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Respect Life

Ray Martin

Life Resources:

Our Respect Life Ministry’s Mission:

  • Provide opportunities for parishioners to encounter God’s teaching on the dignity of life from conception to natural death.
  • Our children, to cultivate a love for life by sharing the truth that God has a special plan and purpose for each soul.
  • Strive to change the hearts of those who support abortion, euthanasia and other threats to life.
  • Provide resources to those facing challenges in saying “yes” to life.
  • Keep the faithful informed on civil movements that endanger the dignity of life.
  • Collaborate with other apostolates that support the dignity of life, such as foster care, elder care, infertility care, miscarriage and child loss ministers, special needs advocacy, and other vulnerable populations.

Events:

  • Life Chain: A nationwide witness on the first Sunday in October organized by Kansans for Life to give witness to the dignity of and right to life.
  • 40 DAYS FOR LIFE:  Ascension commits to two days of standing vigil in front of abortion businesses  to peacefully pray to end the injustice of abortion. www.40daysforlife.com/overlandpark.  
  • Pack N Play Collections: collection of baby clothing and items to benefit mothers in need at the Olathe Pregnancy Clinic. 
  • Feeding volunteers at Olathe & Wyandotte Pregnancy clinics to show our appreciation what they do on our behalf
  • The Rose Project: praying and acknowledging families in our parish who are expecting, adopting, hoping for a child, or have lost a child. 
  • Rose for Life Campaign:  Roses are passed out to parishioners after Masses with the request to send to our state legislators to show our support for life.
  • Baby Bottle Boomerang: change collection coordinated by Two Lanes Pregnancy Clinic to support its expecting women in need. 
  • Two Lanes Pregnancy Walk: Parishioner and school families form a team to raise money and walk together at Two Lanes Pregnancy Clinic.
  • Ignite/Kansas March for Life: bring a group to the annual Kansas Mass, March and rally organized by the Archdioceean’s Pro Life Office
  • Pro-Life Dinners: We host tables at the annual dinners for the local pregnancy centers.  

Ongoing Events:

To join our ministry or support one of our events, you can contact Cathy Madrid at cathyfmadrid@gmail.com

Links to other ministries:

“Hear me and understand well, my son the least, that nothing should frighten or grieve you. Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything.“— Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego

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