October is Respect Life Month!
Every October, the Church in the U.S. celebrates Respect Life Month, and Respect Life Sunday, which this year is Sunday, October 5. We reflect on the gift of every human life and how to build a culture that protects life from conception to natural death. To assist in this effort, resources for Parishes are available here.
Join thousands of Catholics praying a Respect Life Month novena Wednesday, October 22 – Thursday, October 30.
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Respect Life Ministry is dedicated to transforming today’s culture of death into a culture of life. Pope John Paul II’s encyclical The Gospel of Life provides hope and inspiration in the promotion of respect for all life, from fertilization to natural death.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops` Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life, provides a framework for the ministry, following the Catholic tradition of prayer, study/education and action, including pastoral care and legislative advocacy. Respect Life Ministry focuses on life and death issues involving the beginning of life, end of life, capital punishment and legislative action on the parish, diocesan, state and national levels.
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