Meditations
Respect Life Video Series: Grieving Miscarriages or Stillbirths
November 4, 2021
Members of Virginia-based A Mom’s Peace explain their ministry to families who have experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth. They help the families grieve their loss with funerals and burials among other forms of support.
Respect Life: Grieving Miscarriages or Stillbirths
October 26, 2021
We will meet mothers who have lost a child through a miscarriage or a stillbirth. They will tell us about the grieving process and how to find ongoing support. Guest Speakers: Kara Palladino, Colleen Sullivan, and Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony from A Mom’s Peace, in Virginia.
Respect Life Video Series: Reducing Gun Violence
October 25, 2021
Drawing on their experiences in parish ministry, Fathers Joe Uecker and Mike Goode lead a lively discussion on how to reduce gun violence. If you couldn’t join the presentation, you can now watch the video.
Respect Life: Strategies for Reducing Gun Violence
October 20, 2021
This Saturday, Oct. 23, Fr. Joe Uecker, CPPS, and Fr. Mike Goode, CPPS, will talk about how they confronted gun violence when they worked in parish ministry. They will help us brainstorm about what each of us can do about gun violence.
Respect Life Video Series: Abolish the Death Penalty
“Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?” is the question Jean Swymeler asked to begin her presentation on abolishing the death penalty during the third session of the Renewal Centers’ October discussion series on respect life issues. Then Connie Swymeler described her personal conversion to opposing the death penalty.
Respect Life: Time to Abolish the Death Penalty
October 12, 2021
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says the death penalty is “inadmissible” in all cases. Pope Francis has challenged all Catholics to work for its abolishment. On Oct. 16, Jean Swymeler, Connie Swymeler, and Margaret D’Huyvetter will propose ways that we can join this campaign.
Respect Life Video Series: Mothers Who Lost Children to Violence
In the second of our five-week study session on deepening our awareness of the meaning of “respect for life,” Precious Blood Sr. Donna from the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation introduces us to two women who lost their sons to violence of Chicago streets.
Respect Life: When violence claims a child
October 6, 2021
In the second of our five-week study session on respect life issues, we meet mothers who have lost children to gun violence or incarceration and how they come together for support and healing. Guest speakers: Sr. Donna Liette, C.PP.S. and members of the Mothers Circle at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation in Chicago.
Respect Life Video Series: Elder Abuse Awareness
In the first of our five-week study session on deepening our awareness of the meaning of “respect for life,” we meet Julie Kuzera and Nanna Cross of the Jane Addams Senior Caucus in Chicago, who are activists in the cause of exposing and preventing elder abuse.
Respect Life: Elder Abuse Awareness
September 28, 2021
By Fr. Ron Will
In the first of our five-week study session on deepening our awareness of the meaning of “respect for life,” we meet two activists in the cause of exposing and preventing elder abuse. Register to join us in person or online.