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Our Goal “You must change the hearts of people before you can change their minds.” The goal of the Saint Agnes Pro-Life Committee is to develop a greater respect for all human life from the moment of conception until natural death. We are a newly formed group that, through education and prayer, is working to encourage people who already consider themselves pro-life to become more active in the pro-life community. We also want to provide information to people who are neutral to pro-life issues to awaken them to the importance of these matters so that we may foster a community that truly respects all human life. The Pro-Life Committee meets monthly at the St. Agnes Parish Center. Dates and times of the meetings will be announced in the Sunday bulletin. “Helpers of God’s Precious Infants” Rosary Prayer for Life A group of Saint Agnes parishioners join with others to pray the Rosary outside of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Brookline on the second Saturday of every month. The group departs from the Saint Agnes parking lot at 7:15 a.m. to attend an 8 a.m. Mass at Saint Mary’s Church in Brookline before joining with others from “Helpers of God’s Precious Infants” to pray the Rosary outside of the Planned Parenthood clinic. For more information, please contact Jerry Crowley at 781-643-2783. Upcoming Events Fifth Annual Respect Life Mass – There will be a special Respect Life Mass celebrated at St. Agnes Church on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.. Please join us at the Mass as we pray for a greater respect for all human life from conception until natural death. A reception will follow the Mass in the Msgr. Linnehan Library adjacent to St. Agnes Church. The Outreach/Evangelization Committee will be meeting Wednesday, January 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the parish center. Relevant Website Links
Archdiocese of Boston Pro-Life Office: http://www.rcab.org/ProLife/HomePage.html “The Pro-Life Office for the Archdiocese of Boston has a singular mission that expresses itself in multifaceted dimensions. The single focus is to reflect the love of Jesus Christ for all persons across the life span from the first moments of new life in the womb until natural death. Archdiocese of Boston – Project Rachel: “Entrusted in a special way with the mission to share the compassionate love of Jesus Christ for all people, Project Rachel is a ministry of healing and reconciliation for post-abortion women and men.”
Archdiocese of Boston Office of Religious Education Respect for Life and Human Sexuality Program for Teens: http://www.rcab.org/Education/RFL/HomePage.html The Office of Religious Education is very pleased to once again offer our Respect for Life Speaker Program to address our students, along with their parents and teachers, on our Catholic beliefs and teachings regarding Respect for Life and Respect for Human Sexuality: Chastity.
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops – Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities “We proclaim that human life is a precious gift from God; that each person who receives this gift has responsibilities toward God, self and others; and that society, through its laws and social institutions, must protect and nurture human life at every stage of its existence.”
Massachusetts Citizens for Life “The mission of Massachusetts Citizens For Life, Inc. is to promote the respect for human life and to defend the right to life of all human beings, born and unborn. We will influence public policy at the local, state and national levels through comprehensive educational, legislative, political and charitable activities.”
National Right to Life “The ultimate goal of the National Right to Life Committee is to restore legal protection to innocent human life. The primary interest of the National Right to Life Committee and its members has been the abortion controversy; however, it is also concerned with related matters of medical ethics which relate to the right to life issues of euthanasia and infanticide.”
Priests For Life
American Life League “Every man and woman is uniquely created in the image and likeness of God and deserves respect from the time life begins at fertilization.”
Massachusetts Choose Life The purpose of Massachusetts Choose Life is to create a specialty license plate with the slogan "Choose Life." Proceeds from this plate will benefit maternity homes and pregnancy crisis centers who offer adoption as an alternative to abortion
Euthanasia.com WebsiteThis website provides information for research on euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, living wills and mercy killing. “We are committed to the fundamental belief that the intentional killing of another person is wrong. We have deep sympathy for those people who are suffering.”
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