Friday, May 1, 2009

Louisiana' Future Pro-Life Leaders Meet First Lady of Louisiana And Train at Camp Joshua

The current issue of the Catholic Paper of Baton Rouge has a great article for Young Pro-Life Leaders that is was partlu sponsored by the Knights of Columbus down in Baton Rouge. The program is Camp Joshua.

I really wish I could figure out how to save a picture from a pdf file and transfer it here. Still have not figured that out. There is a great picture of a huge number of kids that as a part of Camp Joshua went to the Governor's mansion and were greeted by our Pro-life First Lady
Supryia Jindal.

Anyway the picture and story is can be downloaded here Be sure to go there because the picture of these future pro-life leaders really makes my day. (See page 2 and 3)


High school pro-life leaders
attend weekend Camp Joshua



Approximately 90 high school-age pro-life leaders learned how to actively show their beliefs in the sanctity of life while attending Louisiana Camp Joshua (LCJ) March 27- 29 at the Catholic Life Center.

At LCJ, which is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Louisiana Right to Life and
Louisiana Students for Life, teens learned about “busting the myths of the culture
of death.” The youth played “Who Wants to be a Pro-Life Millionaire,” a game which
gave the youth facts on abortion.

The youth gathered into small groups so they could practice their skills on defending
their pro-life position. The teens also heard that being pro-life requires understanding,
living and promoting a chaste life. Katie and

Luke Zumo talked about how abstaining from sex until marriage increases intimacy in
marriage and prevents abortions. To better understand howabortion affects people personally,
the youth heard testimonies from people who have had an abortion or who have been involved with helping someone obtain an abortion.

The highlight of the weekend for many of the teens was visiting the governor’s mansion, where Louisiana’s First Lady Supryia Jindal, State Senator Sharon Weston Broome and Representative
Cameron Henry talked to them about why it is important to be pro-life leaders now and
in their future work.

The youth also learned about the role of the pregnancy care center in the pro-life
movement.
At the conclusion of the

LCJ, area college students re-aff rmed the messages the participants had been hearing
over the weekend in their presentation,

“Transforming Your Character Into Action.” The teens who “gave up” their weekend to learn more about being pro-life leaders said they had fun and made
friends for a lifetime.

Kate Frederic, a senior at St. Amant High School, said she had such an amazing experience at March for Life in Washington, D.C. in Januarythat she signed up for LCJ when she returned home from the march.

“The most important lesson I learned while at LCJ was how to persuade someone to look at
your side of life and to learn all the facts about life and abortion,”

Frederic said. She said she recently had a chance to use the skills she learned while talking to a classmate who is pro-choice. “Although I did not persuade him because he is just one of those
people who thinks that killing is altogether okay, many of my classmates learned something
from our discussion.


Frederic said as she continues on to college, if there is not a respect life club already established
at the university she chooses to attend, she will start one.

Emily Lopez, a junior at St. Joseph’s Academy and president of her school’s Respect Life Club,
said LCJ is an educational and spiritual experience. “I have not only learned about becoming a
strong pro-life advocate but have also learned to be the hands, feet and face of Christ by speaking for the unborn.”

Being pro-life is much more than being anti-abortion, according to Lopez. “The pro-life
movement is a lifestyle that respects all forms of life, while also living your own life to its fullest
potential.”

Teenagers have the ability to infuence their peers in the right direction and inspire adults,
stated Lopez. “It is our job to become more educated on the controversial issues of life, and allow
God to speak through us as we speak out against the injustices of today’s world.”


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