Our ministry is dedicated to the protection of human life, from conception to natural death. As Catholics, we believe that every human person is made in the image and likeness of God. Every human life is therefore sacred and inviolable and should be protected and cherished from conception until natural death. Practices such as abortion, assisted suicide, and capital punishment violate the dignity of the human person and must be rejected. The Church defends and supports human life through life-affirming initiatives which include assistance for expectant mothers and families, tangible resources and medical care, mental health counseling, and support for persons with disabilities and their families. Please see Links & Resources below to learn more.  

If you want to get involved in shaping pro-life efforts at St. Elizabeth, please join us at an upcoming meeting. Stay tuned for our next meeting date in February - TBA! For reference, our January theme was The Meaning of Sanctity and how the Bible informs us about the sanctity of life, including care for the unborn, the elderly, people with disabilities, the homeless, and the poor. 

Sample Bible Verses related to Sanctity of Life: 

• Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 
• Job 33:4: The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
• Isaiah 1:17: Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
• Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
• Proverbs 14:31: Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
• Proverbs 31:8-9: Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
• Psalm 71:9: Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
• Psalm 139:13,15,16: You formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. … My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
• Matthew 18:1-2, 10: At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them…See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
  
• Matthew 25:40: And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
• Luke 12:6-7: Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
• 1 Corinthians 3:16-17: Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
• James 1:27: Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Come be a part of shaping the work of our ministry in the coming months! Questions? Contact Michele Forsythe at [email protected].