Military License Plates In Pennsylvania

PennDOT is issuing a new series of military-themed license plates to honor service members and veterans, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).

These  plates allow recognition of combat-related decorations and expand the criteria to qualify for the Merchant Marines plate. T

he license plates were authorized by Act 109 of 2014.

There are  34 varieties . For a full list, click here. The fees vary.

PennDOT is also now issuing a plate to commemorate the sacrifices of Pennsylvania’s Civil War veterans with the new Pennsylvania Monument plate. The revenue collected from this plate is designated to assist with preserving monuments at the Gettysburg National Military Park.

The fee for the plate is $54 with $23 of the proceeds to be used to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for cleaning, repairing and restoring monuments in the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Military License Plates

Military License Plates In Pennsylvania

Woman Describes Her Abortion, Healing

For years after she and her husband made the decision to abort their first child in January 1974, Karen Perez couldn’t think of the person who died that day as a child.

“I could only refer to my first child as an ‘abortion.’ It was too painful to personalize the life I chose to take; to call him a child, or a baby,” she says.

Karen will join Priests for Life Executive Director Janet Morana on Radio Maria’s “Gospel of Life” at 6 tonight,  Nov. 18   to talk about the healing she received after her abortion, and the pro-life activism that runs through her family as a result.

When Karen returned home on the day of her abortion, she turned on the television and saw news footage of the very first March for Life in Washington, D.C.

The date was Jan.  22, the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. She knew then that she would never forget the day she said “no” to life.

“My husband and I went to confess to a priest immediately,” she said.

The birth of their three children filled the couple with guilt but they eventually found help through a post-abortion healing program, and since then they have been leaders in pro-life efforts in Houston. Their oldest son is a Catholic priest who also leads healing retreats through Rachel’s Vineyard. And Karen now calls her aborted child by name, Joseph. She has received numerous assurances that she chose the name wisely, and will share those stories with Radio Maria listeners.

Also joining Janet will be Priests for Life Pastoral Team member Kevin Burke, L.S.W., co-founder of Rachel’s Vineyard and head of Silent No More’s Fatherhood Forever initiative. Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, will join Janet for the final segment.

For a list of Radio Maria stations or to tune in to “Gospel of Life” on the Internet, go to http://radiomaria.us/the-gospel-of-life. Tablet and smart phone users also can download a free Radio Maria app so they can listen to the show wherever they go.

The show will be rebroadcast at 2 a.m.  Thursday and midnight  on Sunday.  All the shows are archived at priestsforlife.org/radiomaria/

Woman Describes Her Abortion, Healing

Woman Describes Her Abortion, Healing

Ivanpah Solar Plant Not Producing What Was Hoped

The  Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System built on five square miles of environmentally sensitive desert on the California-Nevada border is only producing about half the electricity expected.

The plant, the world’s largest, opened in February and was backed by $1.6 billion in federal loan guarantees.

Ivanpah Solar Plant Not Producing What Was Hoped

Ivanpah Solar Plant Not Producing What Was Hoped