Catholics for Life
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Promoting the Culture of Life through Prayer, Education, & Action
The Catholic Church has a wealth of teaching on life issues. Catholics for Life strive to pass on the beauty of these teachings through prayer, education, and action. -
Mission Statement
As Catholics for Life we:
- Entrust to Mary, bright dawn of the new world and Mother of the living, the cause of life
- Vow to proclaim the Gospel of Life with honesty and love to the people of our time
- Accept the Gospel of Life as a gift ever new
- Celebrate the Gospel of Life with gratitude throughout our lives, and
- Bear witness to the Gospel of Life resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love.
All this we do to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.
(Adapted from Evangelium Vitae, Saint John Paul)
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40 Days For Life - Downers Grove Vigil
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Learn about UNPLANNED
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Events
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October 19 - October 20
Help Moms in need by bringing your Shower Gifts to any Mass the weekend of 10/19-20Read More -
Sunday, October 27, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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January 23, 6:00 AM - January 25
Please pray for our Youth as they represent St. Joseph's Church of Downers Grove at this year's March For Life in Washington DC...because we are all Unique From Day One!Read More
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QUOTES
A person's a person, no matter how small.
~ Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who ~
Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love,
but to use violence to get what they want.
That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.
~ Blessed Mother Teresa ~
The profound moral question is not, "Do they [murderers] deserve to die?"
but "Do we deserve to kill them?"
~ Sister Helen Prejean ~
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Supporting documents
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Extreme Abortion Bills In Springfield
Can’t believe that the abortion bills in Illinois are all that bad? You’re sure that it’s just hype, and everything will be fine? Read the HB2495 bill for yourself at http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2495lv.htm and decide if you agree with this summary:
All restrictions on abortion are removed. Only the "pregnant individual" (they removed "mother" and "woman" from the definitions!) can decide (at any age--parental notification is revoked), all abortion statistics are now secret (no FOIA requests), doctors can't be disciplined for abortions on women who aren't even pregnant, and coroners can't investigate deaths at abortion clinics (women or children).
House Bill 2467 & Senate Bill 1594- Repeals Illinois Parental Notification of Abortion Act. This current law requires a parent or legal guardian be notified when a minor seeks an abortion.
House Bill 2495 & Senate Bill 1942
- Repeals the current state ban on partial-birth abortions.
- Defines abortion as a fundamental right.
- Removes abortion clinics from regulations for serious medical procedures.
- Removes the requirement that only doctors can perform abortions.
Links for Parishioners
More information!:
- See the Supporting Document above left: Spring 2019 Illinois Abortion Bills
- Go to the Pro-Life Action League website
- Go to the Illinois Right to Life website