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

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Paul Stefan Home Babies

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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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