KNIGHTS ERECTING STATUE : MEN'S ORDER BUILDING MONUMENT TO UNBORN.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer As abortion is debated in the courts, halls of government and houses of worship, by political candidates and talk-radio hosts, a quiet movement is afoot at a local church and others like it across the country. Members of the Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus, American Roman Catholic society for men, founded (1882) at New Haven, Conn. (where its headquarters are still located), by Father Michael J. McGivney. , an international organization of Catholic men, are building ``a monument to the unborn'' at St. Clare Catholic Church, a parish of 5,700 families, said Ed Hoover, president of the parish chapter. ``I guess it would be an anti-abortion type of shrine,'' Hoover said. ``The Knights of Columbus are pro-life, and it's our way of expressing it.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Licia Nicassio, director of the Respect Life program of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum in California) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States. , the Knights of Columbus have dedicated labor and funds to building similar monuments in Catholic cemeteries and churches. ``These memorials are all over the place,'' Nicassio said. ``It's a growing trend to offer a place for prayer and consolation to someone who is suffering from post-abortion syndrome, or miscarriage or stillbirth Stillbirth Definition A stillbirth is defined as the death of a fetus at any time after the twentieth week of pregnancy. Stillbirth is also referred to as intrauterine fetal death (IUFD). . I think it arises out of the need for some closure, some coming to peace with a situation of death.'' A memorial for the unborn will be dedicated June 29 at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Simi Valley, Nicassio said. Another one was erected at San Fernando Mission Cemetery The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800, and is located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, California, near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. at the request of former Bishop Armando Ochoa, Hoover added. The statue was dedicated on Memorial Day and paid for by Knights of Columbus members from the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys and Ventura County, he said. At St. Clare's, where 180 men belong to the Knights chapter, there have been pancake breakfasts, country-and-western dances and a New Year's Eve party to raise funds for the stones and lumber. The Knights are providing the labor, Hoover said. The 12-foot-tall, 16-foot-wide outdoor grotto of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. ridgestone will include a waterfall and reflecting pool, with kneelers and benches nearby, according to Hoover and Tony Malfitano, a fellow parishioner and Knights member. Plans call for the grotto to have a life-size statue of the Virgin Mary, hand-carved from Carrara marble by Italian craftsmen, Malfitano said. The statue will be holding a crown of thorns crown of thorns Christ thus ridiculed as king of Jews. [N.T.: Matthew 27:29; Mark 15:17; John 19:2–5] See : Mockery , a portrayal known as Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of Sorrows (Latin: Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens, or mater dolorosa, also known as the Sorrowful Mother, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and the Mother of Sorrows . ``It depicts the sorrow of Mary while Jesus was being crucified,'' Malfitano explained. ``We wanted a statue that would depict the sorrow of the mothers of the world.'' |
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