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Newsletter
SCB Respect for Life Ministry Newsletter January 2020
January 19 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday Rachel Rosary after 11:30 Mass
http://bluehillscollaborative-org.tryradiuswebtools.com/media/1/The-Rachel-Rosary.pdf
January 21-29 90 Days for Life Novena
https://www.respectlife.org/9-days-for-life
January 22 Day of Prayer for Legal Protection of Unborn Children
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/prayers/prolife-prayers.cfm
January 25 Louisiana March for Life in Baton Rouge at Louisiana State Capitol
Chartered Bus from St. Edward the Confessor For info call Yvette Fouchi at 504-874-9225
https://prolifelouisiana.org/louisiana-life-march-south/
February 3 Covenant House Meal Service
Volunteer to cook and/or serve meal from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
February 7 Human Trafficking Prayer Service at St. Edward the Confessor
Confession 5:00 pm; Rosary 5:30 Mass 6:00 pm 6:45 Prayer service
Talk by Beth Salcedo of Free Indeed Home and Donation Drive
Gift cards to Rouses, Target, Walmart; Toiletries and household cleaning products
Drop off to Parish Office by February 6
February 8 Human Trafficking Symposium University of Holy Cross
9 am to 4 pm
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/a-light-in-the-darkness-human-trafficking-symposium
March 7 Born to Run at Lakefront for Women’s New Life Clinic
8:30 am half mile fun run; 9:00 am 5K walk/run Register online to be on SCB team
https://www.classy.org/event/born-to-run-new-orleans/e263651
April 5 Rachel Rosary after 11:30 a.m. Mass for Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat
April 17-19
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/healing-after-abortion
April 13 Respect for Life Ministry Team Meeting 7:00 pm
April 21 Human Trafficking Basic Training at St. Charles Borromeo 6:30 pm
Training includes red flags of HT, how to report it, & how to fight HT.
Attendance is free & limited to those 18 years of age & older
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/archdiocesan-human-trafficking-committee
April 27 Covenant House Meal Service
Second Saturday Sidewalk Presence prayer vigil at Planned Parenthood/Gen. Pershing
February 8, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13 9:00 -10:30 am
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/sidewalk-presence-ministry
Join our Prayer Team ~ Under Her Mantle
For the homebound/those who cannot attend meetings/events, e-mail
Archdiocese Respect Life Office to join the prayer team.
https://respectlife.arch-no.org/under-her-mantle-prayer-team
For more information or to join our Respect for Life Ministry,
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Respect for Life Ministry Upcoming Events
Sanctity of Human Life Sunday - January 19, 2020
Sunday, January 19 is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (SOHLS). SOHLS postcards will be available in the Church pews to remind everyone of the need to pray and act for LIFE!
Rachel Rosary Sunday, January 19, following 11:30 Mass, at Memorial to the Unborn
We invite all parishioners to join us in praying this special Rosary for the intentions of those affected by abortion. http://bluehillscollaborative-org.tryradiuswebtools.com/media/1/The-Rachel-Rosary.pdf
Day of Prayer for Legal Protection of the Unborn - January 22
Novena "9 Days for Life" January 21-29
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is sponsoring a Novena "9 Days for Life" on January 21-29. We encourage everyone to participate in praying this Novena for Life. For more information, see https://www.respectlife.org/9-days-for-life
Louisiana Life March South Saturday, January 25
https://prolifelouisiana.org/LALifeMarch
Chartered Bus from St. Edward the Confessor (Metairie) leaves St. Edward January 25 at 7:45 am sharp. Price $15 per seat. Bring your own lunch and beverages. For more info, call Yvette Fouchi at 504-874-9225. Sign up form posted on parish website.
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Guidelines from the Catholic Catechism
2258 Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being.
2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.
2323 Because it should be treated as a person from conception, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed like every other human being.
2324 Intentional euthanasia, whatever its forms or motives, is murder. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator.
2319 Every human life, from the moment of conception until death, is sacred because the human person has been willed for its own sake in the image and likeness of the living and Holy God.
All human beings, from their mothers' womb, belong to God who searches them and knows them, who forms them and knits them together with his own hands, who gazes on them when they are tiny shapeless embryos and already sees in them the adults of tomorrow whose days are numbered and whose vocation is even now written in the Book of Life. John Paul II