Respect LiFe

NW Catholic Magazine features St. Stephen parishioners praying, marching, and meeting for Life January 22, 2018.  Click here for online article.

Patroness: Our Lady of Guadalupe
We look to Our Lady for guidance, inspiration and courage in all we do for Life.

Our mission:  We believe that it is our baptismal call to protect and defend those who cannot speak for themselves: the weak and defenseless, especially the unborn, elderly, handicapped and dying.  We foster a respect for all human life from conception through natural death.

Meeting:  Our next meeting will be held on June 1st, 2026.  This is a change in the day from the second Thursday to the first Monday of the month.  The meeting starts promptly at 7:30pm. 
Newcomers, please email [email protected] for details
For reminders of calendar-noted events, sign up for Respect Life Flocknotes
click HERE (find us under the Pro-Life heading).

In his encyclical on the Gospel of life, Pope St. John Paul II recognizes the full range of threats against human life, from poverty and malnutrition to murder and war. He places particular emphasis, however, on threats to life at its beginning and end—precisely when it is most in need of protection. In modern times, children in their mothers’ wombs and those approaching the end of their lives are certainly among the “least of these” in our world’s estimation.
Practices such as abortion and assisted suicide tragically reject the truth that human life is always to be cherished and defended with loving concern.

Pope St. John Paul II’s prophetic encyclical, let us reflect on how we personally live out the Gospel: Do I talk about and act towards others as I would talk about and treat Jesus himself ? Do I inform myself of the Church’s teachings and engage in the civic arena as first a follower of Christ? Do I support and advocate for laws and policies that protect and defend human life? Do I help pregnant and parenting mothers in need? Am I ready to support a loved one nearing death?

Through the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, may Our Lord grant us the grace to truly and courageously live his Gospel of life.