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Action Items: September 2023
1. Respond to distortion of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
On August 11, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a proposed regulation mandating that employers accommodate workers’ abortions. This is a distortion of the intention of the law, which was to protect pregnant women in the workplace.
Click here for more details and to respond
2. Ask for clemency for men scheduled to be executed in the coming month. Click here to take action
3. National petition still seeking signatures:
No Taxpayer Abortions! Tell Congress as a whole (as well as your representatives, who can be found here) that Americans do not want taxes to pay for abortions! Go to https://www.notaxpayerabortion.com/ to sign. -
Ongoing Activities
Educating the parish with bulletin items, brochures in the library and at Hospitality Sunday tables
Brochure of the Month: a particular brochure is featured in the bulletin and available in the narthex each month. A summary of the brochure is emailed to ministry leaders to share with their members. Respect Life members are encouraged to bring the brochure of the month to the regular meetings of the other ministries they participate in. See link on the left.
Rosary for the Preborn: On the second Sunday of the month, after the 11am Mass, parishioners are invited to join Respect Life Members and the Knights of Columbus in praying a rosary for an end to abortion. We gather in the Rosary Garden outside the Ave Maria Family Life Center. In case of rain, we will pray under the roof outside the front door of the center.
Please sign up to lead a decade here .
Gabriel Project: to help pregnant women in need. Volunteer "Angels" are trained and matched to help women referred to us by the central phone contact at the diocese. For more information please contact Sylvia Gutierrez, [email protected],
281-980-9812
Project Rachel and Rachel's Vineyard: informing about and referring to the Diocesan programs for post-abortive women.
Spiritual Adoption program: In late August, parishioners are invited to spiritually adopt a newly conceived child who is in danger of abortion, and say a short prayer for the child each day. The development of the child is followed with monthly announcements in the bulletin, and a poster on display on the 4th Sunday of the month. The program concludes with a baby shower to benefit the Gabriel Project in May. (Proceeds from the shower are shared with other parishes.) See link on the left.
Seasonal Activities:
January: assembly of 400 crosses on the church lawn, prayer at the crosses on January 22. Participation in the Texas Rally for Life in Austin is encouraged. A video of the 2021 Rally is available here. Next date: Jan 27, 2024.
April: Participating in the Baby Bottle Boomerang fundraiser for the
Pregnancy Resource Medical Center.
May: tag line for baby item donations for the Gabriel Project
Carnation Sale on Mother's Day
August: Mass of Remembrance of Children Lost in the Womb(regular Wed 6:30 Mass near feast of the Assumption)
Beginning of Spiritual Adoption Program- daily prayer for a child in danger of abortion.
October: Participation in Life Chain on the fourth Sunday of October:
next date: Oct 22, 2023.