Respect Life

The Respect Life Ministry invites the youth of our parish to share their creativity by participating in our yearly poster contest.

 This year's contest theme is 

"Respect Life: What Does It Mean to You?"

Entries will be displayed in the Parish Hall during the month of October. Poster submissions are limited to the youth (up to age 18) of St. Luke parish. The content of the submission must be in accordance with the Catholic Church teachings regarding the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. The Respect Life Ministry reserves the right to abstain from displaying posters that do not comply with the guidelines. USE the poster provided, WRITE your contact information on the label on the back of the poster. RETURN to parish pffice before October 10th. Paintings, drawings, collages, and other mediums on the provided poster are welcome. Blank posters can be picked up from the parish office or after all Masses the weekend of September 27/28. 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 10.10.25 to the Parish Office 

PRIZES: 3 Categories: (Ages 6 & under, Ages 7 -12, Ages 13 - 18). 

Prizes for each age category: 

1st Place $40 Amazon Gift Card, 2nd Place $20 Amazon Gift Card 

In 1531, when the indigenous peoples of Mexico were subjugated and the practice of human sacrifice was still a recent memory, the Mother of God appeared to St. Juan Diego as a pregnant native woman, now known as Our Lady of Guadalupe.

She sent him with miraculous flowers in his cloak to tell the bishop to build a church where people could receive her Son and her loving, tender care. When St. Juan Diego opened the cloak before the bishop, an image of Our Lady was revealed that remains to this day. The chapel was quickly built, millions embraced Christianity, and the Church increased its protection of the indigenous peoples. 

You who are my messenger, in you I place my absolute trust.
– Our Lady of Guadalupe

By embracing the mission entrusted to him, St. Juan Diego helped bring Christ's transforming love to cultures gripped by oppression and death.

Today, we again see the dignity of human life disregarded. Unborn children are destroyed through abortion, and ill people are encouraged and assisted to take their own lives. How do we respond?

The essence of our identity is that we are created in God's image and likeness and loved by Him. Nothing can diminish the priceless worth of any human life. Every person is cherished.

God creates every person for eternal union with Himself and continually invites us to embrace a loving relationship with Him. Every person is chosen.

We are called to be messengers of God's love, treating one another as cherished and chosen by Him. In doing so, we help build a culture that respects all human life. Every person is sent.

Like St. Juan Diego, let us embrace our daily mission to help others encounter God's transforming, life-giving love.
Reprinted [Excerpted] from Respect Life Program, copyright © 2018, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved.