October 2012                                                                         Issue No. 21

Greetings and welcome to October, Respect Life Month!!

 

  "Only a love that seeks to serve those most in need, whatever the personal  cost to us, is strong enough to overcome a culture of death and build a civilization worthy of human beings made in God's image." 

                                                                        - Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo

                                                                        Chair USCCB Pro-Life Committee

 

Now during Respect Life Month, we can answer the call to Belong More Deeply to God and one another as we begin the Year of Faith 

together. For Respect Life Sunday on October 7th, and during the month, there are many opportunites to participate in Respect for Life activities. Respect Life Materialsand Respect Life programs and projects are specially designed to educate and raise awareness by supporting and promoting the sanctity of all Life, from the moment of conception through natural death. Respect Life programs can also assist those in need. If you know of someone touched by abortion loss, Project Rachel a healing ministry,can offer hope and healing after abortion .

A Respect Life Workshop a including Natural Family Planning informational overview will be given for those interested in learing more about NFP.

For questions or assistance on Respect Life concerns please contact us at drvc.org/respectlife. and Thank you for all you do to promote, protect and Respect Life!
 Should you wish to participate in a Holy Hour, Novena for Life  or wish to learn more and take action about Religious Liberty and Faithful Citizenship you can. You also might consider attending Rosary and Adoration for Life at one of the 50 participating parishes in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, over 29 days offering 91 opportunities to prayerfully support Life .The 11th Annual Diocesan Respect Life Youth Contest currently underway welcomes youth to express their voice on Respect Life Concerns. You can Register Now for a SPIRITUAL ADOPTION CAMPAIGN and prayerfully support an unborn child and if you like you can Contact US NOW for your collection boxes that support the Maternity Advent "Act of Kindness Project".
Help Protect Religious Liberty
 
  
The Diocese of Rockville Centre joins with LOng Island Citizens for Religious Liberty, a non-partisan group of concerned citizens dedicated to the protection and promotion of the First Amendment right to the free exercise of religious belief, to work against the federal government's rule, issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, requiring religious organizations to buy, or subsidize, products and services that violate their religious beliefs and moral consciences ("the HHS mandate.")  (More)
Belong More Deeply!
In the Spotlight
  The Ministry of Inclusion in our Parishes and Diocese:

Panelists will discus: Faith Formation for Children with Special Needs, Masses for Persons with Special Needs, Respite and Family Support, Advocacy, Participation in Ministry, Faith and Light Prayer Groups, and the HEC Retreat Weekend.

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Church of the Holy Cross, Nesconset, NY  from 9 am- 12:30 PM

Each Parish is encouraged to send at least one representative. Registration is required by Friday, October 5! 

               Visitwww.drvc-faith.org to register online. (more)




*  HUNTINGTON, NY                                 * Rockville Centre, NY
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 at 7PM       Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at 10 AM
 

                           

Once again we are delighted to have this opportunity to meet with you on Respect Life Concerns, discuss the office agenda, goals, new Programs and Projects, and/or help you start a committee in your parish or help enhance your current Respect Life programs. As an important part of Respect Life Concerns, and in light of Church teaching, Respect Life will be hosting a

 

Natural Family Planning Informational Overview

with

Guest Speaker

JAMEY HUTCHINSON RN,BSN FCP 

 Fertility Care Educator

 

1.Who should come?

 

 

Anyone currently involved in NFP presentations, Marriage Prep Facilitators, and volunteers. Those interested in how NFP works and its benefits. Those interested in spreading NFP information to their parish and local community.

 2. What is NFP? 

NFP, Natural Family Planning is based upon a couple's knowledge and understanding of the naturally-occurring phases of fertility and infertility within a woman's system. Only NFP preserves and protects the full truth and beauty of married sexuality as God intended: a union that is full, free, faithful, and fruitful.  With NFP, fertility is observed as a part of health, not disease.  It is a system that is specifically not a natural contraceptive.  These principles make this system distinctly different from contraception, artificial or natural. Couples who practice NFP understand the biology and the theology of their bodies and can successfully promote or postpone pregnancy.

REGISTRAION FOR NFP INFORMATIONAL OVERVIEW

 

Respect Life Workshop

Thursday October 25, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Seminary of the Immaculate Conception and Monday

October 20th, 10:00am Rockville Centre

 

 

 

More information on NFP, and registration for NFP classes in the Diocese of Rockville Centre can be found in the 

Diocese of Rockville Centre Faith Formation Marriage Office.    

           Please note: This is not a class on how to use NFP.

 

Please register below for either session. For more information regarding the NFP Informational Overview or Respect Life concerns please contact the Respect Life Office at 516-678-5800 ext. 626 or visit us atdrvc.org/respectlife 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Word of Life/Palabra de Vida
 
ENGLISH                                           ESPAŅOL  
Liturgical Prayers for Life - including a Prayer for a Mother Before Childbirth and prayer to the blessed Virgin Mary for an expectant Mother.
"Blessing for a child in the Womb" to buy go (click here) Please include these in your Sunday bulletin.

DEUS CARITAS EST .... GOD IS LOVE

 

                  THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 

 
Allison O'Brien RN, Director

S. Elizabeth A. Geraghty, CSJ Project Rachel Ministry Coordinator

Haylee Greenwood, Respect Life Office volunteer

Danielle Natorski, Part Time Assisistant

Diana Tellis, Ministry/Dept. Assistant 

Post-Abortion Information | Marriage | Natural Family Planning
 | BereavementBaby Safe Havens LocationsMission StatementMaternity Residences | Crisis Pregnancy Centers | Respect Life Concerns 
 
 
Respect Life Office

(516) 678-5800

Exts 626 & 381

Project Rachel Ext 623

 

QUICK LINKS

 

The Vatican

Pope2you  

U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops

NY Catholic Conference 

National Catholic Bioethics Ctr.

Faithful Citizenship

Archdiocese of NY

Diocese of Brooklyn

Diocese of Rockville Centre

Catholic Charities

Seminary of the Immaculate Conception

Hope After Abortion

Gianna Center - Catholic infertility intervention

Chastity

Generation Life

 Pregnant - Need Help?Catholic Guardian Society and Home Bureau

Catholic Answers

Guys For Life Int'l

Lifeteen 

Stem for Life Foundation 

 

SPECIAL NEEDS 

 National Apostolate for Inclusion Ministry 

National Catholic Partnership on Disability

Trisomy 13 

Be Not Afraid

 

 

 

CALENDAR
 

OCT

 

 

 

 Respect Life Month Begins 

 

01

  

 

05

  

Deadline

Maternity- Advent

Project 

 

Worldwide Children's & Teens' Eucharistic Holy Hour,      Franklin Sq.

 

 06

 

 

 

06

  

 

06 

Celebrating Inclusion Awareness!We are One Flock, Hauppauge

 

A Witness of Love Against a Culture of Death, Dix Hills 

 

Prayer Vigil for Life, Smithtown

07

 

 

07

 

 

 

16

 

 

  

 

25

 

 

 

29

 

Respect Life Sunday

  

 

Stand Up for Life, Huntington & Manorville

 

 

Liturgy & Social for Couples Hoping for Children,St. Gerard Majella, Pt. Jefferson 7-9 PM Registration (516) 621-8300

Ext 37

 

Respect Life Workshop, Huntington, NY

 

 

Respect Life Workshop, RVC, NY  

 

 

 

Spiritual Adoption Program

 

Respect Life Awards 2012
Respect Life Awards 2012

  

March  for Life 2012 

 

Project Rachel
Project Rachel
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