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Action Items: February 2023
1. Sign the petition asking CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid to stop selling abortion pills.
The companies have been warned by Texas and other states that dispensing pills in Texas or mailing them into the state will not be tolerated. These companies are still willing to dispense the deadly pills wherever they are legally allowed to do so. Do you want to do business with such companies?
Click here to sign the petition
2. Ask for clemency for two men scheduled to be executed in earlt March. Click here to take action
3. National petition still seeking signatures:
No Taxpayer Abortions! Tell Congress as a whole (as well as your representatives, who can be found here) that Americans do not want taxes to pay for abortions! Go to https://www.notaxpayerabortion.com/ to sign. -
Ongoing Activities
Educating the parish with bulletin items, brochures in the library and at Hospitality Sunday tables
Brochure of the Month: a particular brochure is featured in the bulletin and available in the narthex each month. A summary of the brochure is emailed to ministry leaders to share with their members. Respect Life members are encouraged to bring the brochure of the month to the regular meetings of the other ministries they participate in. See link on the left.
Rosary for the Preborn: On the second Sunday of the month, after the 11am Mass, parishioners are invited to join Respect Life Members and the Knights of Columbus in praying a rosary for an end to abortion. We gather in the Rosary Garden outside the Ave Maria Family Life Center. In case of rain, we will pray under the roof outside the front door of the center.
Please sign up to lead a decade here .
Gabriel Project: to help pregnant women in need. Volunteer "Angels" are trained and matched to help women referred to us by the central phone contact at the diocese. For more information please contact Barbara Pane at 281-277-1356 or [email protected]
Project Rachel and Rachel's Vineyard: informing about and referring to the Diocesan programs for post-abortive women.
Spiritual Adoption program: In late August, parishioners are invited to spiritually adopt a newly conceived child who is in danger of abortion, and say a short prayer for the child each day. The development of the child is followed with monthly announcements in the bulletin, and a poster on display on the 4th Sunday of the month. The program concludes with a baby shower to benefit the Gabriel Project in May. (Proceeds from the shower are shared with other parishes.) See link on the left.
Prayer outside abortion facility in southwest Houston: 8200 Wednesbury Lane. Christian Voices for Life sponsors prayer year round. Der. Nosaville is still doing abortion referrals and ultrasounds. Prayer on the sidewalk, with signs referring women to Option Line is still valuable. A sign can be provided to you so you can go at your convenience. See https://christianvoicesforlife.org/sidewalk-advocacy
Seasonal Activities:January: assembly of 400 crosses on the church lawn, prayer at the crosses on January 22. Participation in the Texas Rally for Life in Austin is encouraged. A video of the 2021 Rally is available here. Next date: Jan 28, 2023.
April: Participating in the Baby Bottle Boomerang fundraiser for the Pregnancy Resource Medical Center.
May: tag line for baby item donations for the Gabriel Project
Carnation Sale on Mother's DayJuly: Natural Family Planning Awareness by NFP teachers, Jacob and Jillian Counts
August: Mass of Remembrance of Children Lost in the Womb(regular Wed 6:30 Mass near feast of the Assumption)
Beginning of Spiritual Adoption Program- daily prayer for a child in danger of abortion.
October: Participation in Life Chain on the fourth Sunday of October
December: Christmas card project in cooperation with St. Laurence school toprovide Christmas cards to prisoners.