RESPECT LIFE

  

PASTORAL CARE

 

Recent Activities

 

Oct. 20 ‘02     Collection For Birthright – Children in all of the Sacred Heart CCD

                      classes participated in a collection at all masses for items needed

                      by disadvantaged expectant mothers served by Birthright in 

                      Danbury.

 

Dec. 6 ’03      Fund-raising Banquet for Expectant Mother Care Defense – 

                      Promoted and participated in this effort to raise funds to allow

                      director Chris Slattery to keep leasing several GE 4D Ultrasound 

                      machines, which provide expectant mothers with dramatic and 

                      beautiful images of their fetus and have been instrumental in

                      having many of these mothers choose life for their babies. 

 

Upcoming Activities

 

March-April    Organizing a Sacred Heart event in support of the work of the

                      Expectant Mother Care Defense organization.

 

March-April    Organizing another Collection effort to benefit Birthright in Danbury

 

 

Links for More Information

 

www.hopeafterabortion.com            Information about abortion’s aftermath and

                                                      Project Rachel, the Church’s post-abortion

                                                      ministry, includes local contact information.

 

www.birthright.org     Birthright provides positive and loving alternatives to abortion

                                 with many services including friendship and emotional

                                 support, free pregnancy tests, legal, medical, and financial

                                 assistance, assistance with housing, referral to social 

                                 agencies, and maternity and baby clothes. 800 550-4900

 

www.thehelpline.org  America’s Crisis Pregnancy Helpline - A national hotline 

                                  resource that helps people find their local CPC or maternity

                                  home, and offers counseling and education over the phone.

                                  800 676-BABY-6 

 

www.bethany.org    Bethany Christian Services offers crisis pregnancy help.

                                800 238 4269

 

www.care-net.org    CareNet is a Ministry of Care for Women in Crisis

                                 800 395 HELP

 

www.expectantmothercare.org   Expectant Mother Care (EMC) is a family-like

                                                    non-profit counseling service for young girls and

                                                    women caught in an untimely pregnancy or in a

                                                    cycle of promiscuity or post-abortion syndrome.
 


www.goodcounselhomes.com
    
www.goodcounselhomes.org
    Good Counsel Homes offer referrals for anyone

                                                  from around the country, and assist pregnant,

                                                  mentally ill and/or drug addicted women.

                                                        800 723-8331  

 

 

www.nurturingnetwork.org   The Nurturing Network’s 32,000 volunteer member

                                             resources nationwide provide individually tailored

                                             practical support to college and working women with

                                             unplanned pregnancies including counseling,

                                             medical, residential, educational, employment and

                                             financial resources. 800 TNN-4MOM

 

www.severalsourcesfd.org   Several Sources Foundation runs shelters for  

                                             mothers and their babies. 800 NO ABORT