Episode 36: Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Victoria Thorn, the Foundress of Project Rachel (November 25, 2019)

Victoria Thorn, the Foundress of Project Rachel, and Foundress and Executive Director of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing, is the guest on Episode 36 of Inter Vitam et Mortem. Vicki Thorn and Mary Anne Urlakis discuss the critical ministry of post-abortion reconciliation and healing, and its thirty-five-year history under the dynamic leadership of Ms. Vicki Thorn. Vicki is a nationally known speaker, author, and educator. She has been a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life for nearly two decades and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. On October 7, 2019, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at Notre Dame University, announced that Vicki Thorn would be the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Evangelium Vitae Medal. Regarding the announcement of the upcoming award, Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort-Wayne-South-Bend Indiana praised Vickie and stated, “She has helped thousands of women who had an abortion to accept St. John Paul II’s invitation in Evangelium Vitae to ‘not give in to discouragement and not to lose hope.’ Project Rachel reminds us that the Gospel of Jesus, the Gospel of Life, is also the Gospel of Mercy. . . . (source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/project-rachel-founder-to-receive-evangelium-vitae-medal-72912 ).” Join Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis and Prof. Vicki Thorn for this lively discussion of the need for compassionate, merciful, spiritual healing for men and women who suffer from post-abortion trauma. For more information on Project Rachel and the National Office of Post-Abortion Healing, visit: http://www.noparh.org/projectrachels.html. (November 25, 2019)