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Fr. Dennis M. Weber, S.C., a priest of the Servants of Charity, was born to Francis J. and Elizabeth (Delany) Weber on May 26, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second of ten children. Fr. Dennis entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in September of 1990.

Fr. Dennis further discerned a call to religious life and entered as a postulant with the Servants of Charity, in Springfield, Pa., in August of 1992. He continued his studies at St. Charles Seminary and received a Masters of Divinity degree summa cum laude, with a concentration in Moral Theology, and was ordained a priest on 22 November 1997. In May of 1998, Fr. Dennis received an M.B.A. degree from Widener University, Chester, Pa. in preparation for his future role as administrator of Don Guanella Village (Springfield, Pa.), a residential program serving boys and men with mental retardation. Fr. Dennis served in this role from January, 1999 to March, 2004 and in March, 2004 assumed a new role as Director of Mission Identity and Integration with the Mental Retardation Services Division of Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a role in which he currently serves.

Fr. Dennis was first exposed to the pro-life movement in 1971 when his father took him to a prayer vigil protest against abortion at Rittenhouse Square in center city Philadelphia. For the most part, his pro-life activities remained dormant until entering St. Charles Seminary where Fr. Dennis participated in prayer before an abortion mill, the March for Life in Washington, D.C., and in the activities of the Helpers of God's Precious Infants. However, his primary pro-life work has been in his ministry at Don Guanella Village in serving persons with mental retardation. It is the recognition of the innate dignity of these persons made in God's image and likeness and the respect due to them that has further enkindled his desire to become more involved and committed to the pro-life movement in saving the unborn and especially in exposing the genocide of abortion of persons with genetic defects, especially persons with Down's syndrome in which the abortion rate is 85-90% for women who chose to obtain a pre-natal test. Fr. Dennis also owes his pro-life commitment to the courageous commitment of his parents and especially of his father who tirelessly fought and prayed against abortion for many years.
 

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