Fran Monaghen

Fran Monaghen
Mother of the Year – 2008
Orange County, California
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008
It was an honor to attend this wonderful event for Fran Monaghen at the Holy Spirit Church in Fountain Valley. Fran’s work to protect the unborn goes back 40 years. She was a pioneer and the spokesperson for Msgr. Reilly’s Helpers of God Precious Infants. Almost all the flyers that went out to pray at the abortion sites had her name and telephone number on it.

She was very particular about the Rules of Conduct for Vigil Participants. The Rosary procession vigil is a prayer event. It is not a picket and not a demonstration. We will maintain a prayerful presence the entire time, remaining in a dialogue with God and our Blessed Mother. We will pray the Rosary while driving to the abortion site. When everyone is assembled there, we will begin the fifteen decades of the Rosary. We will sing a hymn between each of the fifteen mysteries. We will continue to pray the Rosary while driving back to the church.

I am looking at a flyer from St. Juliana Falconierie Church in Fullerton for a Vigil for Life on Saturday, November 15, 1996. After the 8 A.M. Mass: Peaceful car caravan to nearby abortion center at Grindlay and Orange in Cypress.

I recall when she was reminding me about having something similar at St. Irenaeus Church when I was a member. And we had a few for the abortion mill was only a few blocks away from the Church. And she was very persuasive with other members in other churches. And that is how most of the prayerful Vigils got started. She was the one person that made the difference.

On Feb. 21, 2001, pro-life succeeded in closing this abortion chamber at Grindlay and Orange. The closing sign read, “The Cypress Facility has closed and will not be relocated.” Thanks be to God!

This special event for Fran was held on Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 6 P.M. There were about 100 participants. The meals were delicious. The speakers gave information which was tough-love truths about the public schools in particular. Thanks to Crusade for Life and affiliates, Respect Life Committee and Knights of Columbus at Holy Spirit Church and many others who worked hard and gave this honor to Fran Monaghen.

She received several recognition awards including one from Bishop Jaime Soto and the annual OLIVE MEEHAN “LIFE AWARD, which reads in part in honor of your outstanding dedication to all human life born and unborn.
God Bless Jan and her family!

George H. Kubeck, pro-life chairman, Knights of Columbus – Fourth Degree, Mission San Juan Capistrano Assembly 0062

P.S. Lent begins tomorrow. It is time to take a ten-day break from news articles on this blog. www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com it’s from Feb. 6th to Feb. 15th, 2008