【慈幼通訊社─2009年4月28日美國南橙郡訊】──四月二十四日星期五，新澤西第六屆維護生命青少年聚會於薛頓賀爾大學舉行，負責帶領的講者 Jason
Evert 和 Bill
Habling 神父，呼籲高中學生實踐貞潔，並宣揚維護生命信息。
Jason Evert為貞潔方面的知名講者，亦是純愛社的創辦人，他在聚會中發表一篇精警的演辭，表示現今文化經常把「愛與情慾」混淆。Evert告訴學生，不應依附社會的觀點，因為「性愛是值得等待的。」他說：「當真愛來臨時，你們便會知道，因為這會使你們與家庭、朋友和天主更親近。」Evert鼓勵學生領受修和聖事，參與彌撒，並保持對瑪利亞的敬禮，便能度貞潔的生活。
聚會由Bill
Halbing神父主禮，其他九名神父共祭的彌撒結束。Halbing神父在講道中，呼籲學生保持純真，使天主的光穿透他們的脆弱，使世界面向天主，在屬天主的事物上深厚地成長。Habling神父促請學生：「你們需要向全國宣告，墮胎要受制止。」
維護生命教育團體生命網的創辦人Christine Flaherty、和平之后高中維護生命社主席Gabe Roman，以及鮑思高初中維護生命社主席 Chris Barron，在彌撒後，獲Ryan神父頒授獎狀，以表揚他們在維護生命方面的貢獻。
Annual Pro-Life Youth Rally: “Real love brings you closer to family, friends and God”
(ANS - South Orange- United States , 28 Apr 2009) - Leading pro-life speakers, Jason Evert and Fr. Bill Habling called on high school students to practice chastity and spread the pro-life message at New Jersey’s 6th annual Pro-Life Youth Rally held on Friday, April 24th at Seton Hall University. The rally, which is sponsored annually by the Salesians of Don Bosco, under the constant leadership of Fr Steve Ryan SDB, drew almost 1,000 high school students from thirty high schools and two parishes.
Jason Evert, a well-known speaker on chastity and founder of the Pure Love Club, delivered the rally’s keynote speech saying that modern culture too often confuses “love with lust.” Instead of embracing what society teaches, Evert told students, “sex is worth waiting for.” “When it’s real love you’ll know it because it brings you closer to family, friends, and God”, he said. Evert encouraged students to go to confession, attend mass, and maintain a devotion to Mary in order to live chaste lives.
The rally concluded with a mass presided by Fr. Bill Halbing and concelebrated by nine other priests. In his homily, Fr, Halbing called on the students to be pure, allow God’s light to shine through their brokenness, expose the world to God, and to grow deeper in the things of God. “You need to proclaim to the whole nation, abortion has got to stop,” Fr. Habling urged the students.
In recognition of their work on behalf of the pro-life cause Christine Flaherty, founder of Lifenet a pro-life educational organization, Gabe Roman, president of the Queen of Peace High School pro-life club, and Chris Barron, the president of the Don Bosco Prep High School pro-life club were given awards at the end of the mass by Fr. Ryan.