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Helping Expectant Mothers and Churning Miracles

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In our ongoing battle to end abortion and help the poor, SMS has been blessed to work with Father Stefan Starzynski in his mission to care for expectant mothers through maternity homes in Virginia.  Over the past three years, the Paul Stefan Foundation – www.paulstefanhome.org has cared for and nurtured over 80 expectant mothers and babies in our homes in Central and Northern, VA.

The PSF not only cares for these women and their newborns before, during and after the baby’s birth, we also help them find jobs, and further their education to help them get back on their feet in society.

We are now raising money not only for the essential daily care of these women and their newborns, but also to open more homes in the region.

On Saturday, September 25, the Paul Stefan Foundation will have its annual Gala Dinner — Celebrating Life.

I hope you will consider either purchasing a table or making a contribution to this heartwarming charity.

Information on gala here: http://www.paulstefanhome.org/celebration-of-life-gala/

Two events happened separately and came together for the formation of The Paul Stefan Home of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The first event was a trip in October, 2005 by Father Stefan Starzynski to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. While there he prayed for Randy and Evelyn James and their unborn child. After many tests, the doctors had advised Mr. and Mrs. James that the baby had a diaphragmatic hernia and could not survive delivery. They recommended an abortion. Randy and Evelyn said the pregnancy would continue and the outcome would be in the hands of God.

Father returned home and brought with him a beautiful picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe which he blessed and gave to Sharon Fentress. She had given him money and requested that he bring her something from Guadalupe.

Sharon subsequently met Evelyn James at mass. When Sharon later found out there was a problem with Evelyn’s pregnancy, she took the picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Randy and Evelyn’s home and left it with them. The picture was taken along to the hospital when Evelyn was ready for delivery.

The James baby was born on December 13, 2005. He was given the Name Paul Stefan James. He died about an hour after be was born. To read more about the miracle of Paul Stefan, go to the area on this web site dedicated to Paul Stefan James.

The second event began on November 30, 2005. Father Stefan started a novena to Saint Andrew that was to end on Christmas day. On December 4th, which was Confirmation day at St Patrick church, Father prayed for the Holy Spirit to come down. On that day two parishioners, Kathleen Wilson and Theresa Rousseau, decided to join Father in making that novena. It was decided they would pray for a home for unwed mothers.

Father began to talk to other parishioners and also spoke from the pulpit about prayers being said for a home for unwed mothers. A parishioner told Father Stefan that her husband would arrange to lease fifty acres of land for a dollar a year and the donation of two houses on that land so a home for unwed mothers could be established.

A Board of Directors was formed and what to name the home was discussed. Everyone agreed it should be named in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Paul Stefan James. Thus the home was christened the Paul Stefan Home of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Please pray for the PSF Mission, the women and their babies.

Thank you and God Bless you.

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Pro-Life Foundation Helps Expectant Mothers Choose Life

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The Paul Stefan Foundation is an amazing mission.  It was inspired from the tragic experience of a family told to get an abortion and through the prayers of a parish priest in Novena to St. Andrew and at the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.  Read this inspiring story here.

Since its 2006 founding, the PSF has helped over 70 women and babies.  While they maintain three homes in Virginia, they are looking to open homes in Maryland soon, as well as in other parts of the country.

These homes are not only a great mission that SMS encourages our fellow Catholics to support, they are also important to our pro-life mission to overturn Roe vs Wade.  Overturning Roe is inevitable, and when it is overturned these life or death decisions will be left to the states to legislate.  An argument long used by pro-abortion advocates is what do you do with women who are pregnant and abandoned or abused who cannot afford a baby.  The answer is the Paul Stefan Foundation and its Homes for Expectant Mothers.

The PSF just announced that its 3rd Annual Celebration of Life Gala will be in Historic Fredericksburg, VA on September 25 and will feature former Virginia First Lady Susan Allen and acclaimed pro-life Catholic Doctor John Bruchalski, Founder and President of the Tepeyac Medical Center and Divine Mercy Care.

For more information on the event or how you can support this important mission read below.

Former First Lady of Virginia, Susan Allen, To Headline Virginia “Celebration of Life” Event for Expectant Mothers and Newborns

Fredericksburg, VA—The Paul Stefan Foundation, a Virginia-based charitable organization dedicated to providing homes for expectant mothers and their newborns, announced today that Susan Allen, former First Lady of Virginia, will be a featured speaker at the organization’s Third Annual “Celebration of Life” Gala Event to be held September 25, 2010 at the Fredericksburg Expo Center.

The former First Lady joins acclaimed Doctor Dr. John Bruchalski, Founder of the Tepeyac Medical Center and Divine Mercy Care as a featured speaker. Tickets for the event can be purchased by calling 540-854-2300, or online at http://www.paulstefanhome.org/celebration-of-life-gala/

“I am so excited to be a part of this event and this great cause.  When you see how the Paul Stefan Foundation, with its three homes in Virginia, is helping expectant mothers in need and their newborns, it is inspiring and incredibly heart-warming.  I look forward to seeing and meeting others in support of this cause at the Gala.  It will be a truly beautiful evening in so many ways,” Ms. Allen said.

Founded in 2006, The Paul Stefan Foundation www.paulstefanhome.org

operates three homes in Virginia, two in Orange County and one in Fairfax.  Since opening its doors to pregnant women in need, the PSF has helped over 70 women and newborns.  The Foundation was inspired through a Catholic priest, Father Stefan Starzynski, and by the death of Baby Paul Stefan James, who died less than an hour after birth.   Learn more about this miraculous story at http://bit.ly/bx2kCM

“We are so grateful to Ms. Allen for accepting our offer to speak at this year’s event.  She is an inspiration to us all and we are extremely honored to have her involved in our cause,” said Randy James, CEO of the Paul Stefan Foundation.

“We hope that with such great speakers this year to further enhance our cause of saving women and babies in a more ecumenical way.  There are so many women right here in Virginia, who find themselves pregnant, abandoned, some abused, others living out of their cars — they have no where to turn.  It is the goal of our Foundation to provide these women and their pre-born babies homes of safe haven where they will receive loving care, support and nourishment necessary for their further growth and development,” said Evelyn James, Director of Homes for the PSF.

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How One Family’s Tragedy, and a Priest’s Prayer, Inspired a Miracle to Save Many

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Advent brings great joy in preparing for the coming birth of our Lord. It is also a season during which many of us look to help others in need. 

As the Lord tells us in Matthew 25:40 – “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.”

In the spirit of this Advent and Christmas Season, SMS has decided to adopt a charity, the Paul Stefan Foundation.   We encourage all of our friends to take a few minutes out to watch this short video and see how one family’s tragedy, and prayerful commitment from a priest, inspired the founding of the Paul Stefan Foundation and its Homes for Expectant Mothers.  We hope you will prayerfully consider donating to the PSF during this Advent and Christmas Season.

The PSF is an amazing story of a family (Randy, Evelyn and their children) in mourning over the death of their newborn son/brother, Paul Stefan, and a priest, Father Stefan Starzynksi, who’s prayerful reflection at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, is saving pregnant women in need and their newborn babies.  Many of these women are abandoned, homeless, or abused.  One woman the PSF found living in the woods in the back of a U-Haul — pregnant.  

With the help of a national Gas Company, these homes were founded only to lead to a third home in Virginia and in just a few years the caring and nurturing of 59 women and babies.  These three homes are now inspiring the organization to open new maternity homes in other regions across the country.

After watching this video, featuring Evelyn James, Director of Homes at the PSF, we  hope you will consider making a donation via the PSF’s Baby Bottle Campaign– link here – to help provide food, care, mom and baby essentials as well as basic home operational needs. 

Thank you so much for anything you can donate — every dollar matters.  The PSF motto is “Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.”  By making even a small donation you are helping the PSF fulfill that mission.

Watch Mrs. James tell her heartfelt story of her family’s tragedy that inspired a blessing for so many others:

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