Chicago, Ill., Aug 13, 2008 / 14:54 pm
The “Reclaiming Fatherhood” conference, a national gathering focusing upon the effects of abortion on men whose children have been aborted, is scheduled to take place near Chicago in Oak Brook, Illinois on Sept. 8 and 9. There, several therapists as well as several fathers who have lost children to abortion will discuss topics such as men’s healing after an abortion, abortion’s effects on men’s spirituality, and fatherhood and abortion.
The conference, co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Evangelization, is being organized by the Milwaukee-based National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation, which is headed by Vicki Thorn.
Thorn, who also founded the post-abortion ministry Project Rachel, said the conference aims to bring to light what she calls the “invisible” issue in society and the Church: the effect that abortion has on fathers whose children are aborted.
Supreme Knight Carl Anderson explained the reasons for Knights of Columbus’ involvement with the “Reclaiming Fatherhood” conference.