The Respect Life Committee prays and works to increase an awareness and respect for all human life from conception to natural death.

Community engagement, activism, and prayer are used to strengthen the culture of life among the community of Saint Bridget, the greater Richmond area and beyond.

Respect Life Events

Respect Life Month: Novena, Adoration, March in D.C.

Posted on December 12, 2018 in: General News

Novena: 9 Days for Life

One of the simplest ways our parish can unite during Respect Life Month is joining in prayer. Praying a Novena is an extremely accessible, yet powerful way to pray for a specific intention. To participate in our parish-wide Novena for Life, all you need to do is pray the designated prayer once a day, for nine days in a row, starting January 14th, and ending January 22nd. Click HERE to a reminder each day of the Novena.

Respect Life Holy Hour

Spending time in front of our Lord in the Eucharist is a wonderful opportunity for quiet prayer and reflection. On January 15th at 6:30 p.m. we will have Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

March for Life

Looking to head to D.C. this year for the annual March for Life? It will be held on Friday, January 18th. There will be seats to reserve on one of two shuttle buses but spaces are limited (or you can drive separately). Logistics listed below:

The Saint Edward's bus will be stopping at the Saint Bridget access road by the Middle School for pick-up at 8:30 a.m. You would need to be at Saint Bridget no later than 8:15 a.m. to leave time to check in. To reserve a seat on this bus, please contact bus captain Tony Hackenburg directly at tjhack@hotmail.com.

There will also be a bus that departs from the Columbian Center; people will need to meet at 7:45 a.m. for an 8 a.m. departure from the Pump Road location. You will then travel to the Pastoral Center to meet with the Southside bus, and depart DC at 4-4:30 p.m. To reserve a seat on this bus contact Darius, the captain for the Columbian Center bus, at dmyaz@verizon.net.

When signing up, please provide a mobile phone number.

Respect Life Announcements

Pro-Life Family Healthcare

Dignitas Health is specifically dedicated to providing healthcare that upholds the sanctity of life, the dignity of women, and the sacredness of human sexuality. NaProTechnology is used to treat infertility and women's health. Contact Dignitas Health at info@choosedignitas.com, or call 804.442.7794 for more information.

Pro Life Documents

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	Saint Bridget Respect Life Committee: Mission Statement	Download
	Healing Within Marriage After Abortion	Download

Pro Life Links and Organizations

Virginia Society for Human Life ...
Our role is to educate and inform Virginians on life issues and to lead the way in actions to promote the sanctity of life through legislative change.
Silent No More ...
Silent No More Awareness is a Campaign whereby Christians make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women and men. The campaign seeks to expose and heal the secrecy and silence surrounding the emotional and physical pain of abortion.
Sidewalk Advocates for Life ...
Our mission is to train, equip, and support local communities across the United States and the world in “sidewalk advocacy”: to be the hands and feet of Christ, offering loving, life-affirming alternatives to all present at the abortion center, thereby eliminating demand and ending abortion.
Commonwealth Catholic Charities ...
For over 90 years, Commonwealth Catholic Charities has worked to ease human suffering and restore, hope, dignity, and opportunity for Virginians. We provide help to families seeking food and shelter. We offer compassion to seniors and those with disabilities who are isolated and alone. We provide children and teens with loving foster homes. We provide assistance to refugee families fleeing persecution. The mission of Commonwealth Catholic Charities is to provide quality, compassionate human services to all people, especially the most vulnerable, regardless of faith. The vision of Commonwealth Catholic Charities is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and build communities through faith and service.
Virginia Catholic Conference ...
The Virginia Catholic Conference is the public policy advocacy organization representing Virginia's two Catholic Bishops, Francis DiLorenzo, Diocese of Richmond, and Paul Loverde, Diocese of Arlington, and their dioceses in matters before the Virginia General Assembly, the U.S. Congress, and the state and federal administrations and their agencies
The Center for Marriage, Family, and Life ...
Provides access to important resources to all individuals within the Diocesan footprint who seek the physical, spiritual and emotional support to manage through various life transitions and stages. A particular emphasis is placed on providing tools to strengthen and enrich Catholic and interfaith marriages, various family life situations, and to call particular attention to a range of issues pertaining to the dignity of human life.
Dignitas - Pro Life Healthcare
East End Pregnancy Resource Center ...
Enabling Every Woman To Choose Life for the Child in her Womb…. We do this by encouraging our clients to love themselves and their children, educating our clients to live productive lives, and empowering our clients to choose life with the confidence that their lives and their children’s lives have intrinsic value.
Pregnancy Resource Ctr. of Metro Richmond ...
Provides critical information and support for women who are pregnant and considering what options are available.
Rachels Vineyard: Help After Abortion ...
To help women and men who are suffering from the devastating impact of a pregnancy loss, including the loss of a child by abortion. It can form a hole in one's heart, a hole so deep that sometimes it seems nothing can fill the emptiness.
USCCB: Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities ...
The United States College of Catholic Bishops Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life to put forth "a precise and vigorous reaffirmation of the value of human life and its inviolability, and at the same time a pressing appeal addressed to each and every person, in the name of God: respect, protect, love and serve life, every human life" (The Gospel of Life, no. 5).

The Respect Life Committee prays and works to increase an awareness and respect for all human life from conception to natural death. Community engagement, activism, and prayer are used to strengthen the culture of life among the community of Saint Bridget, the greater Richmond area and beyond.