Respect Life
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Respect Life Committee
Mission Statement | Respect Life Events | Life Links| Committee Minutes
Life Issues | Life Scholarship
"Whatever is opposed to life itself, such as any type of murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia, or wilful self-destruction, whatever violates the integrity of the human person, such as mutililation, torments inflicted on body or mind, attempts to coerce the will itself; whatever insults human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children; as well as disgraceful working conditions, where people are treated as mere instruments of gain rather than as free and responsible persons; all these things and others like them are infamies indeed. They poison human society, and they do more harm to those who practice them than those who suffer from the injury. Moreover, they are a supreme dishonor to the Creator." [Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Evangelium Vitae, pp 3, quoting Gaudium et Spes, 22.]
Mission Statement
Respect Life Events
Life Links
We have collected information about organizations and charities that serve our community on a variety of life issues.
Advocacy and Educational Resources:
Pregnancy and Parenting Resources:
Alpha Women's Center of Grand Rapids
HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid, Inc. is a Catholic, non-profit organization which is dedicated to helping pregnant women, regardless of faith, origin or background, carry their babies to term by offering them support and alternatives to abortion.
A charity dedicated to assisting pregnant women with practical and emotional support, including supplies, clothing, and help finding medical, legal, educational, counseling, financial and social assistance.
Committee Minutes
Life Issues
Life Scholarship
This section contains links to various source documents and sites collecting the Church's teaching on life issues.
Papal Encyclical "The Gospel of Life" by Pope John Paul II. In this encyclical, Pope John Paul II addresses each of the main life issues confronting modern society.
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September 5, 2010 (Parish Bulletin)