Prolifesearch

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

It's been down for a long time - I have been getting strange homeschooling emails from them - and now the address redirects to some forum for a band. Anyone know what's going on with this? There was no warning that I am aware of that said it was closing.

[Lil Red]

[the_rev]

yeah i'm kinda confused too, I got the email this morning from them, venture over there, and nope, it's still the webboard.

[littleflower+JMJ]

They have all our email address to update us so I dont know why they can't contact us. I wish we had some big name reference for them so we could be alittle bit more assured about them.

[Brigid]

I share your concern... actually, I already started [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=70835&st=0&p=1339446&#entry1339446"]a thread[/url] on it... same results. no one knew what happened.

[the_rev]

I jsut sent jack@prolifesearch.com an email

Here is what I sent him:

Hey Jack,

What is up with prolifesearch.com when i try to go to the site it takes me to some band web board. I don't understand how I can get an email from you about K11 education but yet the website isn't up. A lot of people are wondering, we've discussed it on Catholic web boards, blogs, etc. What's up Jack, please let us know!

In Christ,

Edward

[Brigid]

thank you! hopefully, you get a reply.

[abercius24]

[quote name='Brigid' post='1353411' date='Aug 8 2007, 11:21 PM']thank you! hopefully, you get a reply.[/quote]

My guess is that they're moving to another web hosting server. They were on a GoDaddy.com server with a GoDaddy.com IP address, but that IP address now belongs to a discussion forum for the music group The Cure. Sometimes web hosts will tell a website that it can get things back up and running within 24 hours if they switch, but something always goes wrong when you work with computers. I would expect them to be up and running on another server (accessible using the same website address) in the next week or two. I found a phone number that somebody might try calling for more information. If you would like the number, send me a message and I'll reply with it. I don't want to post it here since everybody on the internet would probably be crank-calling them afterwards.

Edited August 9, 2007 by abercius24

[Moneybags]

Any reply yet?

Read some of the comments at this blog:

[url="http://monkallover.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-prolifesearchcom-now-defunct.html"]http://monkallover.blogspot.com/2007/07/is...ow-defunct.html[/url]

Edited August 11, 2007 by St. Benedict

[abercius24]

[quote name='St. Benedict' post='1356210' date='Aug 11 2007, 12:03 AM']Any reply yet?

Read some of the comments at this blog:

[url="http://monkallover.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-prolifesearchcom-now-defunct.html"]http://monkallover.blogspot.com/2007/07/is...ow-defunct.html[/url][/quote]

I gave the contact information to a priest online here, but he hasn't responded to me yet. I did find the following website -- but please BE CAREFUL in using this site. I'm not exactly sure it is the same website as prolifesearch.com or whether it is a phishing website designed to steal usernames and passwords. It appears to be owned by the same person as prolifesearch.com, but that could have been forged, too. At any rate, this is the website I found:

[url="http://resolve-your-tax-debt.com/"]http://resolve-your-tax-debt.com/[/url]

It has exactly the same design as the home page of prolifesearch.com. But it is clearly a different URL. I don't know. Somebody else might want to take a crack at researching this odd situation.

Hope this helps. God bless!

Edited August 11, 2007 by abercius24

[Totus Tuus]

Hmmm. I think I'm going to steer clear of that website for now, abercius.

[Brigid]

wow... that's really weird. I'm really skeptical, though...

[abercius24]

Yeah, it makes me rather uncomfortable, too. I wish the founders would issue a public statement on the problem. I'm going to send a message to Judie Brown at American Life League. Maybe she would know what's going on.

Edited August 12, 2007 by abercius24

[Guest Gracetherese]

I did a post on all I know about ProLife Search and the Essential Classics of Catholic Spirituality that they had advertised. I don't know why the site is down, but it disappeared shortly after I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. You can check out my blog for more info.

[url="http://www.lapofluxury.blogspot.com"]www.lapofluxury.blogspot.com[/url]

[melporcristo]

[quote name='Gracetherese' post='1357782' date='Aug 12 2007, 07:38 PM']I did a post on all I know about ProLife Search and the Essential Classics of Catholic Spirituality that they had advertised. I don't know why the site is down, but it disappeared shortly after I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. You can check out my blog for more info.

[url="http://www.lapofluxury.blogspot.com"]www.lapofluxury.blogspot.com[/url][/quote]

JMJT

Wow, thanks for the info -- especially what you posted on your blog about the company.
It's sad to think that even these institutions that may see good may go sour ...
When I had a shipping problem with a Catholic company, I had to contact them, but they were good a consistently e-mailing back and forth to fix the problem. Eventually, I got the book. But it's so sad how sometimes people can't commit to their ministries.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Gracetherese' post='1357782' date='Aug 12 2007, 08:38 PM']I did a post on all I know about ProLife Search and the Essential Classics of Catholic Spirituality that they had advertised. I don't know why the site is down, but it disappeared shortly after I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. You can check out my blog for more info.

[url="http://www.lapofluxury.blogspot.com"]www.lapofluxury.blogspot.com[/url][/quote]
thank you for the information!

[littleflower+JMJ]

yes thank you gracetherese! that was helpful...didn't answer all the questions but most certainly helped!!

[CoffeeCatholic]

[quote name='abercius24' post='1356870' date='Aug 11 2007, 09:01 PM']Yeah, it makes me rather uncomfortable, too. I wish the founders would issue a public statement on the problem. I'm going to send a message to Judie Brown at American Life League. Maybe she would know what's going on.[/quote]

Don't contact Judie- she's never there and she won't be getting the mail anyway. Call the ALL office and ask for Leslie Tignor. She's the director of the Associate program, and she knows everybody.


I worked in the mail department at ALL part time when i was finishing school. you'd be amazed how many people write directly to Judie Brown thinking that either she's one of the only people working there or that if it's addressed to her directly no one else is going to intercept it. Sadly, that's not the case. Judie lives in California with her husband, and the ALL offices are in Virginia. She's hardly ever there.

[Birgitta Noel]

This just in my email...

[quote]We apologize for the lateness of this email, and for the dropped
responses and follow-up tasks that have affected some of you. I
(Joe Hanley) would like to accept personal responsibility for these
failures, and I can only tell you again that I'm sorry. Personal
issues got me very off track, and I did not communicate outwardly
or complete the follow-ups I promised you, I ask your forgiveness.
We will take care of your requests and communication right away
from this point on.

As you most likely realize even before receiving this note, PLS has
had a long interruption in our mission--and our communication--and
we'd like to use this email for three things:

1. First and foremost, apologize for some problems over the past
months

2. Next, update you on the PLS operation

3. Finally, and importantly as well, initiate effective follow-up to
any communication and requests you have back to us

Bad news before details... as many or you have already noticed, the
ProLifeSearch website is no more. Here's what happened:

Regarding our operations, it has taken us awhile to put some of the
pieces of ProLifeSearch back together again. . . including those
who purchased the books.

As many or you have already noticed, the ProLifeSearch website is
gone. We'll get to how that happened in a minute.

But first, regarding the books: When we took the orders for the
leather-bound books we divided the money received two ways. The
first went to the publisher to produce the books. The second part
went immediately to our pro-life charities.

We then began having trouble with our publisher. For one reason or
another they kept giving us excuses as to why the books weren't
ready yet. Days turned into weeks which turned into months. By
the time we demanded our money back for a job not completed, the
publisher was completely non-responsive. Since this publisher is
overseas, it will end up costing us more to sue the publisher for
performance than what we paid them.

So all of the money sent to the publisher is gone. The money not
sent to the publisher went to our pro-life charities and hopefully
did a great deal of good for Life.

Of course some of you would like refunds for the money you paid, as
you should. We do not feel right asking for the money back from
our charities, and the rest of the money is in the publisher's
pocket. So we (Jack and I) will personally pay those people back
who request a refund out of our own pockets. We just ask that you
have patience. We simply cannot afford to refund everyone at once.
As money becomes available, we will make good on our promise
though.

Those people who have already requested refunds will receive checks
within one week. Anyone requesting a refund now or in the future
will receive that within 21 days of getting the request to us.

Some of you may feel a certain relief knowing that your money went
to help Life. If you do not wish to request a refund, you do not
have to do anything. If you do wish to get a refund, please email
us at plsrefunds@gmail.com or write us at 542 N. Ashbury Ave,
Bolingbrook, IL 60440.

Now the website itself: Sadly, the bottom line is that some of the
web developers we hired for this project left our employ and
changed all of the passwords to the site. This meant that for
months we could not access the site, change the site, or post any
new information on the site. It also meant that we could not
access our list of book purchasers to notify them of the problems
we were having.

As we tried to force the new passwords from these developers, the
URL -- [url="http://www.prolifesearch.com"]http://www.prolifesearch.com[/url] -- expired, and it seems some rock and
roll site was all too ready to snatch it up because of all the
traffic we created over the past 2 years.

Legally, the site now belongs to that organization. We have tried,
but we cannot get it back.

The good news is that during our operation, through your support,
we were able to generate over $20,000 for Pro-life charities. Good
was done, and we accept responsibility (and apologize to all of
you) for a rocky wind-down to our efforts.

Of course, we also hope that we might have inspired others to come
up with their own ideas on how to blend every day activities and
our cause for Life so that those charities on the front line of the
fight have what they need to continue their good work each and
every day.

I am a little sad to have to say good-bye. But ProLifeSearch was
never about Jack and Joe. It was always about you. You are the
ones who made any good works we did possible. And for that I just
want to say Thank You.

Please go forth and continue to fight the good fight.

God bless you all,

Joe Hanley
Jack Manhire

ProLifeSearch.com, 542 N Ashbury Ave, Bolingbrook, IL 60440, USA[/quote]

[CoffeeCatholic]

so sad I wish them all the best, but i hope it pops up sooner rather than later. And someone should go *tsk tsk* the rock band- or at least find out if they're prolife.