Gutless wonder (me) wonders if she should approach someone about Komen/PP connection

[carmelitenovice]

Hi:
I am wondering if I should approach someone with information I have on the Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood and abortion/breast cancer connection.

Backstory: Four women at our Catholic school teamed up to do the Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day a couple of years ago. When I learned that our school was going to do a “jeans day” (kids can wear jeans instead of a uniform if they bring in a dollar for the cause), I spoke up to the women and the school administration. After checking on its own, the school revised the jeans day with the money going to a different breast cancer cause without apparent ties to PP.

All five of us women are still at the school (three are parents of my child’s classmates) and we are all polite to each other though I assume we all recall that episode. (I do, obviously.) I am a Facebook friend of one of them and lately she’s had postings of people donating to Komen via her account, so I take it she is going again.

I’ve printed several pages of information on Komen/Planned Parenthood and abortion/breast cancer and I’ve put them in an envelope with a respectfully written note for this woman. I was all fired up to give it to her one morning with the thought of “fraternal correction” and St. Paul’s quote of being under constraint if he does not speak the Gospel.

However, by the end of the day, it did occur to me that she did not directly ask for my opinion (I only learned about it via my facebook queue in two instances the past couple of days). She knows of my opposition but I honestly can’t recall if I’d given her similar info back then and thus she may or may not know why. She’s a very nice person but there’s this issue… So the envelope sits in my car and I ponder…

I’m praying for guidance and that if I do speak up, it would be truly out of loving concern for her and not a matter of pride, but how does one decide when to speak up?
What would you do in this case? Remember, I will likely have to deal with these same women (and this issue in the back of my mind) for the next several years until the kids graduate and go their separate ways. But I suppose as Catholic Christians, we are obliged in some cases to speak the truth in love. Is this one of those times?

Please pray for this gutless wonder. Thanks

 

[Moscati]

You know . . . I’m not sure I would approach it this way. Simply handing her an envelope seems kind of dismissive, and I’m not sure it would really help very much.

My Grandma does this with tracts and other religious materials (she’s rather unhappy that I’m converting to Catholicism), and it has always bothered me. I feel like she should come and talk to me instead. I have no chance to explain my actions, and we can’t learn from each other that way. It just makes me frustrated.

Is there some other setting you could approach this in? Maybe go out for coffee and talk about it? (I don’t know what your relationship with this woman is like, obviously). Bring your supporting material along, to back up your claims, but I would say see if there’s a way to bring up that’s less impersonal.

 

[Mark77]

**God Bless you, as you are a true hero! Your courage inspires me!!!
**
The only gutless wonders are those who give money to an organization that pretends to care about women when they are giving money to murder innocent women babies (& men babies too!)

Jesus taught us; "And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’ ( Mt 25:40)

i am a horrible sinner, but i surely do not want to stand alone, naked & without excuses, in front of Jesus at my death & say "I helped murder innocent babies because it was convenient for me!"

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora Pro Nobis Peccatoribus!

mark

 

[carmelitenovice]

Hi:
Thanks for your comments.
No, I hope I would not be just saying “Here!” and shoving the envelope in her face and walking away. At the very least, I hope I would engage in some chit chat before saying something like, “Umm, I saw on Facebook that you’re going on the 3-Day. I know we disagree, but I was wondering if you could take a look at this when you have a chance.” Is that too impersonal. I think it’s the best I can do. We’re both busy working women and I’m not the take a friend to coffee type (I don’t even drink the stuff. ) And we’re not really close, geographically or otherwise.

So, what do you think?