FIC Blog

The 40 Days for Life campaign began yesterday, September 26th, in front of Hartford’s abortion clinic. Within hours, three women changed their minds about aborting their children and are instead working with FIC’s pro-life friends to give their children life. Monday, October 1st is Family Institute of Connecticut’s day to fill the prayer vigil in […]

Earlier this year, FIC Action joined human rights activist Raymond Bechard in helping to pass a law that will aid in the fight against human trafficking in Connecticut. Now, thanks to Hillside Community Church, Governor Malloy has declared October 13th Human Trafficking Awareness Day! From our friends at Citizens for Community Values-CT: Hillside Community Church […]

From our friends at Y-Life: Please encourage a young person in your life to attend the 4th Annual Y-LIFE Conference on October 6th, 10am -3pm, at Holy Apostles College in Cromwell, Connecticut. Speakers are from Generation Life. The keynote address is: The Media- Sifting the Truth from the Lies. Gender separate breakout sessions from 2-3pm […]

This was just received from our friend, Jason Calvi: As part of our daily Fortnight for Freedom programming, the Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally in New Haven will take center stage on this Sunday’s “That’s the Spirit.”   You can watch it at 10:45 AM and 5:45 AM on WCCT-TV, which broadcasts across Connecticut. […]

[Update: Although the Fortnight for Freedom has come and gone, FIC’s 2012 Religious Liberty Tour will continue. The speaking schedule at the end of this blog post will be updated regularly with more events.] You know about the increasing attacks on religious liberty overseas and even here in our own country. In fact, if you […]

Connecticut’s pro-life movement is particularly strong in Bridgeport. Here is video of my speech at the Bridgeport abortion clinic marking the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. And here is a notice on the Bridgeport 40 Days for Life sent to FIC by our friend, Sr. Mary Concepta: Our local community in Fairfield County will […]

Because of snow, the Bridgeport March for Life has been postponed to Saturday, January 28th. Please join FIC executive director Peter Wolfgang, who will be giving the keynote address, at the Bridgeport March for Life, 3787 Main Street, Bridgeport at 8:30 AM on Jan. 28th.

Forwarded to FIC: Recent attacks against churches in Iraq and Egypt demonstrate that Christianity faces an uncertain future in the Middle East. This one-day conference, on January 21, 2012, from 9 AM – 4 PM, will bring together representatives from the Christian communities in Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt to speak about the day-to-day threats faced […]

[Update: The Bridgeport March for Life has been moved to Jan. 28 because of the expected snow.] I mentioned previously that I will not be at the Hartford March for Life this year. However, I will be the keynote speaker for the Bridgeport March for Life on Saturday, January 21st. Details courtesy of the organizers, Connecticut […]

Remember school choice? The Connecticut chapter of Americans for Prosperity do, and they are taking part in a simulcast event on it Jan. 26th. We encourage our homeschooling friends–and others who care about parents having more say in their children’s education–to attend. Details are provided by AFPF-CT: American 15-year-olds rank 35th out of 57 countries […]