Respect Life
Our ministry promotes Life from natural conception until natural death through prayer, education, legislation, and pastoral programs. The encyclical that governs our ministry is Pope St. John Paul II’s Gospel of Life and his Theology of the Body is promoted as a source of education. We implement the pastoral plan for Pro-Life activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Specific dates and prayers are provided to us through the USCCB and the Atlanta Archdiocese Respect Life Director’s office. The Respect Life Ministry works to build a culture that cherishes and respects every human life.
“Many of the people who look forward to a long life put off doing good works, since they think that they will have plenty of time before they die. As for me, I prefer to be among those who consider that they have no time to lose if they wish to give God all the glory that they can before they die.”
-St. Margaret of Hungary
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
A very good Catholic Social Teaching presentation was shown during the National Council of Catholic Women’s (NCCW) quarterly meeting via Zoom last week by Deacon Joe Mullin from Savannah who is working on his doctorate in Catholic Social Teaching because as he stated, “It is not being done.” He used this clip from the 1954 Academy Award winning movie, On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden as Father Barry. Father Barry was based on an actual Jesuit priest named John M. Corridan, known as the “waterfront priest” who worked to combat labor corruption in NYC. This clip is the best I have seen. It is called “The Sermon on the Docks.” Enjoy!
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