Participation in Pro-Life Activities
"To defend
and promote life, to show reverence and love for it,
is
a task which God entrusts to every human being."
-- Pope John Paul II, Evangelium
Vitae
Pray
that all human life will be respected from conception through natural death.
Personal Activities
Follow up on opportunities to support Pro-Life activities like the annual Life Chain, the annual commemoration of Roe v Wade at the state capital, or annual Pro-Life month activities that take place each October
Attend Pro-Life Ministry meetings
Write letters and call your state and federal legislators asking for their support in protecting the sanctity of human life.
Donate money or time to the homes for unwed mothers here in Georgia
Bring a friend to Mass and pray for the unborn
Bring a friend to the Pro-Life Ministry
Pray daily for remission from Roe v Wade, and pray for the souls of the unborn children lost to abortion
Share your feelings and beliefs with friends, family, and all you meet
Support your spouse,
children, family and friends to promote the Culture of Life.
IN
THE PARISH:
Support the parish Eucharistic Adoration program. Include Pro-Life intentions in your prayers.
AT
HOME:
Family
Rosary for Life - Pray the Rosary once a month in the home as a family
for LIFE.
Annual Pro-Life Rosary Novena (Begin on 2nd Sunday of October for nine days)
Spiritual
Adoption Program – Commit to pray for an unborn child daily.
Look for details of a parish program of spiritual adoption in the bulletin.
Contact your Senators and Representatives
Senator Johnny Isakson, 120 Russell Senate Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3643 office, (202) 228-0724 FAX
http://isakson.senate.gov/ web site
http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm web e-mail messages
Senator Saxby Chambliss, 416 Russell Senate Office Building,
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3521 office, (202) 224-0103 FAX
Email: [email protected]
http://chambliss.senate.gov web site
http://chambliss.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm web e-mail
Representative Phil Gingrey, 119 Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC 20515
202-225-2931 Office, 202-225-2944 FAX
http://gingrey.house.gov/ web site
http://www.house.gov/formgingrey/IMA/issue.htm Send web e-mail message
Representative Tom Price, 506 Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC 20515
202-225-4501 Office, 202-225-4656 FAX
http://tomprice.house.gov/ web site
http://tomprice.house.gov/html/contact_form_email.cfm Send web e-mail message
ARCHDIOCEAN
EVENTS:
-
Life Chain, followed by Exposition
of the Blessed Sacrament and Respect Life Homily
(1st Sunday in October at Christ the King Cathedral - Atlanta)
-
Archbishop’s Annual Respect Life
Mass, preceded by Rosary, followed by "Together for Life" March
(January 22nd Roe v Wade Anniversary at Shrine of Immaculate
Conception, downtown Atlanta)
PRAYER VIGILS:
Pray the Rosary outside the
Northside Women’s Clinic – Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
Pray across the street from
the Atlanta Surgi-Center - 3rd Saturday of each month.
Mass at 9am precedes the prayer vigil. Contact Larry larry@yam.
for more details.
Pastoral Activities
Support Parish and
Community groups to promote the Culture of Life.
Volunteer at area pro-life
ministries and centers. Most of them could use donations of
items like diapers, baby clothes and cribs, and financial assistance
as well as volunteered time.
47 Gramling Street S. E.
Marietta, GA 30008-2517
770-590-9361
Birthright, an inter-denominational, non-political emergency pregnancy
support organization.
P. O. Box 98361
Atlanta, GA 30359
770-451-2273
Volunteer
one hour per month - Diocesan Crisis Pregnancy hot line - calls in your
home. One day training class required.
Visit the elderly and shut-ins
in your neighborhood or at area Assisted Care Homes, Nursing Homes and
Hospitals.
Attend Fundraising Dinner
Cobb County Crisis Pregnancy.
Contribute financially to
Pro-Life Organizations, including the St. Catherine's Pro-Life Ministry
and Catholic Charities.
Support Saint Catherine's
Pro-Life Fundraising events:
Carnation Sales after Masses
on Mother’s Day Weekend in May and
October Respect Life Sunday
Weekend Bake Sale.
Education, Witness
and Public Policy
Support local, state
and national groups to promote the Culture of Life.
Become
well-informed so that you may be an effective witness for life. Encourage
your representatives to represent your views.
Sign-up
for the Saint Catherine's e-mail update for the latest news and announcements.
Read the encyclical:
Humane Vitae
Read the Pro-Life Reflections
in the bulletin.
Subscribe to respect-life
periodicals.
Write/call your U.S., Georgia
and local government officials giving witness to the Church’s pro-life
teachings.
Attend local, regional and
national pro-life conferences and the quarterly diocesan pro-life meetings.
Give your visible
witness to others in defense of life. Use Precious Feet pins, bumper stickers,
etc., as conversation starters.
For
their lives.
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