Moose Jaw Right to Life’s spring banquet is near and will feature the founder of Together For Life Ministries, an agency that offers hope and healing to people affected by abortion and pregnancy loss.
The pro-life group’s annual supper is set for Friday, April 21, at Church of Our Lady Roman Catholic Church at 566 Vaughan Street, with doors opening at 6 p.m. and dinner — provided by Charlotte’s Catering — at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $25 each or $200 for a table of eight. To purchase, call Colleen at 306-631-7495 or send an e-transfer to mjrtl@sasktel.net and ensure that “banquet ticket” is included in the message section.
This event is considered PG-13 and not recommended for children below high school age.
The theme for this year is “A Mess to a Message,” and the speaker is Denise Mountenay, the founder of Together For Life Ministries based in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
Mountenay has shared her Mess to a Message testimony of rape, teen pregnancy and abortion more than 500 times over 30 years in universities, high schools, churches, conferences and prisons, and on TV and radio shows.
Mountenay is the United Nations-based chief administrative officer for NGO Endeavour Forum Inc., while she has led many teams to the UN for 16 years, hosted workshops and spoken to UN ambassadors.
She also has given inspirational talks all over the world.
Mountenay is also the founder/president of Canada Silent No More, a registered non-profit society that supports men and women affected by abortion and pregnancy loss. She brings education and awareness to the forefront on an issue some consider prevalent to this generation.
She also teaches fetal development and the humanity of children in utero. Mountenay uses the latest research on the damage abortion causes to women, such as breast cancer, cervical damage resulting in subsequent pre-term births, infertility, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicides.
Marilyn Schuck, the president of the Archdiocese of Regina’s Catholic Women’s League, commended Mountenay for a speech she gave during the group’s annual convention in Weyburn in 2019.
“Denise gave an excellent presentation at our convention (that) year. Her own story about abortion is compelling,” Schuck said.
Mountenay showed the group the trailer for the documentary “Hush,” which reports on the breast cancer link to abortion, the link of abortion to premature births in later pregnancies and the link between depression and mental illnesses after abortions, Schuck continued.
Mountenay also discussed her international work bringing the pro-life message to the United Nations and many conferences, where she has witnessed to the “gospel of life.”
“Denise is an articulate speaker with a very important message for Catholic women, men, children and families,” the CWL president added. “I enthusiastically support her message.”
Dr. David D’Souza, a physician who deals with chronic pain and palliative care in Toronto, complimented Mountenay for speaking to his medical students at the University of Ottawa on abortion and post-abortion healing.
“Her presentation was articular, thoughtful and deeply moving,” he said. “Many medical students were touched by her personal story and reconsidered their position on the abortion issue.”
D’Souza added that he was privileged to know Mountenay and was confident that her advocacy for women and the pre-born has saved many lives.
Visit https://togetherforlife.net/ for more information.
