PRO-LIFE AWARD: St. Gianna Clinic in De Pere was recipient of the “Every Day Hero” award at the June 21 gala at the second National Celebrate Life Weekend in Washington, D.C. The Celebrate Life Planning Committee invited each of the event’s major sponsors to honor an Every Day Hero and the Pro-Life Partners Foundation chose four leading pro-life medical centers, including St. Gianna Clinic. Pictured: Dr. Robin Goldsmith, left, and Dr. Madeleine Guevara received the award on behalf of the clinic.
The conference featured speakers such as Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins, 40 Days for Life CEO Shawn Carney, The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh and a host of other prominent pro-life voices.
Dr. Goldsmith is the president, chief medical officer and co-founder of the clinic. She has practiced anesthesia in northeast Wisconsin for nearly 20 years and was also awarded the Pro-Life Wisconsin Activist of the Year Award for her dedication to conveying through her work that the church’s teachings regarding life, love and family are for the health and happiness of all. Most recently, she was awarded the Solidarity HealthShare Innovators Award as well as the Catholic Medical Association’s Distinguished Guardian of the Faith Award.
Dr. Guevara is an obstetrician/gynecologist and sees patients from early adolescence through the full spectrum of life, including after menopause. She is often consulted by those seeking a holistic, Catholic approach to women’s care, including routine visits and physicals, fertility awareness and family planning, obstetrics, high risk prenatal care and deliveries, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, robotic surgery, NaProTECHNOLOGY and infertility care.
For more information about the event, visit https://nationalcelebratelifeday.com/.
BIKING FOR BABIES: The Wisconsin Team of Biking for Babies attended Mass on Sunday, July 7, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion. Following Mass, team members took time to pray at the Shrine before making their way to the home of Mike and Kimberly Biese in Kimberly. The team of missionaries, featuring cyclists and support crew, departed on Monday, July 8, on its journey to the Celebration of Life on Saturday, July 13, in St. Louis, Mo. The mission of Biking for Babies is to raise awareness and support for centers that help women in crisis pregnancies. To make a financial donation or for more information, visit https://www.bikingforbabies.com/.
GRADUATING CLASS AT DIOCESAN MISSION: The Diocese of Green Bay’s mission in Elías Piña, a province in the Dominican Republic near the Haitian border, dates to 1963. In 2005, led by Fr. Mike Seis, mission director for the diocese in the Dominican Republic, a former theater building was remodeled to create a grade school, which became part of a Catholic educational system called Fey Alegria (Faith and Joy). In 2010, a high school was added. Pictured above is the 113-member graduating class of 2024. (Fr. Seis Photo | Special to On Mission)
LOVE LIFE MEMORIAL: St. John the Evangelist Parish, Green Bay, has established the Katie Friederichs Love Life Memorial. The first annual donation to Love Life Ministry in honor of Friederichs was made in May. Friederichs was a longtime parish member who was very involved in social concerns and instrumental in the development of Love Life Ministry. Friederichs died last year at age 97. Since its inception in 1993, Love Life’s mission has been to support low-income families with essential needs for their babies and toddlers. As the needs grew, an east side location was added in 2004. Friederichs worked with parish leadership to provide storage space in the St. John the Evangelist Church basement for Love Life items. Layettes for Love Life were made at St. John the Evangelist. Friederichs’ daughters, Kathy and Judy, have carried on the tradition of supporting Love Life Ministry. For more information about the ministry, visit Love Life Ministry (lovelifeministrygb.com).
HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES NEEDED: Freedom House Ministries, Inc., a Christian-based nonprofit organization that provides homeless shelter services in Green Bay exclusively to families with dependent children, is in need of household supply donations. Supplies requested include laundry detergent, 33-gallon garbage bags, toilet cleaner, window cleaner, all-purpose cleaner, disinfectant wipes, aluminum foil, food storage containers, paper plates and paper cups. Donations can be dropped off at Freedom House, 2997 St. Anthony Drive, Green Bay.
CAR SEAT DONATIONS NEEDED: Bella Medical provides free education and resources to empower expectant parents and parents in their parenting journey through the Infant Car Seat Program and Toddler Car Seat Program. Parents go through a variety of educational and mentoring sessions and earn credit for a new car seat upon completion of the program. Consider donating to this program so children ride safely. A donation to this program can be made to Bella Medical Clinic. 1484 W. South Park Ave., Oshkosh.
YOUTH SOCCER: St. Joseph Wildcats Youth Soccer is forming coed leagues for the fall. Grades five and six will play on Mondays and Wednesdays. Grades seven and eight will play on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The home field will be Marquette Park, 1061 Hickory Hill Drive, Green Bay. The season will begin on Sept. 3 and conclude on Nov. 8. Tournaments will begin the first week of October. All private, public and homeschooled students are welcome to join. The registration fee is $10. To register or for more information, call Max Censky at (262) 622-3280.