MISSION STATEMENT:
Respect Life Ministry strives to build a culture that supports and protects every human life through prayer, education and action by working to affirm the sacredness of life from the moment of conception to a natural death while also promoting the importance and sanctity of marriage and family.

INVITE and CONTACT INFORMATION:
If you would like to join in the fight to respect life from conception until natural death, please contact:
Scott Woodside: scottwoodside76@gmail.com or
Chuck Mirarchi: cpmvp1@gmail.com

For more information about pro-life issues, please visit the following websites:

Memorial for Unborn Children (VIDEO)
ENGLISH VERSION (CLICK HERE)

SPANISH VERSION (CLICK HERE)

 

EVENTS / ACTIVITIES
Our NDDLM Parish Respect Life ministry participates in many events and activities throughout the year. Some of these include:

JANUARY:

• March For Life in Washington D.C
• Diaper & Wipe Drive for Christ Child Society
• Handmade Lap Blankets for the homebound elderly

FEBRUARY:

• Handmade Lap Blankets for the homebound elderly

MARCH:

• Handmade Lap Blankets for the homebound elderly
• Rosary for Life

APRIL:

• Pancake breakfast for Ministry Awareness

MAY:

• Jersey Shore Women’s Center
• Fundraiser-Envelope Drive
• Mother’s Day prayer cards and lapel roses

JUNE:

• Mass of Remembrance & Healing
• March For Life in Trenton

JULY:

• Good Council Homes Fundraiser
• Envelope Drive

AUGUST:

• Good Council Homes Fundraiser-Envelope Drive
• Jersey Shore Women's Center annual banquet

SEPTEMBER:

• Prayer Chain @ Galloway Abortion Clinic
• 40 Days for Life Prayer Chain

OCTOBER:

• Respect Life Sunday
• Rosary for Life, Wildwood Gazebo
• Prayer Chain @ Galloway Abortion
• 40 Days for Life Prayer Chain

NOVEMBER:

• 40 Days for Life Prayer Chain

DECEMBER:

• Media Presentation - Unplanned

 

PREGNANCY RESOURCES:
Jersey Shore Women's Center >

Care Net (24 Hour hot-line) >

First Way >

Choices of the Heart >

Good Counsel Home >

The Helpers of God’s Precious Infants >

Hope Pregnancy Center >

New Jersey Right to Life >

Sidewalk Advocates for Life >

40 Days for Life >

 

GOODS and SERVICES:

Catholic Charities >

Catholic Social Services >

Christ Child Society of Cape May County >

Lazarus House Ministries >

Cape May County Social Services >

Atlantic County Department of Family >

Gloucester County social Services >

 

POST-ABORTION HEALING

Rachel's Vineyard >

 

BEREAVEMENT RESOURCES:
Bereaved Parents of the USA
Offers support and hope for bereaved parents especially newly bereaved. : www.bereavedparentsusa.org

Alive Alone
Offers support and education for parents whose only child or all children are deceased. : www.alivealone.org

Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Offers in-person connection, phone communication, care giver training and more. : www.nationalshare.org

Project Grace
Offers transformative trips that provide an opportunity to honor your child through service. : www.project-grace.org

HOPING
Offers grief support for parents who have lost a baby from conception through the first year of life.
Group meets: 1st and 3rd Mondays 7 - 9PM at Barry Brown Education Center (across from Virtua Hospital, Voorhees) Call: (609)502-7552 Ann Coyle or E-mail: acoyle@virtua.org

The Alcove
Transforming grief and loss to hope and healing. Bereavement support for children. : www.thealcove.org
356 Tilton Rd., Northfield, NJ
609-484-1133

For other support and Bereavement in the Camden Diocese:
Bereavement Ministry
Jose Rodriguez
856-756-7900