October is Respect Life Month! As part of our month long efforts to help the unborn, our Respect Life Committee is teaming up with Morning Star Pregnancy Center and hosting the annual Baby Bottle Campaign. We will have the Baby Bottles available in the narthex starting October 2 and they will remain there for the entire month of October. Please return your donations and Baby Bottles anytime. There will be contactless bins in the narthex for both available bottles and returning bottles/donations.

We are so grateful, and we truly blessed, to be able to participate once again in this fundraising effort of such a vital ministry for our times. Thank you for your prayers and financial support through the Baby Bottle Campaign!

If you are interested in joining our Respect Life Committee, please contact Joel Santolla at
joelsantolla@gmail.com.
 

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

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.