March for Life, and other Life News

Today, hundreds of thousands people from across America are gathering in Washington DC to affirm and pray for each person's right to his or her own life.

Please take a minute out of your day to offer a prayer to God the Creator of Life, that we might be better able to stand in awe of His creation, especially through our care for the Unborn, the poor, the elderly, and all those whose dignity we most often fail to recognize.

We also pray that God would forgive and heal our callousness, in the ways that we each contribute to this social sin through neglect, indifference, and prejudice.

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Can't make it to Washington DC?

Massachsuetts Citizens for Life is holding an

"Assembly for Life" on Sunday, January 24th

2:00-4:00 pm, Faneuil Hall in Boston

Click here for more Information

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Saint Agnes Parishioners for Life

will also be hosting a "Baby Shower"

on the weekends of

January 16-17 and January 23-24

for the needs of mothers and their babies.

A crib will be placed at the front of church to accept

your donations on these weekends.

Please make monetary donations in the form of a check, payable to "Fund for the Unborn."

See flyer below for specific needs.  While we accept donations throughout the year, we are asking for new items during the Baby Shower in order to give nice gifts to mothers in need of a real, welcoming, and supportive baby shower.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and kindness!

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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 (99%) 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%.

Do you want to learn more?  Josh and Meredith Phelps are certified teachers of a 3-class NFP series offered in our locale!  For sign-ups, details, or questions about dates, please email Meredith.Phelps [at] gmail.com.

For more information about NFP available from the diocese, you can checkout this webpage, or this brochure.

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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.

How can we be PRO-life every day?

By maintaining a positive attitude towards others,

appreciating the unique person that God has created in each individual,

reaching out in kindness and compassion,

praying for the unborn, disabled and elderly,

and giving alms to the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable in our society.

“Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for Me.”Matthew 25:40