Our Mission Statement
To protect the sanctity of life. To become instruments in the Hands of God in preserving the lives of those most at risk by giving our time and talent whenever and wherever they are needed in our community.
Our Organizational Structure and
Activities
Four sub-committees serve as pillars for the St. Agnes Pro-Life Committee:
1. Public Information & Education
Sub-Committee:
Sponsors and conducts intensive education and promotion programs that touch all groups within our parish, including our grade school and religious education efforts. This might include arranging for interesting Pro-Life speakers and inviting all parishioners to attend.
Activities to date have included:
§ Arranging for Dr. John Morris to speak to parishioners on the Untruths concerning Embryonic Stem Cell Research
§ Arranging and coordinating with faculty members for a Spiritual Adoption Program for 8th Grade students at St. Agnes Grade School.
§ Participating in the National Right to Life Conference and advertising in their program guide.
§ Arranging for Jane Brennan, author of Motherhood Interrupted, to speak on the Evils of Abortion and the Need for Post-Abortive Healing at Holy Trinity Parish, St James Academy and St. Thomas Aquinas High School.
§ Participating in the planning of the 2nd Annual Gospel of Life Convention and creating the brochures and posters used to publicize the event.
2. Pastoral Care Sub-Committee:
Promotes, sponsors and/or supports existing pregnancy counseling units and other alternatives to abortion. This might include enlisting and arranging for parish volunteers to assist at alternative centers such as Wyandotte Pregnancy Center and Advice and Aid Pregnancy Center.
Activities to date have included:
§ Locating, purchasing, and delivering a sonogram examining table for Wyandotte Pregnancy Center
§ Implementing the Baby Bottle Boomerang Program for Wyandotte Pregnancy Center
§ Gathering gifts and setting up the Christmas Store for Wyandotte Pregnancy Center
§ Assisting the Knights of Columbus with the Annual Baby Shower for Wyandotte Pregnancy Center
3. Public Policy Program
Sub-Committee:
Through ongoing public information programs, generates public awareness of the continuing effort to establish legal protection for unborn children and those threatened by euthanasia. This might include supplying parishioners with the addresses, e-mails, and telephone numbers of their federal, state, and county representatives.
Activities to date have included:
§ Conducting the 2008 Voter Registration Drive
§ Implementing the Roses for Life Campaign to inform selected pro-abortion Kansas legislators of who the pro-life advocates are among their voting constituency
§ Implementing the Opposition to Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) Postcard mailings for Federal legislators in Washington, DC
§ Implementing the Red Envelope Campaign to inform President Obama of the number of lives that have been destroyed by abortion since enactment of Roe v. Wade.
4. Prayer & Worship Sub-Committee
Sponsors programs of prayer in the parish to pray for mothers and their unborn children and writes petitions and church bulletin announcements for Saturday and Sunday Masses.
Activities to date have included:
§ Hosting Crossroads students who were walking to Washington, DC from the West Coast
§ Participating in 40 Days for Life Prayer Campaigns
§ Creating and erecting the parish display during Respect Life month
§ Attending the monthly Pro-Life Archdiocesan Mass and praying the Rosary outside an abortion clinic
§ Participating in annual Life Chain Campaigns
§ Writing pro-life church bulletin announcements and prayer petitions
§ Serving coffee and donuts after 8 and 10 a.m. Masses in the Parish Center