Respect Life Apostolate

The Respect Life Apostolate (RLA) promotes the Catholic Church’s teachings on respect for and legal protection of every human life from conception 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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ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. LOUIS SUES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Posted on May 21, 2012 - 3:08pm


The Archdiocese of St. Louis and Catholic Charities of St. Louis are among 43 Catholic dioceses, schools, hospitals, social service agencies and other institutions that filed suit in federal court May 21 to stop three government agencies from implementing a mandate that would require them to provide contraceptives and sterilization to their employees. >>Read More

SB749 - The Religious Liberty Protection Bill - Passed the Missouri General Assembly

Posted on May 21, 2012 - 11:35am

logoWith just hours to spare in the Session, the General Assembly passed the Religious Liberty Bill.

THANK YOU to everyone who went to Jefferson City for the Rally or called their Senators and Representatives. Your civic action helped to make this happen! >>Read More.

Action Alert! Pregnancy Resource Center Tax Credits will end if legislation not passed by Friday

Posted on May 16, 2012 - 3:20pm

Tax credit legislation that encourages charitable giving to pregnancy resource centers and food pantries passed the Missouri House but faces an uphill battle in the Missouri Senate as the general assembly approaches its Friday 6 p.m. adjournment. You can make sure these programs don't end with the end of this year's session. >>Read More

WHAT YOU CAN DO
1. Contact your state senator NOW (Click here for Senator Look-Up)
2. Pray that senators will preserve these credits that help some of Missouri's most vulnerable citizens;
3. Forward this email to family and friends.

THE MESSAGE
1. Please protect tax credits for food pantries and pregnancy resource centers - pass HCS HB 1278;
2. Don't let the debate over global tax credit reform kill these modest credits;
3. These tax credits are models for how all tax credits should work.


 

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