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The Respect Life Apostolate (RLA) promotes the Catholic Church’s teachings on respect for and legal protection of every human life from inception to natural death by coordinating educational, spiritual, pastoral, and public policy advocacy efforts with particular focus on those issues in the culture that threaten life - abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and unethical advances in scientific technology.

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Oct 24 Marks the 34th Annual Respect Life Convention

Posted on August 20, 2010 - 12:15pm

2010 RLA Convention Theme LogoEvery 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 helped on Sunday, October 24th.  It 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. 

For more information, click here to visit convention's page.

Already know you want to come to the convention? Click here to download the convention's luncheon ticket order form informational flyer. 

St. Louis Review spotlights new post-abortion ministry for men

Posted on August 12, 2010 - 4:13pm
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com
Staff Writer for the St. Louis Review

The Archdiocese of St. Louis is launching a new ministry to reach out to men affected by abortion.

Project Joseph will provide free, confidential professional counseling, spiritual direction and retreats for men who either have been directly involved in an abortion experience, or affected by a loved one's previous abortion experience. The first daylong retreat will take place in St. Louis next month.

Project Joseph is being coordinated by the archdiocesan Respect Life Apostolate, in cooperation with the permanent deacons of the archdiocese.

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St. Louis Review highlights local teens journey to Dallas for pro-life boot camp

Posted on August 12, 2010 - 4:06pm

Jasmin Robles, kneeling at left, and Kerry O’Brien, to Jasmin’s right, pray in front of an abortion clinic in Dallas last week. The two joined with friend Maria Yamnitz to attend the eighth annual Pro-Life Boot Camp, co-sponsored by the Catholic Pro-Life Committee of Dallas and Catholics Respect Life of Fort Worth.

By Jennifer Brinker jbrinker@stlouisreview.com
Staff Writer for the St. Louis Review

It's no ordinary boot camp. Only prayer warriors need apply.

That's exactly what a group of teens from the Archdiocese of St. Louis did last week, when they travelled to Dallas, Texas, to participate in the eighth annual Youth for Life Pro-Life Boot Camp at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas.

Held July 30-Aug. 4, it is co-sponsored the Catholic Pro-Life Committee of Dallas and Catholics Respect Life of Fort Worth. This year's theme was "It's a Revolution — Theology of the Body."

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