Volume 18, Issue 1
January 2012
Right to Life League
Life and Times
The Right to Life League of Southern California is an education and service organization dedicated
to the support and protection of innocent human life from conception to natural death.
Speakers of the 2012 Annual Life Issues Conference
Board of Directors
Mrs. Kathleen Lund, President
Mr. Allen Lund
Mr. Michael Di Pietro, Treasurer
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Brambila
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Campagna
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Kaleff, Jr.
Mr. Anthony Sands
Dr. & Mrs. Milton Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Urrea
ALAN SHLEMON
is a featured speaker from Stand to Reason, who
has dedicated his life to training Christians to
thoughtfully articulate their faith and values. He
has trained speakers on extremely controversial
issues including abortion, evolution, euthanasia
and cloning. What makes Alan’s training unique is
how he makes complex issues accessible to anyone
- adult or youth; religious or non-religious. Come
and witness his talks, “Pro-Life 101” and “Making
Abortion Unthinkable,” first-hand.
Executive Director
Anne Hennessy
Advisory Board
Mr. Paul Bennett
Mr. Pat Boone
Dr. Daniel Burschinger
Hon. Richard P. Byrne
Mrs. William Close
Mr. Bernard Clougherty
Mr. Donald E. Combar
Mr. Walter Conn
Mr. Milton F. Daily
Mr. Charles Doud
Mr. Michael Joseph
Dr. John Given
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gray, Jr.
Mrs. Paul Griffin
Mr. Stanley Hayden
Dr. Art Ibarra
Mrs. J. Thomas McCarthy
Mr. Manuel Olaiz
Dr. Katherine Schlaerth
Mr. William Schnieders
Mr. Gilbert J. Shea, Jr.
Mrs. Donald Sherrin
Mrs. Roland Seidler
Mrs. Nicholas Weber
Mrs. Richard Vanis
In Memoriam:
Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin Peacock
Center Locations
Covina
Duarte
Ojai
Palmdale
Ridgecrest
Riverside
Temple City
Yucca Valley
DR. CHRIS KACZOR
is a Professor of Philosophy at LMU. He holds a
Ph. D. from Notre Dame and is author of eight
books, including The Ethics of Abortion, The Edge
of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics and How to Stay Catholic in College.
Dr. Kaczor's research in ethics, philosophy and religion has been featured in The Wall Street Journal,
the Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC,
EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC and The
Today Show. In the upcoming conference, he will
discuss the risks of the frightening and growing
trend toward paid egg donation in our colleges.
ELEV8
is comprised of actors, singers,
models, graphic designers, triathletes, musicians, comedians, and
other professionals, all thriving
in their fields. Through interactive presentations, these teen integrity speakers show teens that
their God-given potential is realized through healthy goal setting
and avoiding risky behaviors.
Right to Life League
In Memoriam: Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin Peacock
On the morning of Friday, December 2, 2011, members of the
Right to Life League gathered with the family of Founder, Elizabeth
“Libby” Goodwin Peacock, to celebrate her life and legacy at Our Lady
Queen of the Angels, Newport Beach. Libby died peacefully on November 25, 2011 and will be forever commemorated as a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, friend and defender of Life.
Libby was the second of four daughters, born to David Murphy and Zoa McGuire Murphy on
April 15, 1922 in Dubuque, Iowa. She graduated from the University of Detroit and received a
Master’s Degree in Medical Social Work from St. Louis University. Since then, she has never
backed away from the challenge to protect the most innocent and defenseless among us.
Libby pressed forward the causes of those who needed a voice: the sick, the poor and the unborn. She was the founding President of the Mission Doctors Association of the Archdiocese of Los
Angeles, President of the Archdiocesan Council of Women, and founding member of the Right to
Life League of Southern California.
Libby and William Goodwin, M.D. were married for 50 years. They were blessed with eight children, Mary Vanis (Dr. Richard), Ann Raney (Dr. Aidan), Bridget Desmond (Patrick), Joan Hull
(Fletcher), T. Murphy Goodwin, M.D. (Joanne), Margaret Jacoby (Mark) and Moira Duffy (Tom).
After Bill’s death, Libby married John Peacock, who was her great companion until his death. She
was preceded in death by her sisters Patricia and Joan and her son, William James Goodwin, who is
survived by her sister, Maurna Donovan. Libby was protector and role model to 45 grandchildren
and 39 great grandchildren, each of whom knew and loved her.
The League is establishing a fund in Libby’s honor that we plan to report on each year. Your
gift to Libby’s Memorial Fund is accepted in her honor. Donations can be sent using the enclosed
envelope or by visiting the Libby Goodwin Peacock Memorial Fund page at www.rtllsc.org. Thank
you for your dedication to the life-saving work that Libby has begun.
Enclosed is my life-saving gift made in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth “Libby” Goodwin Peacock
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Right to Life League
Right to Life League of Southern California
Annual Life Issues Conference
Saturday, January 21, 2012
St. Anthony Croatian Church • N. Grand Avenue • Los Angeles, CA 90012
TEEN TRACK
SESSION 1: Alan Shlemon of Stand to Reason presents:
PRO-LIFE 101: Hard-Hitting Responses to some of the Toughest Questions
SESSION 2: The League’s ELEV8 Team presents:
SECOND CHANCE: A Real, Relatable, Relevant Approach to Teen Integrity
ADULT TRACK
SESSION 1: Professor Chris Kaczor of LMU presents:
EGGSPLOITATION: The Risks and Misplaced Ethics of Paid Egg Donation
SESSION 2: Alan Shelmon of Stand to Reason presents:
MAKING ABORTION UNTHINKABLE: A Way to Dialogue w/ Non-Religious Audiences
1:00pm REGISTRATION AND WELCOME
1:30pm CONFERENCE SESSIONS
4:30pm CLOSING REMARKS AND DINNER
Dinner may not be available to those who register after Friday, January 13th.
6:00pm REQUIEM FOR THE UNBORN & MEMORIAL CANDLE SERVICE AT:
CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
555 W. TEMPLE STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
Registration is required. Adults, please mail in $15.00 per person with your registration form below or
register online at www.rtllsc.org through the Donation page. Teens attending the Teen Track come free!
Box dinners will be available to teens and group leaders who request it ahead of time with registration.
Teen group leaders need to submit a list of all teens and chaperones with registration form.
For more information, contact the Right to Life League at 626.398.6100 or e-mail [email protected].
Registration Form
Adults and teens, please register by Friday, January 13, 2011.
First Name: ________________________________ Last Name: ________________________________________
Phone No: _________________________________ Email: ____________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________City: ___________________State: ____ Zip Code:________
Registration - $15.00 per Adult Please indicate dinner preference below:
I would like to stay for dinner.
I do not plan on staying for dinner.
Registration fee waived for teens. Dinner available for those who request it above.
For more information or for groups bringing teens, call: 626.398.6100 or e-mail [email protected].
Make checks payable to: Right to Life League • 1028 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 207, Pasadena, CA 91104
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The League is pleased to honor Director, Laura Jensen, of the High Desert Pregnancy Clinic as 2011 Director of the Year. High Desert has experienced rapid growth in 2011 both in the no-cost services that it offers
and in its a new education center, which features courses on marriage,
parenting, abstinence, GED and Bible study to those interested.
Services Include:
♥ Free Pregnancy testing
♥ Free Ultrasounds available by appointment
♥ Five peer counselors specializing in different areas such as
pregnancy, abortion, abstinence and adoption
♥ Registered Nurse on staff
♥ Baby clothes, diapers and formulas offered free
♥ Post Abortive Recovery Program offered in-house
League Executive Director, Anne Hennessy, with
High Desert Pregnancy Clinic Director, Laura Jensen
at the 2011 Director’s Christmas Luncheon
“The saying is ‘The least that I can do is pray.’ No, that is the most that you
can do. The most that you can do is pray for protection over the clinic. We
are a front line ministry and need that prayer.” -Director, Laura Jensen
From Our Executive Director,
Anne Hennessy
Dear Friends,
Our Annual Life Issues Conference is fast approaching. It is going to be an enlightening afternoon
with notable speakers offering their wisdom and expertise on the latest Life Issues.
We will be presented with fresh ways to dialogue
with audiences of several kinds. ELEV8 will take up
the issue of sexual abstinence and show a groundbreaking way that teen integrity principles are being
made accessible in junior high and high
schools. The issue of paid egg donation
will be brought to the table, so that we
may discover why this is a crucial point
of concern, particularly for college-aged
women.
Please join us. For, it is not enough to
want to save lives; we must be thoroughly
equipped. - Anne
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