Respect Life

The mission of the Respect Life Ministry is to promote an active respect for human life at all ages and stages.  With much prayer, we work to maintain sensitivity and awareness of current human life issues, i.e., abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research and ethical medical treatment and advances, consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church. 

Click to see Bishop's page for Respect Life and action links

To this end, one of our goals is to educate, motivate and inspire parishioners so that we can further the building up of the culture of life, both within the Church and out into the wider community.  All of us are called to participate at some level because these issues affect us all. 

Please join us in a "Spiritual Adoption Program", whereby we pray for the unborn throughout the 9 months of pregnancy; pray for the care for all human life, from conception to natural death!

              

MONTH 6  – Developing Baby –      

“I’m sitting up straight now!”    Spiritual Adoption Program

Your spiritually adopted baby is developing quite beautifully now.  Her weight is approaching 2 pounds.  She sits up straight now to accommodate her internal organs which have moved into their final place in her little body.  Babies born prematurely at this time have a very good chance of surviving.  The medical advances in caring for extremely small newborn infants are extraordinary indeed.  Don’t forget to pray for your baby.  Abortion is legal through all nine months and her mom might still feel pressure to abort.


Please do not support Susan B Komen Organization and its donations to Planned Parenthood. Project Cure is supported by St. Stephen and will have a great fund-raising "Walk for the Cure" event in October, to benefit the H. Lee Moffitt Center for Cancer Research. Click here to find out more about Project Cure!

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Save the dates!  St. Stephen Prayer Vigils are scheduled for the 40 Days for Life event: October 14 and 28. You can contact the email below and also find more information on the website - There you can read the first chapter of "Unplanned" by Abby Johnson - the dramatic true story of a former Planned Parenthood leader's eye-opening journey across the life line...www.LifeNews.com

Other dates:

  • 40 Days for Life - September 28 through November 6  - Sign up to pray with the parish group October 14 and/or October 28 at the Women's Health Center, 2010 E. Fletcher Ave, Tampa 33612.
  • All-State Respect Life Conference - October 14 & 15 at St. Martha's in Sarasota: "With God All Things are Possible" For details and registration, visit the diocesan website and click on the Florida Respect Life Conference icon. or call 941-441-1101.
  • Rachel's Vinyard Retreat for post-abortion healing November 11-13 at Bethany Retreat Center (18150 Bethany Center Dr., Lutz) Click here for Bethany   Contact Emma Boe for more information (813-924-4173 or emmaboe@aol.com .  For more information about the retreat, click here.


To obtain more information or join us for Pro-Life activities,  contactRespect_Life@ststephencatholic.org