Respect Life Meeting at 7:00 pm, Monday

The next Saint Agnes Parishioners for Life Meeting will be on
Monday, January 12th at 7:00 pm in the Parish Center.
Come learn about our January Respect Life Mass, Baby Shower Drive, and trip to Washington DC!

“Every Life is a Gift” - Respect Life Mass on Sunday, January 18th at 10:30 am
The Saint Agnes Parish Community will hold our annual Respect Life Mass on Sunday, January 18th at 10:30 am at Saint Agnes Church in Arlington. Please join us as we pray for a greater respect for all human life from conception until natural death. A reception with coffee and bagels/donuts will follow in the Arlington Catholic Library immediately adjacent to the Church.  Come and join us!  If you have any questions, please e-mail saparishforlife [at] gmail.com.

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We invite you to join us and hundreds of thousands from across America as we travel from
Arlington to Washington DC for the 42nd Annual March for Life!

Affiliated with Saint Agnes and Saint Camillus parishes in Arlington, this bus trip involved 3 days/2 nights (January 21-23) with comfortable accommodations at the Hampton Inn in Silver Spring, MD.  We have planned an active "March Day" itinerary for January 22nd in our nation's capital, mixed with relaxation, fellowship, and prayer.  Ask anyone who has gone before: it's a spiritual experience you will never forget!

The cost is $239 per person (double occupancy) or $319 (single occupancy).  The bus leaves from and returns to the Saint Camillus Church parking lot (Rt. 2 Westbound Exit 57, "Dow Ave. Arlington").

For more information, contact Tom Harvey (THarveyEsq [at] aol.com) or Joe Kolb (JosKol5 [at] yahoo.com).

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Do you like to Run (or walk?)

Calling all runners and walkers… have you heard of the national organization LIFE Runners? It is the world’s largest Pro-Life Running/Walking Team with chapters in all 50 states and 17 countries! LIFE Runners pray and run (or walk) to defend Life from conception to natural death… All in Christ for Pro-Life! There are two chapters in Massachusetts (Springfield and Still River), but no Boston area chapter yet. Would you be interested in starting a Boston area chapter of LIFE Runners? E-mail Eileen Cahill at SAParishforLife [at] gmail.com. This would be a great way for all ages in our parish and our community to work and pray together to support God’s gift of life.

“All life has inestimable value even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live forever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.”

-Pope Francis

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LOCAL Natural Family Planning

Attention Married Couples!

Would you like…

• a natural, hormone-free way to postpone pregnancy?
• to start a family or have another child?
• to improve communication with your spouse?
• to learn more about church teaching on "the Theology of the Body?"
• to understand why the Bishops were so unsettled by the HHS mandate?

Natural Family Planning (NFP) is an organic, chemical-free method that is just as effective as the Pill at postponing pregnancy and nearly twice as effective as IVF for achieving pregnancy. The divorce rate among couples that practice NFP is less than 2%.

Want to learn more? Josh and Meredith Phelps are teaching a 3-class NFP series starting in January.  For sign-ups, details, or questions in the interim, please email Meredith.Phelps [at] gmail.com.

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Project Rachel
Project Rachel is a confidential Catholic outreach ministry offering healing, compassion and hope to women and men hurting from an abortion experience. People are available to listen, to answer questions, to pray for you, and to help in any way. Project Rachel can help begin the experience of forgiveness, freedom and peace waiting for you in the tender embrace of God’s love and mercy. The phone number for Project Rachel is 508-651-3100, email is help [at] ProjectRachelBoston.com, and the website is www.ProjectRachelBoston.com.  All inquiries are confidential.