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The Respect Life Ministry of OLS-SA is hosting a group rosary at an online Zoom conference every Wednesday evening at 6:45 PM. We invite everyone to join us in praying this rosary as a group for the express intention of an end to abortion. At this time, we are also including an intention to end the Covid-19 pandemic. Click the article title for contact information and details.

Click here to see how the governor is spending your tax dollars to support Planned Parenthood, abortion facilities, and other abortion "needs". Why can't they spend this money to support crisis pregnancy centers that provide the support women need to choose life?

Click here to see several parish events that will be held during October, Respect Life month.

The number of abortions in the United States each year is appalling, and New Jersey has more than its fair share of them. Click here for more information.

Click here to see part 4 of Understanding the Dobbs Decision of the Supreme Court.

Confusion and misinformation surrounds the recent decision of the Supreme Court that overturned the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973. This is part 3 of a series of five points that can help make the ruling understandable. Click the article title for details.

This week's myth is that most pro-lifers are religious zealots, trying to foist their morality on others. Click the article title to find the response.

The Respect Life Group of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony parish has been telling you about all the things we'd like to accomplish, and how we need your help! Now's the time to volunteer! Click the article title for more information.

Please join our parish Respect Life Group to help us raise awareness of pro-life issues within both our parish and the wider community. Every baby in the womb is a human life, made in the image and likeness of God, given life by God. What God has given, man should not take away!

Over the next few weeks, we will share “Abortion Myths” as described by journalist Christine Flowers.

The Respect Life Group of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony is looking for people who want to join us in activities that promote life. But we know that not everyone is cut out for political activism. That’s why we are also looking for people who want to join us in prayer activities. Click the article title for more information.

The Respect Life Group of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony is looking for people who want to join us in activities that promote life. A majority of Americans want to limit abortions, but our legislators keep ignoring us. We need your help to get through to them that they are out of step with their constituents. Click the article title for more information.

On May 14, the Catholic Bishops of New Jersey expressed their sadness and outrage to the Governor’s announcement to support a proposal to radically expanded access of abortion. The bishops reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to serve and stand by all mothers facing a hardship or unplanned pregnancy. More information will be provided on how to oppose this bill in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, click the article title to see some of what the bill would include.

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta commented on abortion in 1997 while delivering a speech in Washington DC: “The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.”

The Respect Life Group of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony is looking for people who want to join us in activities that promote life. Of primary importance is raising the awareness of ordinary people about life issues. Did you know that approximately 20% of pregnancies end in abortion? Click the article title to find out more about how you can help us raise awareness about the deadliness of this scourge.

Since the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973, there have been more than 60 million abortions in our country. Abortion has effects that carry on long past the death of the innocent child. There are long-term effects on the women who have them, the families of those women, the fathers, and more. Click the article title to find out more.

The Respect Life Group of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony is looking for people who want to join us in activities that promote life. We’d like to make it easier for women to choose to have their babies, but to do this, we need your help! Click the article title for more information!

There is a bill currently before the state legislature that would permit abortions for any reason for all nine months of pregnancy, eliminate conscience protections for medical professionals, require taxpayers to pay for the abortions whether or not they have moral objections, and prohibit the adoption of future laws that conflict with any provision of this bill. Please click the article title to find and use the link to make your objection to this bill known to your legislators.

Your help is needed to stop the Women's Health Protection Act, which has passed in the House, and is now headed to the Senate. This is the most radical pro-abortion bill ever attempted at the Federal Level (very much like the one waiting to be brought to a vote in NJ). This is not about women's health; it is not about choice; and fighting it is not about forcing our religious views on those who don't share them. Click the article title for more information on what this bill IS about.