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Respect Life

About Respect Life

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The Office of Peace, Justice / Respect Life works to promote respect for human life from conception to natural death, to bring about a conversion of heart and mind to be open to God's special gift of life. A consistent ethic of life reflects the Church's firm conviction of the dignity of each and every person. Created in the image and likeness of God, every person is unique and special. Each of us has a responsibility to God, to self and to others to nurture, protect and sustain life at all stages.

The Office of Peace, Justice / Respect Life Activities follows the United States Bishop’s Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities – A Campaign in Support of Life. A consistent ethic of life reflects the Church's firm conviction of the dignity of each and every human life.

Varied Respect Life Groups may focus their energy on one particular aspect of life, however, all do so in the context of the Church's mission to uphold the dignity of life at all stages of life.

News and Announcements

The U.S. Bishops' 2001 Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities calls upon the Church - its people, services, and institutions - to pursue the cause of human life & dignity in four major areas. The Office of Peace, Justice/ Respect Life in the Diocese of Raleigh recommends that parishes try to be involved in each of these four areas of the Pastoral Plan:

  1. Education to deepen understanding of the sanctity of human life and the humanity of unborn children, the moral evil of intentionally killing innocent human beings — whether at the beginning of life or at its end — and the mission of the Church to witness to and serve all human life.
  2. Pastoral Care for women with problems related to pregnancy; for all who have been involved in abortion; for those who are disabled, sick, and dying, and their families and caregivers; for those who have lost loved ones to violent crime; and for those in prison sentenced to death.
  3. Public Policy efforts directed to restoring legal protection to the lives of unborn children, those suffering from injustices due to societal systems, those living in poverty, and those vulnerable to pressures to end their lives by assisted suicide, and to providing morally acceptable alternatives to abortion and assisted suicide.
  4. Prayer and Worship directed to participation in the sacramental life of the Church and in programs of communal and individual prayer, to pray for the culture of life.

Contact

Respect Life Office
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh, Inc.
715 Nazareth St.
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: 919-821-9751
Email: jurski@raldioc.org