{"id":13588,"date":"2018-03-13T11:07:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/?p=13588"},"modified":"2023-11-29T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:31:46","slug":"a-path-to-saving-lives-in-new-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/a-path-to-saving-lives-in-new-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"A Path to Saving Lives in New Haven"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13591\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Carolyn-with-a-client-family-196x300.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13591 size-medium lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13591 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Carolyn-with-a-client-family-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\"><\/noscript> Carolyn Falcigno with a client family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>God called on many souls to create the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giannacenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Gianna Pregnancy Center<\/a>\u00a0in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2012.\u00a0 The center officially opened on the Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe: the 12<span data-fontsize=\"14\">th<\/span>\u00a0day of the 12<span data-fontsize=\"14\">th<\/span>\u00a0month in the 12<span data-fontsize=\"14\">th<\/span>\u00a0year of the century.\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many of those\u00a0who created the Gianna Center\u00a0would swear they had inadequate preparation for the job and there is so much more work to be done.\u00a0 But the persistence of a priest, a former Planned Parenthood customer turned pro-life advocate, a pair of determined Regnum Christi members, and numerous other (obscure and famous)\u00a0brought the center to life. The center saves\u00a0hundreds of lives each year.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The center\u00a0depends\u00a0on donors and volunteers.\u00a0 For three key members of the team, it is a labor of love, faith and passion.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Phil Liquori is\u00a0acting\u00a0board chairman of the Gianna Center. He\u00a0is a\u00a0member of Regnum Christi, who also works\u00a0full-time\u00a0with the Legionaries of Christ seminary in Cheshire, CT.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carolyn\u00a0Falcigno is the center\u2019s executive director.\u00a0 She is a Regnum Christi member\u00a0who played a vital role in launching the center.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13600\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/22089963_10156796482589129_4919544156017629323_n-300x225.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13600 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/22089963_10156796482589129_4919544156017629323_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/noscript> Phil and Mary Liquori<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heidi Kehlenbach is the center\u2019s treasurer. As a young woman, she had an abortion at Planned Parenthood, later converting to the Roman Catholic faith, determined to help others avoid the pains of abortion.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And then there is Fr. Robert Rousseau of the Archdiocese of Hartford, who (with Jesus) is the person who runs through the entire story.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the evening of November 4, 1991,\u00a0Fr.\u00a0Rousseau,\u00a0then\u00a0pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church in Watertown, CT, was leaving a meeting in the church.\u00a0He heard a baby\u2019s cry coming from a box: a baby.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:270}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fr. Rousseau had one of the\u00a0women at the meeting, whom he knew was a nurse,\u00a0help while someone called 911. The baby was no more than three hours old. She was taken to Waterbury Hospital by the emergency team.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:270}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fr. Rousseau suggested they give the foundling child a name. Because November 4 is the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, he called her Carolyn and he gave her the middle name Marie for our Blessed Mother.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:270}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Marie was adopted confidentially but her story did not end there. With the prayers and hard work of a core group of parishioners, one year later,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolynsplace.net\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolyn&#8217;s Place, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0opened its doors, in order that &#8220;No woman should face pregnancy alone.&#8221;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:270}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fr. Rousseau stayed active in the pro-life movement and years later as pastor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcatholics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Ambrose Parish<\/a>\u00a0in New Haven, he joined many of his parishioners in praying at the local Planned Parenthood facility.\u00a0 Frustrated by the lack of a pro-life option in New Haven, he pulled together a group of people at the church, including those who would become the Gianna Center\u2019s leaders: Phil, Carolyn, and Heidi.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were about 25 people in that meeting with Father,\u201d Carolyn recalled.\u00a0 \u201cAll of us were strongly pro-life and had been praying at Planned Parenthood.\u00a0 Now everyone was able to be part of creating a center, but some of us were and we wanted to provide women with a REAL choice.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13593\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/heidi-with-a-client-family-300x225.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13593 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/heidi-with-a-client-family-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/noscript> Heidi Kehlenbach with a client family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have been one of those young girls going to Planned Parenthood for an abortion when I was 19,\u201d Heidi said.\u00a0 \u201cI suffered the hurt and pain, but later converted to the faith, went on a retreat \u2013 where I met Carolyn \u2013 and started my pro-life work, which hasn\u2019t stopped.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u00a0gathering with Father\u00a0was in 2009,\u201d\u00a0Phil recalled.\u00a0 \u201cFather made it clear that he couldn\u2019t create the center,\u00a0we would have to do it. I had\u00a0no idea how to make it happen, but working with the Legion and Regnum Christi, I had the confidence to make the leap of faith and get involved.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Plans for the center started in 2010 and in late 2012, it was open \u2013 with the blessing of Archbishop\u00a0Henry Mansell.\u00a0The Knights of Columbus have provided valuable support.\u00a0When they later moved to a new facility, Hartford\u2019s current Archbishop Leonard Blair gave them a second blessing.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe response since then has been amazing,\u201d Phil said.\u00a0 \u201cPeople have come forward to volunteer, donate supplies for babies, and write checks.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carolyn explained\u00a0that the Gianna Center (named for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/news_services\/liturgy\/saints\/ns_lit_doc_20040516_beretta-molla_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Gianna Molla<\/a>)\u00a0is much more than a place to refer expectant mothers for medical services.\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe women we serve are mostly between 16 and 30 years of age,\u201d Carolyn\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cIn most cases and biological father is uninvolved and the woman may be frightened, confused and in need of housing, food and the basics of life.\u00a0 We become like a family to her, making connections to get her what is needed to bring her baby to term and make that decision to give life.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13590\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/carolyn-and-phil-with-arch-blair-300x216.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13590 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/carolyn-and-phil-with-arch-blair-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\"><\/noscript> Carolyn and Phil with Archbishop Blair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMany of these woman have had a difficult life,\u201d\u00a0Heidi explained.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s why when they arrive we applaud them \u2013 we give them encouragement and hope.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There certainly are challenges and disappointments, but Carolyn and Heidi recalled\u00a0one woman who came to them after being raped \u2013 and she already had\u00a0a 12-year-old son and needed\u00a0support to keep the new child.\u00a0 Her son came with her to the center and after being with the volunteers and experience their unconditional love, told his mom not to have an abortion but to \u201chave my little sister.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That 12-year-old boy now is an 18-year-old you man who volunteers at the Gianna Center on Saturdays and participates in pro-life activities.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The center has received support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristinyctnj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regnum Christi community in Cheshire<\/a>, as well as the seminary.\u00a0 The local <a href=\"https:\/\/conquestyouthministry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conquest<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/challengeyouthministry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Challenge<\/a> clubs have\u00a0volunteered at the center and Legionary seminarians joined the center volunteers for the New Haven March for Life this year.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a volunteer activity, the center is open only on Saturdays \u2013 but still serves upwards of 250 clients per year.\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to expand our use of the mobile ultrasound unit and we just launched a new program to help young moms with parenting and family skills,\u201d Carolyn said. Heidi adds that growing is costly, so they depend on the generosity of donors and the success of their annual\u00a0\u201cBabies in Bloom\u201d benefit dinner.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giannacenter.org\/uploads\/1\/0\/8\/3\/108347957\/b.i.b_fundraisingdinner_final__1__1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This year\u2019s event will be April 29, 2018, in New Haven.<\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giannacenter.org\/uploads\/1\/0\/8\/3\/108347957\/b.i.b_fundraisingdinner_final__1__1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-13-at-11.41.28-AM-232x300.png\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13599 size-medium lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-13-at-11.41.28-AM-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\"><\/noscript><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Guest speaker will be Chris Slattery, who has worked in the pro-life movement fulltime since 1990 \u2013 and perhaps most famously was the confirmation sponsor for former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The benefit also will honor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chooselifeatyale.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Choose Life at Yale<\/a> (CLAY), the student pro-life group at Yale, which has provided volunteer help for the center and partnered in pro-life activities.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And it is a good bet Fr. Rousseau will be there.\u00a0 Today he is director of pro-life activities for the Archdiocese of Hartford.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThinking back on our journey with the center, I have depended so much on the support of my Regnum Christi family,\u201d Carolyn stressed.\u00a0 \u201cKnowing they are there makes it possible for me to take on something I could never do alone.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do at Gianna Center is really simple,\u201d Phil said.\u00a0 \u201cWe take the love we have received from Christ and pass it on to others.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God called on many souls to create the\u00a0St. Gianna Pregnancy Center\u00a0in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2012.\u00a0 The center officially opened on the Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe: the 12th\u00a0day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":13595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3001],"tags":[3382],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-article","tag-pro-life"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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