Big breakthrough for Pulse Life Advocates!

Catholic Foundation  executive director, Sue McEntee (left) and Bishop William Joensen (right) present Pulse executive director, Maggie DeWitte, and board president, Tom Quiner, with a grant.

Pulse Life Advocates was the proud recipient of a grant from the Catholic Foundation of SW Iowa last week. The $4500 grant will be used to purchase teleconferencing equipment, allowing Pulse to connect with pro-lifers throughout the state of Iowa in more substantial ways.

First up are quarterly meetings with Respect Life Group point persons in Catholic parishes throughout the southwest Catholic diocese. We held our first meeting last quarter in our West Des Moines offices attended by local pro-lifers. 

Thanks to this grant, we can connect with parishes throughout the diocese whose representatives can’t make the long drive to Des Moines.

Quarterly meetings allow us to keep pro-lifers throughout the state in the loop on what is happening in pro-life circles, the legislature, and the churches. These meetings allow pro-lifers to share what they’re doing in their local communities to promote a culture of Life. They inspire creative thinking in our movement by hearing what’s working in other churches.

Our next meeting takes place on Monday, July 21st at 6PM at Pulse’s West Des Moines office. Hopefully, our new teleconferencing system will be installed by then to allow us to reach groups and persons throughout the diocese.

Our long term goal is to connect with pro-life point persons for churches throughout the entire state of Iowa.

Would you like to be included in these meetings? Simply email Sarah Schiltz at sschiltz@pulseforlife.org to get your name added to our list.

Thanks again to the Catholic Foundation of SW Iowa for making this investment possible.