Of course you may not always find him in his comfortable apartment on the 5th Floor. You may meet him taking a resident to the chapel or on his way to visit a family member or sometimes sharing in a prayer group. Mr. Leland Schneider is 90 years old and although very much part of the life of our Home, Leland has a keen interest in the wider community. Concern for social issues has prompted him to express his strong views in letters to the local newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer. These have become more numerous in recent years and many of them found their way into print. The following is his most recent:
Abortion should have been counted in top causes of death
Recently an Enquirer article listed the top ten causes of death in the U.S. Missing however, were the more than 53 million pre born and partially born human lives killed by abortion since the shameful Roe vs Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. One of and perhaps the largest providers of these deaths, are the Planned Parenthood Affiliates, which our current administration insists on supporting with a million dollars a day of our tax payer money. This is hardly” fair” in “a nation under God” the Declaration of Independence of which declares that the first unalienable right of its citizens endowed by our Creator is “life.” Let us hopefully pray for and support a culture of life rather than a culture of death
– Leland Schneider, Clifton
Leland often speaks of what he sees as the social ills which persist to day in our country. He tells us, “As I look back to my early days, life was relatively simple and for most of us, Faith, family and country were the cherished values. God blessed us with seven beautiful children and our time passed between a rich home life and much involvement in the parish schools. But beginning in the mid sixties, there began to be a change in our society that gradually involved insidious attacks on areas such as faith, family, sexuality and even life itself. Our own family was not exempt. Secularism, political confusion and a culture of drugs was threatening the very fabric of our society. As a Secular Franciscan, a public school teacher and a war veteran, I could see this very clearly as could my gifted wife a former teacher and experienced nurse. So we tried to pass on to our children the Christian values we cherished. Now with our sophisticated technology and philosophies where often God has no place, we are left facing a culture of death and its dire effects. Yet, now as always ‘In God is our trust’ and here at Little Sisters in the final years of life, we continue as best we can to uphold and live the basic truths of our faith, family and country in a ‘Nation under God’ and to bring before Him in prayer and supplication His gracious help at this time.”
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