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8/2/11
Pope Paul VI Institute, for the Study of Human Reproduction
The Home of FertilityCare and NaProTECHNOLOGY, Dr. Thomas W. Hilgers, M.D., Director
6901 Mercy Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68106-2621 USA, 402-390-6600, FAX 402-390-9851, www.popepaulvi.com
3/8/2010
International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide has a link to this article on their website:
Disability and Health Journal 3 (2010) 16e30
Killing us softly: the dangers of legalizing assisted suicide
Marilyn Golden*, Tyler Zoanni
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Berkeley, CA 94710, USA
Quoting the article:
"In discussing Joan Lucas, an Oregon woman whose evaluating
psychologist decided she was competent ‘‘on the
basis of a single questionnaire administered by her family,’’
Hendin and Foley explained that when a psychiatric evaluation
occurs, it tends to be used to protect clinicians rather
than patients:
[The Oregon Public Health Division’s] monitoring
procedures do not make it possible for OPHD to evaluate
the care Joan Lucas received. To do so OPHD
would have to interview Joan’s primary care physician
who had refused to assist in her suicide and to
assess the quality of her psychological evaluation.
Using psychologists or psychiatrists as gatekeepers
only to establish a patient’s capacity to make a decision
for assisted suicide contributes to pro forma,
meaningless consultations.
In the Lucas case, we have no way of knowing if Joan
Lucas was seriously depressed or if the physician or
psychologist was disposed to proceed even if she
were. Even more troubling is that OPHD does not
seem to want to know about the psychiatric status
of patients requesting assisted suicide. Under the
current monitoring system, OPHD collects no information
from psychiatrists who did not find patients
to be competent and has no direct communication
with psychiatrists or psychologists who did."...
2/10/2010
International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, P.O. Box 760, Steubenville, Ohio 43952, phone 740-282-3810, http://www.internationaltaskforce.org - letter dated February 1, 2010 has a brochure enclosed entitled "The Waiting Room 2020 A.D.". The story was written by Mr. Dale Francis, originally published in 1974, and was reprinted with the author's permission.
10/12/09
Missouri Health Association, September 2009 issue of "Health Care Matters", has an article entitled "An Epidemic of Obesity", and includes a web address for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov. Facts are: obesity is scary for us who have to deal with the obese person's slowness, both physical and mental, and lack of personal care. If all you know how to do is eat, then what are you doing employed and in charge of money? Common sense in the high places in society in regards to the obese would eliminate most of the problems in the employment and financial sectors that a lot of normal weight people face.
8/26/09
Citizens for Educational Freedom - www.educational-freedom.org - 498 Woods Mill Road, Manchester, Mo. 63011-4044, phone 636-686-7101, Fax 636-686-7173, CitEdFree@educational-freedom.org - Your Voice for School Choice - celebrating 50 years since being founded...
Anniversary party will be held on October 20, 2009, Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, 6p.m. Reception in the Ballroom Foyer, 7p.m. Dinner in the Hilton Ballroom - $65/person, at tables for ten.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 410546, St. Louis, Mo. 63141
Mr. James Condit, Chairman, National CEF Board of Directors; Marilyn Lundy-Mason, Vice-President; Mr. Joseph Farmer, Treasurer; Sr. Renee Oliver, OSU, Secretary; Mr. Ed Burns, Mr. Charles Byrne, Br. Mr. Edmond G. Drouin, F.I.C., Mr. Martin Duggan, Mr. Charles Harrison, Mr. Herman Kriegshauser, Mr. Mark Mittleman, Mr. Frank Russo, Mr. Edward P. Scharfenberger, Mr. Victor Wendl.
Parents' Rights in Education
Opportunity Scholarship Program or voucher (scholarship) program... to attend private schools of their parents' choice...primarily extremely low-income children...
Could this be help for private graduate school low-income students and alumni? I need a voucher program to pay for the education I received at Pratt Institute from 1988-1990. My student loans are in default.
3/14/09
Association of Marian Helpers, Marians of the Immaculate Conception, Stockbridge, MA 01263, www.MemorialsOnEdenHill.org.
2/26/09
Mr. Andrew B. Alderson, Exec. Dir. of The Couple to Couple League, International, writes: "Many NFP couples know from experience that the times when fertility is in transition - following the birth of a baby and heading toward menopause - can be the most difficult to practice NFP. CCL is pleased to have two new classes targeted just to those times, our new Postpartum and Premenopause classes. The new Supplemental Classes with accompanying manuals provide more complete information and practical advice than we have ever provided on how to practice NFP during these transitions."
2/21/09
The Couple to Couple League has a new Class Schedule for 2009.
Locations, Day and Time, and Teaching Couples are as follows, for a series of three classes:
St. Clement of Rome Church, Des Peres - classes meet on Friday at 6:30p.m., Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett & Cathleen Kolthoff, Ckolthoff@charter.net; St. Vincent DePaul Parish, Perryville - classes meet on Thursday at 7p.m., Mr. and Mrs. Jared and Kim Hotop, Jkhotop@inetplusinc.com; and St. Alban Roe Church, Wildwood, Mo., classes meet on Sunday at 1:30p.m., Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Dawn Bouche, Rbouche@charter.net.
Besides these three locations, there are introductory sessions, also, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Cottleville, Mo., class dates of April 7, Aug. 4 and Dec. 1, Tuesday at 7p.m., Mr. and Mrs. Tim and Teresa Leland (636) 477-1984.
Couple to Couple League, St. Louis Chapter, 623 Highfield Drive, St. Charles, MO 63304-7171 - www.ccli.org/chapter/stlouis.php, phone 314-481-1908 and 618-466-4410.
The Couple to Couple League, Natural Family Planning, 609 Shadowridge Drive, Wildwood, Mo. 63011.
Supported by Annual Catholic Appeal.
1/31/2009
https://secure.cnchost.com/ppslr.org/Media/Articles/03jan_19_2.htm - Planned Parenthood 2004 - article published on Sunday, January 19, 2003, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 18, 2003 there was a march from the New Cathedral Bascilica, in the city of St. Louis, lead by Archbishop Rigali, to and back from Planned Parenthood Headquarters. My Mom, Mrs. Joan Bextermiller, 65 yrs. old, participated, and is quoted by the writer, Jo Mannies. The march commemorated the 30th anniversay of Roe v. Wade, and was in opposition to the law making abortion legal in the U.S. My Mom says, according to the article, that she "opposes women's right to kill their babies", and supports a national ban on abortion.
1/18/09
CARE OF COMMUNITY - CARE OF CREATION
NCRLC - National Catholic Rural Life Conference, 4625 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310-2199, phone (515) 270-2634.
NCRLC - Care of Agriculture, Family Farms, Community, Environment - link to the World Trade Organization - http://www.ncrlc.com/ and http://www.wto.org/. Mr. Robert A. Gronski, from Florissant, Mo., on the NCRLC Executive Director and Staff list, is the Communications and Policy Coordinator. My parents, Mr. Charles F. and Mrs. L. Joan Bextermiller, are on the Mo. membership list, dated 12/07, along with some others: Mr. Bill and Mrs. Judy Heffernan; Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Martha Hermann; Mr. Thomas Hermes; "Biagio Mazza"; "Rose Penn Ross"; Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Eileen Seipel and Mr. Roy Seipel; "Judith Volk"; Mr. Wilbert and Mrs. Monica Zirfas.
The NCRLC President is Most Reverend Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of Venice, Florida.
There are Board Members "...who are a mixture of lay persons and clergy, diverse in backgrounds, and coming from different parts of the country.", according to their website.
12/24/08
The Couple to Couple League International, Inc., - Building healthy marriages through Natural Family Planning since 1971 - Mr. Andrew B. Alderson, Executive Director. Interested in teaching or promoting for CCL? Visit: www.ccli.org/learn.
E-mail: ccli@ccli.org - Board of Directors: Linda F. Knacht, Chairman; Mr. Thomas M. Bengtson; Dr. Paul A. Busam, M.D. emeritus; Dr. John S. Burnham, M.D.; Mr. Shane C. Goettle; Mr. Robert E. Laird; Dr. Michael D. Manhart, Ph.D.; Rev. Erik Pohlmeier; Mr. Erik Tozzi; Deacon Bill Turrentine. Advisory Council: Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, D.D.; Dr. John T. Bruchalski, M.D.; Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput; OFM Cap; Dr. Robert Desmond, M.D.; Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, S.V.; Rev. Joseph D. Fessio, S.J.; Most Rev. Roger J. Foys, D.D.; Patricia Frey; Carol Greer; Dr. Kim Hardey, M.D.; Dr. David Harnisch, M.D.; Dr. Petra Frank-Herrmann, M.D.; Rev. Dr. Richard Hogan, Ph.D.; Dr. Philip Mango, Ph.D.; Mr. William E. May; Dr. Gregory Popcak, M.S.W., Ph.D.; Mr. Jack Quesnell, A.C.S.W.; Rev. Thomas Richter; Msgr. Steven Rohlfs, S.T.D.; Most Rev. J. Peter Sartain, D.D., STL; Msgr. William B. Smith, S.T.D.; Mr. Michael Schwartz; Sr. Paula Vandagaer, S.S.S.; Dr. Gail-Marie Walter, M.D.
12/8/08
Pope Paul VI Institute, For the Study of Human Reproduction, Home of FertilityCare and NaproTECHNOLOGY, Dr. Thomas W. Hilgers, M.D., Director. 6901 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68106-2621, phone 402-390-6600, fax 402-390-9851, www.popepaulvi.com - Building a Culture of Life in Women's Health Care - Creighton Model FertilityCare System.
11/15/08
Missouri Life Caravan, 2009 Registration - Missouri Right to Life, 314-434-4900 phone or LifeCaravan@missourilife.org. The Annual Bus Trip to Washington, D.C. for the 36th Annual National March for Life, January 21-22-23, 2009 (Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.) Join us and thousands of others from across the nation for this huge pro-life gathering in the nation's capitol. Registration costs: $150.00/person, must be received by January 7, 2009. Have questions? Missouri Right to Life, 1000 Executive Parkway, Suite 229, St. Louis, Mo. 63141 - Ellie Dillon (Media & PR) 314-821-1207 or Maggie Bick ("Big" Meeting Appts. with Legislators and Aides) 314-662-1989.
Websites: www.MissouriLife.org; www.MarchforLife.org; www.nrlc.org
11/7/08
National Right to Life postcard states, "Question: Would you vote to deny protection to babies born alive after an abortion? Barack Obama did...4 times! Compare the Candidates and YOU decide...". National Right to Life Committee, Inc., 512 10th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20004.
9/15/08
"The Couple to Couple League, P.O. Box 111184, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211-9985 ... your gift helps build stronger marriages and families through the art of Natural Family Planning!"...as written in a letter received from Mr. Andrew B. Alderson, Executive Director. He states, "I humbly ask you to provide us the means to support and empower our volunteers and give them the tools they need to witness to God's plan to an even wider audience; keep us in your prayers and please donate generously." Linda F. Kracht, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Dr. Konald A. Prem, M.D., Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board are listed, also, in a side bar of the letter, under "40th Anniversary Humanae Vitae 1968-2008".
6/6/08
Dr. Carl Joseph Dreyer, M.D. died on June 4, 2008, age 93 yrs., in Webster Groves, Mo. His obituary was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on June 5th, and states, in part, "He was a member of the St. Louis and Missouri Medical Societies for his entire career, but formally resigned from the AMA and the American College of OB/GYN after they had embraced the consequences of Roe v. Wade. After delivering more than 10,000 babies, he maintained that he never saw the need for abortion to save the life of a mother."
3/27/08
American Life League, P.O. Box 1350, Stafford, VA 22555,
3/18/08
The March/April 2008 issue of Family Foundations magazine, published by The Couple to Couple League International Inc., has an article entitled "Taking Medication? Review side effects for impact on chart" by Vicki Braun, CCL assistant director of education, on pages 34-35. The website
Another article is entitled "Wellness on the web - A difference you can see and hear", by Jessica Zimanske, on pages 24, 27. Included are sites CCL parents recommend for kids.
New Life Evangelistic Center, Inc., P.O. Box 473, St. Louis, Mo. 63166, has a shelter for the homeless and a new Free Store at 1411 Locust Street in the city of St. Louis, run by Mr. Larry Rice.
3/4/08
Health Care in Missouri - Missouri's Health Insurance Crisis is Costing Us All - But the First Step Towards a Solution is at Hand - www.myhealthcarematters.org. The Missouri House of Representatives will vote on INSURE MISSOURI soon. Make your voice heard. Mail in your postage-free card today and visit website - M.H.A., PO Box 60, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0060.
2/28/08
The Justice Foundation, 2008 Amazing Grace Gala, Keynote Speaker Honorable Mr. Ken Wales (Producer of Amazing Grace, East of Eden and Christy); Special Guest Ms. Norma McCorvey (AKA - Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade), Thursday, March 13, 2008, Frontenac Hilton, 1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63131, 5:30p.m. VIP Private Reception for Host Committee and Guests, 6:30p.m. EVENT - To support the Justice Foundation RSVP by March 6, 2008 to Sue Allen by phone 314-576-2013, e-mail sallenpt@aol.com, questions call 1-866-4OUTCRY. Invitation return address: Justice Foundation 2008 Amazing Grace, Gina Loudon c/o Sue Allen, 702 Willow Spring Hill Court, St. Louis, Mo. 63017.
2-19-08
Code Blue, Health Care in Missouri - M.H.A., P.O. Box 60, Jefferson City, Mo. 65102-0060 - "We're in a 'Code Blue' emergency and we can't afford to wait." Visit
1/10/08:
ACLJ - American Center for Law & Justice, P.O. Box 90555, Washington, D.C. 20090-0555
12/10/07:
Letter dated Thanksgiving-Christmas 2007, quoting author Mr. Andrew B. Alderson, Exec. Dir. of The Couple to Couple League, International, Inc., "I'm grateful for the significant contributions to the NFP movement made by three individuals who have recently passed away: Dr. John Billings, Ingrid Trobisch, and Henry Hugh Wilson, husband of Mercedes Arzu Wilson." Your gift helps us continue our work! Those gifts never helped me continue my work, so I don't have anything to give them monetarily, and they are looking for money. You can send me some money if you are happy I'm posting info about them online.
Letter received w/ the 2008 Natural Family Planning Class Schedule, CCL St. Louis area, includes teachers and places as follows:
'John & Joan Kane, St. Clare Professional Bldg., 915 E. 5th Street, Alton, Il.
Jarrett & Cathleen Kolthoff, St. Clement of Rome Church, 1510 Bopp Rd., Des Peres, Mo.
Jared & Kim Hotop, St. Vincent DePaul Parish, 1000 Rosati Court, Perryville, Mo.
Robert & Dawn Bouche, St. Alban Roe Church, 2001 Shepard Rd., Wildwood, Mo.'
Introductory Sessions Only at the same locations, and including 'Tim & Theresa Leland, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Cottleville, Mo.' No classes in July and November. To pre-register, call 314-481-1908, or you can buy the NFP book and kit off of their website
12/6/07:
Pope Paul VI Institute, for the study of Human Reproduction, Home of FertilityCare(tm) and NaproTECHNOLOGY, Dr. Thomas W. Hilgers, M.D., Director, 6901 Mercy Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68106-2621, phone 402-390-6600, fax 402-390-9851, www.popepaulvi.com - 'Building a Culture of Life in Women's Health Care'. See, also, www.kvss.com for downloadable 30 min. Catholic radio programs entitled "Your FertilityCare(tm) Consult with Dr. Tom Hilgers". For the American Academy of Fertility Care Professionals see: www.aafcp.org.
10/22/07:
The Justice Foundation Summer/Fall, 2007 newsletter lists their address as: 8122 Datapoint Drive, Suite 812, San Antonio, Texas 78229; phone 210-614-7157 - www.operationoutcry.org.
Missouri-Illinois Life Caravan is registering people for The Annual Bus trip to Washington, D.C. for the 35th Annual National March for Life, January 21-22-23, 2008.
Their address: Missouri-Illinois Life Caravan, Tricia Davies, 10 Doubletree Lane, St. Louis, Mo. 63131-3908; phone 314-822-8516; e-mail LifeCaravan@aol.com.
In Missouri
FertilityCare Center of Kansas City
Blue Springs , MO 68014
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 816-224-1177 Fax: 816-229-3390
e-mail: fcckc@sbcglobal.net
SSM DePaul Health Center FertilityCare Services
Bridgeton , MO 63044
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 314-344-7115 Fax:314-344-6950
FertilityCare Center of Columbia
Columbia , MO 65201
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Fax: 573-449-9285
e-mail: fertilitycare@hotmail.com
FertilityCare Services of Farmington
Farmington , MO 63640
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 573-631-1722 Fax: 573-756-9597
e-mail: phcfertilitycare@hotmail.com
SSM FertilityCare Services
St. Joseph Hospital Kirkwood Satellite
Kirkwood , MO 63122
Phone: 314-966-1500
e-mail: angie_rowles@ssmhc.com
SSM FertilityCare Services
St. Joseph Hospital West Satellite
Lake St. Louis , MO 63367
Phone: 636-625-5200
e-mail: prapplean@centurytel.net
FertilityCare Center of Kansas City
Satellite Center
Maryville , MO
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 660-582-7790
SSM St. Joseph Health Center FertilityCare Services
St. Charles , MO 63301
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 636-916-5684 Fax: 636-947-5691
e-mail: tcgrizzle@hotmail.com
FertilityCare Center of Kansas City
Satellite Center
St. Joseph , MO
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 816-233-8963
St. John's Mercy Medical Center
Department of FertilityCare Services
St. Louis , MO
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 314-569-6495 Fax: 314-569-6853
e-mail: Dalydk@stlo.smhs.com or prebam@stlo.smhs.com
SSM FertilityCare Services - St. Mary's Health Center
St. Louis , MO 63117
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 314-768-8017 Fax: 314-768-7171
e-mail: Mary_Schurk@ssmhc.com
St. John's Mercy Hospital
Department of FertilityCare Services
Washington , MO 63090
Phone: 636-239-8595 or 636-390-7350
e-mail: talkkm@stlo.mercy.net
FertilityCare Services of Providence Med. Ctr.
Kansas City , Kansas
Phone: (913) 596-4281
FertilityCare Center of Kansas City
Roeland Park , Kansas
Features NaProTECHNOLOGY®
Phone: 913-384-1000 Fax: 603-794-8005
e-mail: nfpkc@hotmail.com
In promotion of Natural Family Planning - see, also,
Americans United for Life – Changing law to protect human life, state by state.
At: http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2004/04-208.htm
Stem Cell Ads Appear in New York Times, USA Today, and Other Papers Nationwide
See:
The Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures supports a YES vote on the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative on the November, 2006 Missouri ballot, according to a brochure I received on 6/21/06 - see
I received a letter, signed by Mr. John Danforth, Former U.S. Senator for Missouri, Honorary Co-Chair, Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, and a questionnaire, with three questions, to be returned by mail. This organization has a mailing address: P.O. Box 221300, Kirkwood, Mo. 63122, phone 800-829-4133, e-mail: info@missouricures.com.
Birthright of Hillsboro, Missouri offers confidential financial help, temporary housing, maternity clothes, infant items and emergency pregnancy services to women in Jefferson, Washington, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties.
"to your health", Autumn 2006 edition, from Barnes-Jewish Hospital - www.BarnesJewish.org - contains an article titled 'Advanced "Medical Missiles"', on page 4. For more information about nanotechnology at the Siteman Cancer Center or for the referral to a cancer specialist, call 314-TOP-DOCS (314-867-3627) or toll-free 866-867-3627.
"to your health", Winter, 2006 edition, features 'Bird Flu Watching' on the front page. For a referral to a Washington University physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, call 314-TOP-DOCS, or toll-free 866-867-3627.
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