Groups Call for Special
Remembrances of Terri Schiavo
NEW YORK, Dec. 10
/Christian Newswire/ -- The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation and
Priests for Life have jointly announced the establishment of the
"International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler
Schiavo, and All of Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters" ("Terri's
Day"), to be observed each year on March 31, the date of Terri's
death.
The purpose of the
day, the groups explained, is to foster education, prayer, and
activism regarding discrimination against the disabled, and advocacy
for people in situations similar to what Terri and her family faced.
Fr. Frank Pavone
said, "Those of us who were with Terri will never forget her life
and her death. For the sake of all the vulnerable, it is critically
important that those who never knew Terri likewise remember the
lessons that God taught us through her."
Suzanne Vitadamo,
Terri's sister, adds "No family should ever have to witness what my
family witnessed, watching a loved one slowly dehydrate to death. We
want Terri's day to remind us all that persons with disabilities are
never burdens and should be treated with nothing but our
unconditional love and compassion."
In the early weeks of
2008, educational and prayer materials will be released that can be
used by parishes, disability and pro-life groups and all communities
to observe Terri's Day.
Priests for Life is
the largest Catholic organization exclusively dedicated to fighting
abortion and euthanasia.
Terri's Foundation is
dedicated to promoting the Culture of Life, embracing the true
meaning of compassion by opposing the practice of euthanasia.
