Wednesday, April 02, 2003

This sounds cool- from an email I received from the folks at the NY Love and Responsibility group---

Greetings from New York!

We are planning in this great city a birthday present for our Holy Father,
John Paul II, who will turn 83 this May 18th, a Sunday.

In his honor, we are organizing "Birth Day" -- a celebration to be held in
Bryant Park, located behind the New York Public Library on 42nd Street, just
one block from Times Square.

"Birth Day" is not a celebration of the Pope's birthday in particular, but
rather of birth itself. Birth Day's four-fold theme is:

1) birth is good for the person born
2) birth is good for the mother who gives birth
3) birth is good for the family the child is born into, and
4) birth is good for the world!
We will begin "Birth Day" at Noon with the celebration of Mass in the park.
Then, we'll have music, talks, activities for the whole family, and a
Guinness Record attempt for most candles on a cake. For young adults, there
will be a mixer at Bryant Park's outdoor cafe.

How can you help?

We are looking for additional organizations to join us as Birth Day
"co-marketers." We're also looking to add to our list of speakers who can
give great, short talks on the above four-fold themes. Anyone with a talent
for organizing activities for children is also be much welcomed.

Also, any financial assistance you can offer would be very much appreciated!
Donations in support of Birth Day can be made on-line at:

https://Charge.ClickandPledge.com/Default.asp?EIN=133301413

We encourage those of you living outside New York City to either join us for
the day...or to organize a Birth Day celebration of your own. Would you
dare try to beat our Guinness Record?

Our ultimate aim with Birth Day is to inspire an annual, widespread
celebration of birth, to be held each May the Sunday after Mother's Day,
which this May also happens to be the Pope's birthday!

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