Join us in praying the Novena for Life beginning October 13th! Click here for the Novena-for-Life Pdf!

“I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. …But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. …The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.”

--Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium vitae, no. 99. © 1995, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

Join Catholics around the country as we pray a Novena for Life, starting on Friday, October 13th. Copies of the Novena for Life were in the bulletins the weekend of 10/1 or you can download the Pdf here. Thank you for joining us in praying for life at every stage.

WHY ARE WE PRO-LIFE?

Copies of Why We’re Pro-Life by Trent Horn, published by Catholic Answers Press, are available in each of our churches. It is a beautifully written statement on why unborn life is undeniably human and should be afforded the rights of all humans. Please take a copy for your family.

PASTA DINNER AND OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

COME AND MEET OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, Patroness of the Unborn and of the Americas. All parishioners are invited to join the Pro-Life Ministry’s Respect Life Month pasta supper and movie event on Saturday, October 14th after the 4:00pm Mass at St. Francis in Belfast. Enjoy a meal with fellow parishioners and learn about the apparitions of Our Lady to Juan Diego nearly 500 years ago and their meaning for us today. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. Donations gladly accepted at the event to benefit future events and doings of the Pro-Life Ministry. Posters in each church provide RSVP information. Please RSVP by October 9th with name and number of people coming.  For carpooling opportunities at St. Bernard see Armelle Sigaud, for Our Lady of Good Hope see Paulette Spera.Questions (or to rsvp): Contact Maureen Rispoli at momeuse89@gmail.com.