Additional information on Right to Life Prayers, Holy Hours & Masses is available from the Diocese of Providence web site and event calendar.


Links to respect life events in the Diocese of Providence


Links:
Rachel's Vineyard helps women and men seeking God's mercy after an abortion. Rachel's Vineyard provides individual attention and a retreat experience where participants walk hand in hand with others on the road of healing.

Elliot Institute: Article How To Put Compassion In Pro-Life Politics by David Reardon Ph.d. Good news for Pro-Life politicians looking for better answers to disarm their "Pro-Choice" opponents.


Couple to Couple League providing resources for natural family planning [NFP].


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The Office of Life and Family Ministry presents a weekly TV program that touches upon all life-related issues. The program consists of interview segments and the new “teaching moment” segments presented by diocesan clergy. It airs on the following channels: Cox 14, Verizon 33, and Full Channel 14 each Wednesday at 9:30am and 9:30pm. For more information regarding this program, contact Carol Owens at 421-7833 ext. 118 or…e-mail: rl.outreach@dioceseofprovidence.org

January 6 Fr. John C. Codega ~ “Sacrament of Marriage”
January 13 Msgr. Anthony Mancini ~ “Christian Charity”
January 20 Fr. Robert P. Perron ~ “Social Justice”
January 27 Fr. Timothy D. Reilly ~ (Sacrament of Anointing)
February 3 Fr. John P. Soares ~ “Campus Ministry”
February 10 Life & Family Events (Up-Coming Events)
February 17 St. Matthias Ministry ~ (Peter Magnotta/Kathy McKeon)
February 24 Fr. Nicanor Austriaco ~ (Stem-cell Research)
March 3 Fr.Michael J. McMahon ~ “Faithful Citizenship”
March 10 Fr. Gregory P. Stowe ~ (Theology of the Body)
March 17 Providence College Students ~ (Life on Campus)
March 24 Ecology ~ (William Patenaude)

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A look at Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion from the Providence Journal, Sunday, November 29, 2009 By Richard C. Dujardin

Prof. Paul Gondreau, who teaches courses on marriage and early church history at Providence College was quoted in a Providence Journal article. Gondreau, who has taught extensively on the natural law writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, acknowledges that some medieval scholars, including Aquinas, had theorized that a human embryo might not acquire its human soul until 40 days after conception. But he said Aquinas and others would be aghast to see that theory used to justify abortion since they, too, saw abortion as wrong, beginning at conception.

Gondreau says that notwithstanding philosophers’ questions on when the soul enters the body, the life in the womb must always be protected and treated with respect.

“The pro-choice argument operates on the assumption that it is not a human being, but they have no way of proving that.

“That’s important because if a hunter in a forest sees an object moving in front of him, he certainly shouldn’t shoot unless he’s sure it’s an animal, not a man. If you don’t know, you have to give it the benefit of the doubt.”
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