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Pregnancy Care Center of south east indiana
The Pregnancy Care Center offers free pregnancy tests and ultrasound scans to determine if you are pregnant, verify that your pregnancy is viable, and measure how many weeks along you are. If you think you might be pregnant, making an appointment for a pregnancy test and ultrasound scan is an important first step.
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rachel's vineyard
Rachel's Vineyard weekends for healing after abortion are offered throughout the year in locations across the United States and Canada, with additional sites around the world. Rachel’s Vineyard is a ministry of Priests for Life
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American Life Leauge
In a nutshell, American Life League is a 501©(3) organization co-founded in 1979 by Judie Brown and nine other dedicated pro-life Americans. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life education organization in the United States. ALL is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death. It is rooted in pro-life integrity that stands up for every innocent human being whose life is threatened by what Pope John Paul II called “the culture of death.” That ranges from the single cell human embryo to the elderly, the infirm and others at risk of having their life terminated by acts of euthanasia. The pro-life position notes that neither abortion nor euthanasia can ever be medically necessary or morally permitted.
http://www.all.org/
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MISSION
The mission of the Pro-Life Ministry is to promote a “culture of life” where all people are regarded as sacred gifts from God from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death.
PURPOSE
The Pro-Life Ministry seeks to spread the Catholic Church’s teachings on issues that are pervasive threats to human life, such as: abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and capital punishment. In so doing, it seeks to protect all stages of human life and to promote human dignity. It does this by implementing the efforts of the U.S. Bishop’s Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities, which include: prayer, educational events, awareness of public policy, campaigns and charitable activities.
ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Listed below are some of the ongoing activities at St. Nicholas and volunteer opportunities:
Life Chain: A one-hour nationwide prayer vigil and visual display of support for life. Mass-produced signs with positive messages supporting life are passed out to those who want participate and pray for an end to abortion. It is held along State Route 101 and 350 in Milan.
40 Days for Life: A prayerful, peaceful gathering outside of Planned Parenthood facility on Auburn Avenue in Cincinnati. Prayers are offered up for pregnant women seeking abortions to choose life for their unborn babies. This campaign runs in the Fall and Spring for 40 Days. Look for more information in our parish bulletin, or contact Laraine Kraus for more information – 812-623-5059.
March for Life: An annual pro-life rally held in Washington D.C. on January 22, the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling of Roe vs. Wade. Each year two bus loads of students and adults travel to Washington DC to participate the annual March for Life. See our bulletin for details or contact the Parish Office – 812-623-2964. Pilgrimage for Life Brochure.
Annual Catholic Pro Life Dinner: An annual fundraising dinner featuring a keynote speaker. Please contact the parish office to attend or for further information – 812-623-2964.
Other Resources:
www.catholicvote.com
www.politicalresponsibility.com
www.faithfulcitizenship.org
www.catholicvote.org
www.catholicweb.com
www.prayercampaign.org
www.prolife.com
www.nrlc.org
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Preists for Life
Priests for Life has come to signify two distinct but related movements within the wider pro-life movement.
On one level, as described below, Priests for Life refers to a very specific effort to galvanize the clergy to preach, teach, and mobilize their people more effectively in the effort to end abortion and euthanasia.
On another level, Priests for Life represents a family of ministries that reach and enrich every aspect of the pro-life movement, for clergy and laity alike, in a wide variety of activities. This has come to pass precisely because priests are not ordained for themselves, but for the people. So in activating clergy, we are activating all the segments of the Church, the pro-life movement, and the wider society in the defense of life.
We refer to this wider family of ministries as Gospel of Life Ministries, to indicate that what unites them all is the Gospel of Life, the good news that life is victorious over death!