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St. Francis of Assisi Respect
Life Mission Statement
Through prayer, education, pastoral care, and legislative
efforts, the St. Francis Respect Life Committee seeks to change hearts
and minds to promote a culture of life where every person is valued and
protected from conception to natural death.
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Below are pictures from the
South Side Walk for Life that went from St Alexander's
church to Lake Katherine on Sept. 13th. This was a
fundraiser for the Women's Center. |
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Respect Life Calendar of Upcoming Events 2009-2010
November
6-7 National Catholic Bioethics Center national conference in Chicago
7 Rosary for Life 10:00 a.m. Chapel, prayer in front of Planned
Parenthood in Orland Park 10:00 a.m. - noon
19 Respect Life Committee meeting 7:30 p.m. church
All are welcome
Nov. 22 Benefit Dinner for Chicago Chastity Education Initiative
Keynote address: Francis Cardinal Arinze
Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Reception: 4:30 pm, Dinner 5:30 p.m.
For info: 312-534-5355
December
5 Rosary for Life 10:00 a.m. Chapel
12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
28 Feast of Holy Innocents
January
2 Rosary for Life in the Chapel 10:00 a.m.
22 Holy Hour for Life 7 p.m. at St. Francis
9 Chicago Archdiocese “Mass for Life” with Cardinal George
20-24 March for Life Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C.
22 37th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade-prayer vigils in Chicago
February
6 Rosary for Life in the Chapel 10 a.m.
11 St. Francis Respect Life Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.
March
6 Rosary for Life in the Chapel 10 a.m.
27 Annual “Gospel of Life” Conference with Cardinal George
April
3 Rosary for Life in the Chapel 10:00 a.m./Prayer in front of
Planned Parenthood in Orland 10-noon
May
6 St. Francis Respect Life committee meeting 7:00 p.m./ Prayer in
front of Planned Parenthood in Orland 10-noon
9 Mass for Expectant Mothers with Cardinal George
June
20 Father’s Day
Respect Life
To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, and to
recognize that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a
perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over
others…This is the death of freedom.
--- Pope John Paul II, The Gospel of Life, no. 20
Respect Life Websites
www.usccb.org/prolife/index.htm Bishops policy and
teaching
www.priestsforlife.org Catholic priests pro-life
organization
www.nchla.org
National Committee for a Human Life Amendment
www.stemcellresearch.org Coalition for Americans for
Research Ethics
www.hopeafterabortion.org
Info about abortion’s aftermath & Project Rachel
www.ehd.org
Info, pictures and movies about prenatal development
www.ncbcenter.org National Catholic Bioethics Center |