During October, which is Respect Life Month, the RLA hosts its annual Respect Life Convention. The purpose of the Convention is to provide a forum for Catholics in the Archdiocese of St. Louis to gather and listen to informative and motivational speakers discuss the dignity and sanctity of human life and the latest efforts to build a Culture of Life.
This year's convention will open with the Celebration of the Holy Mass, followed by a luncheon, award presentation and a keynote address by Dr. Thomas Hilgers, Director of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction. The Institute located in Omaha, Nebraska is dedicated to research, education and service in the areas of human reproduction within the context of the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Dr. Hilgers is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic laser surgery and is a member of the prestigious Society of Reproductive Surgeons. He has served on the faculty of medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine. While at Creighton, he, co-developed the Creighton Mode FertilityCare™ System, a thoroughly standardized method that maintains a woman's reproductive and gynecological health while helping couples understand the workings of a woman's cycles of fertility and infertility.
- Sunday, October 24, 2010 - exhibits open at 10:00 a.m.
- Tickets to the Luncheon are $35 each (10 per table - $40/each after October 10)
