Respect Life Month

Each year, Catholic communities all over the U.S. celebrate 'Respect Life Sunday' on the first Sunday in October and continue to observe Respect Life Month throughout October.
This is an opportunity to consider more deeply why every human life is valuable and to reflect on ways in which we can build a culture that promotes life from conception to naturual death.  We accomplish this through education & awareness of life issues, prayer, service and political advocacy.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) assists Catholics by providing Respect LIfe resources for parishes, schools, youth and young adults and other ministries.  This year, the USCCB asks us to be inspired by St. Joseph, defender of life.  

For more information about Respect Life Month, visit respectlife.org/respect-life-month 
For the October Monthly Prayer Guide, visit:  https://www.respectlife.org/monthly-prayer-guides  
For the October "Word of Life" newletter, visit:  https://www.usccb.org/resources/word-of-life-2021-10.pdf

'I have come that they may have life and have it to the full'

I am convinced, after almost 65 years on this earth, that all of the problems impacting us in this world of ours derive from a single root cause: the failure to “respect life in all its stages, from conception to natural death.”

Abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment; acts of terror and war; escalating crime; violence and wanton killing of innocents; domestic and sexual abuse; drugs and gang crimes; the immigration crisis; poverty and inequality; discrimination and injustice; racism and hatred; breakdown of the family; blatant disregard for the environment — these are all “life issues” because they tear at the most basic obligation of every human: to respect life.  Think about it for a moment.

To read the Bishop's message in full, click here.
 

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