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Speakers:
Shawn Carney, Author and CEO, President and Co-Founder of 40 Days for Life.
Shawn’s passion for local pro-life ministry developed when he orchestrated the purchase and remodeling of a new office next door to the Planned Parenthood abortion facility to offer free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and loving support to women. In 2004, he helped to lead the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign in College Station, Texas. Shawn and his wife are portrayed in the 2019 major motion picture, Unplanned, which tells the beautiful story of Abby Johnson’s conversion. He is the co-author of 40 Days for Life (2013), and author of The Beginning of the End of Abortion (2018) and To the Heart of the Matter: The 40 Day Companion to Live a Culture of Life (2020).
Most Rev. Robert McElroy, Bishop of San Diego
Most Rev. Bejarano, Aux. Bishop
Dr. George Delgado, MD, Medical Director of Culture of Life Family Services (COLFS). Dr. Delgado provides the highest quality of personalized, pro-life, Christ-centered medical care to children and adults. He was one of the pioneers of abortion pill reversal and established the Abortion Pill Reversal network.
Debbie Bradel, RN, recipient of the 2021 SUE LOPEZ Pro-Life Person of the Year award. In 2012, Dabbie became the director of the fledging Abortion Pill Reversal program started by COLFS and Dr. Delgado, recruited a network of 300 doctors to help women seeking a second chance at choice—the reversal of their medical abortions, and became the first hot line nurse serving 24/7. She currently performs ultrasounds for women in crisis at Turning Point Pregnancy Resource Center.
Music and Entertainment
Santiago Fernandez, one of the leading Spanish-language liturgical composers in the Church today. Santiago has been active in parish ministry for more than 30 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Wayne State University in Detroit. He is currently music director for the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry (NCCHM). Through OCP, Santiago has released three solo albums: Ven y Sígueme, Un Canto Nuevo, y Salgamos a Llevar el Evangelio. He is author of the bilingual book Un Hermoso Intercambio Cultural/A Beautiful Cultural Exchange, offering ideas, reflections and suggestions to open doors and broaden horizons within the multicultural integration of pastoral work in the United States.
SDWL Call for Volunteers!
Celebrate and defend life through service! The SDWL needs sixty volunteers to set up tables, help exhibitors, collect free offering, clean up, distribute snacks, and tear down.
Register here https://bit.ly/3cNhpYp
The volunteer orientation will be on January 5th at 6:30 p.m. in the Diocesan Pastoral Center (3888 Paducah Dr. S.D. 92118). Refreshments will be provided.
Contact person: Maria L. Valencia at mvalencia@sdcatholic.org (858) 490-8323
