Greetings,

 

             Welcome to Respect Life Month and Respect Life Sunday October 5th, 2014. 

   The Rosary and Adoration for Life Prayer Campaign welcomes all to visit parishes in the diocese to pray for all life. Please see the calendar in the box below for Respect Life month prayer opportunities. 

 
"We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly." Saint John Paul ll
                                                                        

Respect Life

 

 

View or download the October Calendar to see which parish is having 
Eucharistic Adoration and Rosary for Life each day.
 

A Bittersweet Bucket List

 

By Deirdre McQuade


 

Usually when people say that a goal is on their "bucket list" it means that sometime in the as-yet-unplanned, perhaps even distant, future, they'll hopefully get around to doing something they always wanted to do before they die: memory-making, picture-taking adventures like hang-gliding, traveling to an exotic land, or even writing one's first novel.

 

But today I learned about a very different bucket list. Dan and Jenna Haley, young, faith-filled parents from Philadelphia, are expecting their first-born child next month. In April, they learned that their son, Shane Michael, has anencephaly which means that he is missing parts of his brain and possibly skull, and so is not expected to live long. Depending on the severity of his condition, doctors say he may survive as little as a few hours or may live over a year. To celebrate him during Jenna's pregnancy, they crafted a bucket list of their own favorite things to do. In a local news story, Dan said: "Most families wait until their baby is born to start making memories and traveling to places with them. We...knew that our time with our son could be very limited, so we wanted to make the most of the time that we had with him."  Read more

 

 
 Respect Life Contest 2015
This years Respect Life Program theme  
"Each Of Us Is A Masterpiece Of God's Creation"
To view the winners of last years Respect Life Contest or for more information visit: www.respectlife.drvc.org

Masterpieces of God's Creation by Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley
 

Letting Mercy Himself  flow through and heal our hurting souls.


 

Days of Prayer and Healing for those suffering from abortion.  

Please e-mail the Sisters of Life at hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org or call toll-free at 866-575-0075 for more information

 

September 20, 2014

October 11, 2014

November 15, 2014

January 17, 2015

February 14, 2015

March 21, 2015

May 2, 2015

June 6, 2015

 

Experience Divine Mercy Letting Mercy Himself Flow through & heal our hurting souls


A PILGRIMAGE FOR HEALING AFTER ABORTION
TO THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF DIVINE MERCY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014
Feast Day of St. Faustina 

For further details & information:
Sr. Mary Teresa, SV, 866-575-0075 (hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org)

Virginia Corbett, RN 646-794-3187 (Virginia.corbett@archny.org)

Sponsored by: Family Life + Respect Life Office, NY Archdiocese & the Sisters of Life

 UPCOMING EVENTS

 

L I COALITION FOR LIFE PRESENTS:

17th Annual Stand Up For Life 

Sunday, October 5, 2014, 2:00-3:30 PM

At two locations: Along Route 110 and Route 25, Huntington, LI
and
SUFL, East - LIE, Exit 70S, County Rd. 111, Manorville, LI

More Information

 


Maternity/Act of Kindness Program for Advent
The Respect Life Office's annual Advent program helps support young mothers in maternity homes on Long Island who have chosen life.


March for Life 2015

We all are God's children, made in his image and likeness, and that wherever 

life was threatened - violence, poverty, hunger, discrimination, abortion 

- God's People defend it.

Come to Washington DC for the 42nd Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. 

Join us to witness to life."The birth of every child changes the world; let every 

child be born for a better world". 

More Information
 

Life Matters - All Year Long

 
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DEUS CARITAS EST ...  GOD IS LOVE

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED MISSION TO SERVE LIFE! 

   

Allison O'Brien, Director

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

Diana Tellis, Ministry/Dept. Assistant

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Ashley Foster, Part Time Assistant 

Haylee Greenwood, Respect Life Office Volunteer

    
  
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RESPECT LIFE OFFICE

50 North Park Ave.

F: (516) 536-3473

Rockville Ctr., NY 11570

P: (516) 678-5800

Exts.626 & 381

 


 

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CALENDAR
September

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Annual Mass For Deceased Children

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Ministry of Consolation Training-Part I Fall 2014

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 Liturgy and Lunch
October

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RESPECT LIFE MONTH BEGINS
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Bereavement Ministry Course Offering: Part 1

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Bulletin Inserts - For Parish Respect Life
 

    

 WORD OF LIFE
  
Word of Life Palabra de Vida 

 

 

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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 (click here)

Please include these in your Sunday Bulletin.