A Special Place in Heaven for Pro-Lifer Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Here's what the MSM will not tell you about Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- unlike almost everyone else in her politically powerful family, Mrs. Shriver remained true to the pro-life views of her Catholic faith. She recognized that political clout was not reason to abandon one's principal's in defending the most helpless among us.

Here is an excerpt from a story on Mrs. Shriver from Feminists for Life's Remarkable Pro-life Women, published in 1998.

WHEN EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor in 1984, then- President Ronald Reagan declared, "With enormous conviction and unrelenting effort, Eunice Kennedy Shriver has labored on behalf of America’s least powerful, those with mental retardation …. Her decency and goodness have touched the lives of many."

Shriver, a longtime supporter of Feminists for Life of America, has demonstrated a lifelong concern for the "least powerful." The founder of Special Olympics International and executive vice president of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, Shriver supports organizations that work on behalf of women and children, born and unborn...

As executive vice president of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, Shriver continues to support solution-oriented programs to eradicate discrimination and problems faced by the disenfranchised. The Kennedy Foundation says its mission "is to provide leadership in the field of mental retardation and services to persons with mental retardation, both those born and unborn, and their families."

Shriver, recognizing the high rate of mental retardation among children born to teen-age mothers, led the foundation’s efforts to develop an innovative program to address the causes of problems facing teen-age women and their children. Called Community of Caring, the program focuses on "health and nutrition for the pregnant teen, preparation for childbirth, development of parental skills, and the importance of continuing in school and avoiding risk-taking behavior." Parents and community volunteers act as a mentoring network for teen-age mothers. Since its inception in 1986, more than 350 schools have adopted the Community of Caring program.

In my opinion, the tireless efforts of Mrs. Shriver easily make her the most significant, successful, and saintly of the Kennedy Clan.

Comments

[ChunLing]

Um...I'm pretty sure you didn't mean to damn her with such faint praise. She seems like a genuinely admirable woman, and I'm not entirely sure everyone or even anyone really gets to pick their relatives.

Of course, I also have to question whether any place in Heaven need to be more special than getting to Heaven at all. Depends on your idea of Heaven, I suppose. I do happen to know that there are special places in Hell, but I'm hopeful that such information is totally irrelevant to the topic at hand.

[GApeach]

Crazily enough, I agree. Do I believe that Ms. Shriver is a perfected being in Heaven? Sure. Would she appreciate being spoken of as the best her family had to offer? As close-knit as the Kennedys were, I seriously doubt it.