promote a culture that celebrates family values.

PRO-LIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC. is a non-profit, non-stock non-government organization dedicated to promoting respect and care for human life from conception to natural death. Aside from Education and Training, its programs and services include Counseling, Advocacy, and Public Awareness.

For inquiries regarding the activities and the contests, kindly contact Ellen Sanchez or Malou Agsaluna at the Pro-Life Philippines Foundation Secretariat located at the San Lorenzo Ruiz Student Catholic Center, 2486 Legarda Street, Sampaloc, Manila with numbers 734-9425 or 733-7027.