Respect Life Ministry 

During the month of September, we will be joining Pray for Life in praying for mothers in need. 

The Gospel of Life: A Brief Summary (Papal Encyclical)
What To Do When a Friend Is Considering Abortion 
Serving Moms in Need: Living the Gospel of Life
A Perfect Gift
Advance Medical Directives: Planning for Your Future
Another Look at Abortion
Catholic Considerations for Our Earthly Passing
Children as Commodities
Expectant Mothers Considering Adoption
Healing Within Marriage from an Abortion
How to Build a Culture of Life
Poverty and Abortion
The Annunciation and the Gospel of Life
Serene Attentiveness to God's Creation
Seven Considerations While Navigating Infertility
Top Reasons to Oppose Assisted Suicide

* 8/27/2020-Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth asked the Supreme Court of Texas on August 20 for permission to remove Baby Tinslee Lewis’s ventilator against her mother’s will. The Second Court of Appeals issued a comprehensive ruling in July that argued the 10-Day Rule is likely unconstitutional, and Tinslee’s mother, Trinity, will likely prevail on her claims against Cook Children’s Medical Center. Despite this, the hospital continues to seek court permission to remove Tinslee’s treatment over her mother’s objection. Cook Children’s admits Tinslee will die if the judges side with the hospital. Click HERE for the full article. 
* 8/22/2020- Planned Parenthood drops suit challenging Indiana ultrasound requirement. Click HERE for the full article. 
* 8/19/2020- The City of Austin is circumventing a law passed last year by including a line item of $150,000 in the city’s budget for abortion logistical services. Click HERE for the full article. 
* 7/31/2020- Starr County officials indicated “those deemed too fragile or sick or elderly” will be among those COVID-19 patients turned away and sent back home. Click HERE for the full artic.le. 
* 6/29/2020- In a 5-4 Ruling the Supreme Court ruled against Louisiana’s 2014 “Unsafe Abortion Protection Act” which required that abortionists have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic where the abortion is performed.  This Act would have protected women’s lives in the case of an emergency.
Louisiana’s law only sought to extend a requirement to include abortionists that was already required of all other physicians in outpatient surgery settings.
Source: National Right to Life News 

Welcome!

Our mission: To help end abortion and euthanasia in the U.S. by sponsoring activities at St. Faustina to raise awareness, educating our parishioners on pro-life news, and supporting local groups that defend the unborn and protect the aging. 
For more information, please contact Elaine Polzer at respectlife@saintfaustinachurch.org

40 Days for Life

Click HERE for more information! 

Respect Life Rosary
Starting September 23, on Wednesday mornings after the 8:30 AM Mass, a group will pray outside the church around the Statue of the Unborn. 

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Catholic Bioethics: Ethics in Medicine

40 Days for Life Fall 2020 Campaign
September 23-November 1
Christian Voices for Life will be sponsoring prayer at 8200 Wednesbury Lane in Sharpstown, 8:30 AM-2:30 PM on Mondays and Thursdays.
The group will stand across the street from the medical building housing a number of doctors' offices, including an OB/GYN who does abortions 3 days a week. We are asking volunteers to commit to pray at this location one hour each week for 6 weeks. 

Previous Events:
Every Wednesday during the 40 Days for Life Campaign (in the spring and in the fall) a group will meet after 8:30 a.m. Mass at Parish Chapel . We will pray the rosary for the unborn outside of Planned Parenthood. (Spanish and English)
For more information on 40 Days for Life - Houston Coalition - click here. 
Here are some pictures from the 40 Days for Life Spring 2020 Campaign at Planned Parenthood: 


​​​In front of the Blue Bus that provides free ultrasounds and pro-life advice for women.