Mission Statement:  The Respect Life Committee of Saint Joseph Parish is dedicated to prayer, education, discussion and action in promoting the truths of the Gospel of Life.  Our mission is to help our parish grow in the awareness of the sanctity of all life, from conception to natural death, and to live out the Gospel in addressing issues that compromise human dignity.  We are committed to observing and promoting the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Respect Life Committee meets monthly.  To participate or for more information, contact:  Deacon Steven Auchey, deaconsteven@stjosephmech.org or 717-766-9433.
 

Our committee led this novena in January 2021, but you can pray it any time!  

Novena Prayers and Reflections

Study the bishops’ pastoral letter against racism with us.  Open Wide Our Hearts
 

Thank you for taking home a baby bottle for the annual Baby Bottle Campaign for Morning Star Pregnancy Services.  We are so grateful, and we truly rejoice (“Gaudete”), to be able to participate once again in this fundraising effort of such a vital ministry for our times.  Thank you for your financial support through the Baby Bottle Campaign!

Bottles can be returned before any Mass and during the weekdays, our Church is open from 6:30AM until 3:00 PM. Bottles can be returned in the narthex or at the Parish Office in the silver drop box outside the Parish Office front door.  

If you would prefer to mail in your check, please make it payable to Morning Star, you can mail directly to them at their New Cumberland location: 
Morning Star Pregnancy Services
503 Bridge Street
New Cumberland, PA  17070  

If you find you are unable to contribute at this time and have a bottle to return, please return the bottle to the bin or drop box.  

Thank you again for your continued support - we are so grateful!!!

Did you know? 80% of women who are considering an abortion choose LIFE after having an ultrasound! This is why, at Morning Star, we call ultrasounds a “window into the womb”. A mother and father are able to see their child - sometimes as early as just 6 weeks into the pregnancy. Life can no longer be denied. 
In 2017 Morning Star performed 607 ultrasounds and in 2019 performed 1,447 ultrasounds - a 138% increase! And now, our new Harrisburg clinic, which opened November 2020, features an additional ultrasound room enabling Morning Star to provide up to an additional 1,000 ultrasounds each year. 

You can support Morning Star’s powerful, life-giving service of providing free ultrasounds to abortion-vulnerable mothers and fathers in our community by donating to Morning Star at www.SupportMorningStar.com.

You can also follow Morning Star on Facebook at Facebook.com/SupportMorningStar.

God of all creation,
through Jesus, your Son,
You created man and woman
in your own image and likeness,
to live and love as the crown of your creation.
Move our hearts to cherish the precious gift of life
at every stage and in every condition.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.