Prayer at PP & Respect Life at Saint Agnes

Saturday Morning Prayer at Planned Parenthood

Saint Agnes Parish is continuing its hour of prayer in front of Planned Parenthood on Saturday mornings from 7:00-8:00 am.  If you would like to carpool, meet at 6:30 am in the Saint Agnes School parking lot.  We return to Arlington by 8:30 a.m.  If you have questions, please e-mail Eileen Cahill at SAParishforLife@gmail.com.  We have been told by the devoted sidewalk counselors how much they appreciate having us there praying when they arrive.  They need help and support.  Please join this effort.  Once you go and pray with others, you gain more confidence and it gets easier.  Join us; prayer is the faithful's most powerful tool!

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Saint Agnes Parishioners for Life Meeting

The next Parishioners for Life Meeting will be Monday, April 11th at 7:00 pm in the Saint Agnes Parish Center. All in the community are welcome to join. If you are interested in helping with our work, but can’t make the meeting, please e-mail SAParishforLife@gmail.com so we can keep you informed of local prolife activity.

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Pro Life Legal Defense Fund (PLLDF) Fundraiser
The Pro Life Legal Defense Fund (PLLDF) invites you to celebrate with other supporters of life at its annual Century Dinner. This year, PLLDF founder and Massachusetts pro-life icon Roy R. Scarpato will be presented with the Thomas More Award for his outstanding pro-life contributions for 40-plus years.


The dinner is on Friday evening, April 22nd, at the Boston Marriott in Newton, MA. For more information, please contact PLLDF at 617-969-8383 or info@plldf.org. Visit PLLDF’s website at http://PLLDF.org. The ticket cost is $125. Sponsorships for pro-life law students are available.

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National Respect Life T-shirt Day: April 22, 2016
Your chance to bear witness to life in solidarity with others is coming on April 22! Do you have a respectful t-shirt that promotes life? If not, there are many places to get one, here is just one shopping site. A small handful of respect life t-shirts will be available at Sunday coffee hour for sale, $10 each until they are gone.

Things to remember on Respect Life T-shirt Day:

• Wear a smile, not a scowl.
• Carry a joyful message, not one of condemnation.
• Remember that this is not about you, and it’s not about “winning.” You can only bear witness; God alone can change hearts.
• Don’t descend into politics. Respect for life transcends politics. You can recommend Laudato Si and not just Humanae Vitae!
• Carry a big dose of humility – you do not know another person’s experience.
• Respect Life T-shirt Day is about sharing a message of mercy (Year of Mercy), hope, respect for all creation – especially in this case – human life, and support for those who are in need.  It is not about arguing over your t-shirt.
• Pray, and don’t forget to mention Project Rachel.

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

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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 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.

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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.

“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-