Events

October is Respect Life Month!

See below for a list of  Respect Life Events and happenings this month of October!

October 5 – 6 | Mass

We launch Respect Life month with Respect Life Sunday. Our ministry will be handing out prayer cards after mass!

October 19 | March for Life

Northwest Families March for Life at St. Theresa Parish’s Dolan Center, 455 N Benton, Palatine, IL. For more information, CLICK HERE.

October 20 – 22 | 40 hours of Perpetual Adoration

40 hours of perpetual adoration for life! Join us in offering 40 straight hours of prayer for those who have suffered from or are affected by the horrors of abortion. Guardians are needed for one-hour shifts. Please REGISTER HERE.

October 22 – 30 | Novena

The Respect Life Novena begins! This novena prays for the protection of human life, with a different pro-life prayer intention each day. CLICK HERE to subscribe to receive daily prayers via email, or download a printable Novena HERE.

October 29 | Donuts after Mass

Meet members of the Respect Life Ministry after mass in the Gathering Place for donuts and conversations!

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Right now, we live in a society that rejects those who are weak, fragile, or vulnerable. Yet it is precisely within these conditions that a person is in need  of our care and protection. Pope Francis reminds us that “every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who even before he was born, and then just after birth, experienced the world’s rejection.”

The U.S. Bishops have affirmed that, while it is important to address all the ways in which human life is threatened, “abortion remains our preeminent priority as it directly attacks our most vulnerable brothers and sisters, destroying more than a million lives each year in our country alone.” Jesus gave his very flesh to give us the gift of eternal life. We experience this gift when we celebrate the Eucharist. May we work to ensure that each person has life — and has it in abundance. (https://www.usccb.org/resources/rlp-24-reflection.pdf)