On the Air
— Posted by Annie (September 27, 2006 at 11:18 am)
John and I are doing a radio interview tomorrow, Thursday, September 28 on Next Wave Live with Stephanie Wood, founder of Next Wave Faithful, an online resource for Catholic
young adults. Listen between 9:00pm-10:00pm Eastern, which would 8:00-9:00pm if you’re in the Central time zone, as Stpehanie asks us about reaching the next geneation with the pro-life message. Feel free to call in and ask us a question or two.
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Rosie says:
Good luck, I was also sent this e-mail ,I thought others might be interested…
The Annual Dinner of Catholic Citizens of Illinois will be on Thursday, October 19, 200 at Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. The featured speaker will be the Most Reverend Fabian W. Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska. The subject of his talk will be “Facing the Crisis: Some Reflections on the Current Crisis in the Church.” The St. Thomas More Award for Catholic Citizenship will be presented to Mr. Richard Guzior.
The price of the dinner is $60.00 per person, $100.00 per couple or $500.00 for a table of 10. For more information or reservations, please call Maureen at 708-352-5834. The public is welcome.
Comment posted September 27th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
mary kay says:
Hey All,
If anyone gets the Chicago Tribune, there is an article in the Metro section (as well as the pioneer press and the daily herald) about what went on with us at the abortion clinic in Des Plaines…
Hearing continued on complaint against Des Plaines police officer
By Ames Boykin
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006
A veteran Des Plaines police officer accused of harassing anti-abortion rights protesters will have to wait to see if the city will fire him.
Des Plaines Police Chief James Prandini has recommended officer Dick V. Lalowski, 43, lose his job. Lalowski is on administrative leave with pay. A board of fire and police commissioners today decided to continue the hearing until Oct. 12.
A lawyer for Lalowski has asked for a delay in the commission’s judgment, saying Lalowski has applied to receive disability pay for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Lalowski, who has served on the force for 12 years, in 1995 killed a man in Des Plaines after the man pointed a BB gun that looked like a handgun at the officer during a domestic disturbance call. The shooting was found justified. His lawyer said he’s still distraught over the incident.
His lawyer also accused the police department of targeting Lalowski because of his role as president of the police union.
Lalowski on May 20 saw about five women preparing an anti-abortion rights protest outside a Des Plaines clinic in an area he wasn’t assigned to patrol, and parked his police car near them, according to charges before the commission.
He told them that they could be arrested if they made contact with anyone, and asked that they not pass out small baskets to women entering the clinic, saying “Don’t block those people to hand them that,” the complaint said.
Lalowski called one of the demonstrators a “fat (expletive) cow,” the complaint alleges.
He returned to the police station, and changed into plainclothes after his shift ended. Then, police said he returned to the clinic telling the on-duty police officer that he wanted to ask one of the women about a sign she had of a fetus.
During the 90 minutes he stayed there, Lalowski compared the protesters to the Taliban for putting fear into people, and told the women they were psychos and that the Roman Catholic Church is full of pedophiles, the complaint continues.
Lalowski also grabbed one of the women and hugged her, and “forcefully poked” her shoulders, telling her that she’d be beautiful if she weren’t overweight, police said. He also showed her some exercises that would help.
The woman was “emotionally drained, covered in sweat and was filled with fear,” police said.
Of course they make it sound like poking us in the chest was the worst thing that he did. What he really did that was wrong, was abuse his authority as a police officer. He was ranting and raving and threatening to arrest us if we so much as spoke to anyone. He was standing so close to me and yelling at one point that our noses were almost touching and I kept asking him to back off because he was scaring me…
We called 911 and dispatch sent it thru to another police officer who was at the location, off duty, acting as a security guard for the abortion clinic. He kept telling 911 that there wasn’t a problem. We called 911 three times. That officer was suspended for five days.
Just another Saturday in the life of clinic counselors…
MK
Comment posted September 27th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
mary kay says:
What is the radio station we need to be on? Is it Relevant Radio?
Comment posted September 27th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
lauren says:
I listened to you Annie. You are very articulate. I naturally disagreed with most of what you said, but you seem very intelligent in your argumentation. There was some hyperbole, but I was surprised by the great lack of it. Good job.
Comment posted October 15th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
Annie says:
Thank you, Lauren.
Comment posted October 16th, 2006 at 3:52 pm