Respect Life
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Documents
- Ten Things You Can Do to Help Prevent Abortions
- Prayer for Respect for Life
- Respect Life Mission Activities Volunteer Jobs
- Rosary for the Preborn (2nd Sunday)
- Prolife Stations of the Cross (booklet)
- Instructions to make prayer booklets
- Life is Sacred Rosary
- Family Rosary for Life (booklet)
- Pro-Life Rosary with colors
- Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Catholics-Care-Catholics-Vote
- Spiritual Adoption
- Pro-Life Prayer Suggestions
- Prayers for Abortion Clinic Setting (booklet)
- Helpers Prayer Booklet - Joyful Myst
- Helpers Prayer Booklet - Sorrowful Myst
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Contact Us
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Marie McCoyMarieChristianVoicesforLife.orgCoordinator
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Be sure to check out the Brochure of the Month and the Spiritual Adoption update for the month! (See Submenu on the right.)
RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY
If you need help with a crisis pregnancy see information here.
Respect Life means to recognize every human person as a special creation of God, made in His image, and to value every human life from the moment of conception to natural death. -
Respect Life Emails
To sign up to get Respect Life emails about actions needed, activities and volunteer opportunities, go to the Membership page on the list on the right.
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Calendar
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Read MoreSunday, October 13, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
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Sunday, October 27Click on title to go to Spiritual Adoption page for update.Read More
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Sunday, October 27, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PMPick up a sign at St. Laurence and bring to the block assigned to our church. We will stand along the road to show our beliefs to those passing by.Read More
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Read MoreSunday, November 10, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
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Sunday, November 24Click on title to go to Spiritual Adoption page for update.Read More
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Action Items - See Activities Page
1. Abortion is a life-death issue, not a quality of life issue. It kills children and deeply wounds women - and men. It is the most critical issue to consider in voting decisions. Read "The Challenge of Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship", available in the list of documents on the right. Encourage your friends and family to vote for government leaders and bills that will promote life!
2. Ask for clemency for prisoners scheduled for the death penalty.
Click HERE to go to Activities page -
The Sad Reality
On January 22, 1973 abortion was made legal in our country. Since then there have been over 60 million abortions. Every day there were about 2,700 abortions in the U.S, and over 100,000 world wide. In Fort Bend County, there were about 25 abortions every week, about one for every 6 births. In Harris County, there were about 50 abortions every day. If we do not do something, if we do not stand up for those who cannot stand up on their own, who will?
The reversal of Roe v. Wade has allowed Texas to ban abortion. Pregnant women will still be abandoned, however, by their partners or parents and pregnancy centers will be needed to help them, with probably more women in need of help than before. Abortion will still be a temptation by traveling to other states, by purchasing abortion pills online, or even by accessing local doctors who may continue to do abortions illegally.In addition to the children killed by abortion, additional millions of children have lost their lives from "emergency" and hormonal contraception, when a new life begins but the child is prevented from implanting in the uterus to obtain nutrition from mom.
Even more millions of children have also been created by way of In Vitro Fertilization and then discarded, donated to research (to die) or frozen indefinitely. These children are still created by God, in His image, and for His purpose. Reproductive technology treats children as products to be manufactured, with "extra" embryos as disposable by-products of the production of one wanted child, rather than respecting the human dignity of every child. Only a fraction of the children created with IVF can expect to be born.
Please consider including pro-life organizations in your charitable giving.
Some suggestions: Pregnancy Resource Medical Center of Fort Bend
Option Line / Heartbeat InternationalCrisis Pregnancy? We are here to help! If you are in need of help or you know of someone who needs help in getting through a pregnancy, here are three great resources that will help you out right now:
The Option Line, a national hotline for those is crisis pregnancy, operates 24/7, English & Spanish:
1-800-712-HELP, www.Optionline.org
Pregnancy Resource Medical Center at 4411 Ave N, Rosenberg , is available to help at 281-232-2375. www.prmcfortbend.orgGabriel Project Helpline is 713-225-5826. This number is answered during business hours and women are referred to the nearest parish with a Gabriel Project - such as St. Laurence.
Suffering after abortion? God has never stopped loving you! He understands, forgives, and offers healing. Healing ministries are available:
Rachel Project: call 713-741-8728 at the Archdiocese. Saturday Days of Reflection, Rachel's Vineyard weekend retreats, and weekly support groups are offered
periodically. National web site: www.hopeafterabortion.com
Pregnancy Resource Medical Center is also available tohelp at 281-232-2375. www.prmcfortbend.org
A national directory of post-abortion help is available atwww.abortionrecovery.org, or call the Option Line at 1-800-712-HELP
Rachel's Vineyard - www.rachelsvineyard.org 1-877-467-3463offers weekend retreats
Speakers Available: Marie McCoy, the Respect Life Coordinator, is available as a speaker on life topics. She has been involved in the pro-life movement for over 35 years, and served as Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center for about 14 years. She would be happy to speak to any church or community group, at no charge.
Other speakers are also available from the Pregnancy Resource Medical Center, the Archdiocesan offices, and other organizations.Respect Life Volunteer Positions
Many opportunities are available to help or to take responsibility for individual activities or projects.
Prayer for Respect of LifeDear Father, Creator of all Life,
Please give those who are faced with the temptation of abortion the support, the courage, the grace they need to choose life for their child. Help all who have participated in choosing abortion come to know your healing and generous mercy.
I ask that you grant those involved in performing or promoting abortions a conversion of heart and the courage to cease their involvement. Please help us to respect the dignity of all our brothers and sisters, in every circumstance. We pray that proper respect will be shown to immigrants, to prisoners, to those who are severely ill or burdened with handicaps, and to the elderly who are nearing the end of their lives.
Please open my own heart to follow whatever way you are calling me
to help build a culture of life. Amen.The Documents section on the left side of this page has a document with 4 copies of this prayer to a page.