St. Joseph's joined Catholics across the country in Eucharistic Adoration from 6pm Nov 30 - 7am Dec 1. In the overnight hours before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the landmark pro-life case, Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health, over 50 people prayed before the Blessed Sacrament.
Our pastor, Fr. Al, opened Adoration in prayer which continued throughout the night concluding at 7am with Benediction, blessing, Mass and Litany with Fr. Les.
Please continue to pray that God's will be done and lives are saved and healed!
St. Joseph's Parish is looking to fill the Sundays of the 40 Days for Life 2022 Spring Campaign. Please consider signing up for 1 hour of prayer on any or each Sunday.
9 Days for Life is a novena for the protection of human life.
Each day’s intention is accompanied by a short reflection and suggested actions to help build a culture of life.
As Catholics for Life we:
All this we do to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.
(Adapted from Evangelium Vitae, Saint John Paul)
The profound moral question is not, "Do they [murderers]
deserve to die?" but
"Do we deserve to kill them?"
~ Sister Helen Prejean ~
"A person's a person, no matter
how small."
~ Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who ~
Any country that accepts abortion
is not teaching its people to love,
but to use violence to get
what they want.
That is why the greatest
destroyer of love and peace
is abortion.
~ Blessed Mother Teresa ~
Can’t believe that the abortion bills in Illinois are all that bad? You’re sure that it’s just hype, and everything will be fine? Read the HB2495 bill for yourself at http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2495lv.htm and decide if you agree with this summary:
All restrictions on abortion are removed. Only the "pregnant individual" (they removed "mother" and "woman" from the definitions!) can decide (at any age--parental notification is revoked), all abortion statistics are now secret (no FOIA requests), doctors can't be disciplined for abortions on women who aren't even pregnant, and coroners can't investigate deaths at abortion clinics (women or children).
House Bill 2467 & Senate Bill 1594
House Bill 2495 & Senate Bill 1942
Links for Parishioners
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