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The OLS-SA Respect Life Ministry hosts a Zoom Meeting at 6:45 pm every Wednesday to pray the rosary for an end to both abortion and the coronavirus pandemic. For more information, and a link to the online meeting, click the article title.

As the new year begins, there are many issues in society that challenge our Catholic moral and social teachings. Opposition to abortion remains our ‘pre-eminent priority. During the month of January when we acknowledge the 48th anniversary of the fateful Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, I invite the clergy, religious, and faithful of the Diocese of Trenton to join in a common prayerful response to end abortion. Click the article title for some suggestions.

March for Life’s Annual Rose Dinner Gala—a pro-life event benefiting the March for Life Education and Defense Fund—is going virtual! The event will take place online at 7 pm on Friday, January 29. The program will feature a variety of pro-life voices and organizations working to build a culture of life. Among them will be Tim Tebow,a two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick, and Heisman Trophy winner; Fr, Mike Schmitz, and Carl Anderson.

Lent will be here soon and before you know it, we will be celebrating the Risen Lord. What will you do during those 40 days leading up to Easter to foster your relationship with the Lord? Click the article title for a suggestion.

The overflowing joy of the participants in the annual March for Life “charges the batteries” of all pro-life Americans. No pro-life Americans should miss out on this experience, so this year, the rally and pre-rally shows will be covered virtually! Click the article title for a link to the registration (free) to receive the link to the live-streamed events.

Pray and fast on the first Friday of each month remaining in 2020 to attain equal rights for babies in the womb. Click the article title for more information.

The Respect Life Ministry of OLS-SA is hosting a group rosary at an online Zoom conference every Wednesday evening at 6:45 PM. We invite everyone to join us in praying this rosary as a group for the express intention of an end to abortion. At this time, we are also including an intention to end the Covid-19 pandemic. Click the article title for contact information and details.

There is a bill currently before the state legislature that would permit abortions for any reason for all nine months of pregnancy, eliminate conscience protections for medical professionals, require taxpayers to pay for the abortions whether or not they have moral objections, and prohibit the adoption of future laws that conflict with any provision of this bill. Please click the article title to find and use the link to make your objection to this bill known to your legislators.

Check out the Family & Pro-Life News Briefs for September, 2020, on our Respect Life page, under Documents. This news brief includes articles on the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children, A Better Way to Plan Your Family, a condensed statement from the US Catholic Bishops, two articles on college, one on Respect Life Month, a short article on the US Birth Rate, and an article on "Jesus, Son of an Unwed Mom."

Click the article title to see an abridged version of the bishop's message on the obligation to participate in shaping the moral character of our society.

PRAY! St. Gregory the Great parish invites you to join in their efforts as either a Sidewalk Advocate, or a Prayer Warrior at church or at home. Our OLS-SA Respect Life group participated with St. Gregory the Great parish's pro-life prayer vigil last Spring, and welcomes the invitation to join them in continuing efforts to end the scourge of abortion.

Effective October 1, parish meetings may resume, with standard protocols for social distancing and a few additional guidelines. Click the article title for details.

Twenty-three human rights groups, including two medical associations, have requested that the abortion pill (mifepristone, or Mifeprex) be banned as an imminent danger to public health. Click the article title for more information.

This article is not telling you who to vote for, but does provide some information on one of the candidates that you need to know before your decision. Click the article title to see.

Pray and fast on the first Friday of each month remaining in 2020 to attain equal rights for babies in the womb. The first goal is to pass the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (A-2228/S429), which will ban abortion after 20 weeks post fertilization. The science is clear that by 20 weeks babies in the womb feel pain. For a link to details and more information, click the article title.

Join us in prayer for our nation, from August 15 through October 7. Our nation is in desperate need of prayer, as all Catholics can agree. This is your chance to join a huge undertaking, from the comfort of your own home, in your own time. Click the article title for more information.

“A just law is a code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.” [Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., 4/16/1963]

Do you know someone who is carrying the grief of a past abortion? There is always hope. The pain and sorrow of abortion does not need to endure for a lifetime. A “Day of Prayer and Healing” offers the opportunity to experience the love and mercy of God and to respond to His invitation to begin the journey of healing the wound of abortion. Click the article title for more information.

July 19-25, 2020, the dates of National Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week, highlight the anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (July 25), which articulates Catholic beliefs about human sexuality, married love, and responsible parenthood. Very helpful information about the benefits of NFP, how it works, and its effectiveness, is available at the www.usccb.org website.

The Supreme recently upheld, by a 7-2 decision, an executive order that protected the Little Sisters of the Poor from being forced to pay for abortion-causing drugs under their health insurance plan. Abortion advocates have spent years trying to force Sisters to fund abortions.