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We will not meet in December! Meetings will resume January.Please contact emily mingus at [email protected] if you are interested in joining!
Our hope is to rejuvenate this ministry with women and men of all ages and stages of life. Whether you want to join the core committee that meets on a monthly basis, or prefer to help with specific activities throughout the year, there is a place for you here. our goal is to educate our parish and local community about each persons' inherent human dignity, through the Catholic Church's teaching, from conception to natural death. we will discuss issues such as grief and loss, mental health challenges, abortion, euthanasia, older adults and aging with grace, NFP, vocations, and more. -
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- Monthly Calendar Focus
- Developmental Disabilities
- Eden Invitation
- Elderly
- Family & Education
- Grief & Loss
- Love Them Both
- Mental Health
- Resources for Expectant Mothers
- Vocations, Eucharistic Revival
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Creating a Monthly Focus Calendar:
We are actively working on creating a calendar of topics to focus on each month. The way we might 'focus' on these topics could be a blog post sharing a parishoner's experience, a news article, encouraging prayer over a specific group of people, etc. These monthly topics do not negate that we cover every aspect of each, rather, we touch on their importance in the context of respecting life!
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October- Respect Life Month
- Archdiocesan Life Chain (1st week)
- Dipes & Wipes Drive for Birthline (last 2 weeks of October)
- Mental Illness Awareness week (1st week)
November
- National Vocational Awareness Week (Nov 5-11th)
- Annual Mass for bereaved (children, miscarriage, abortion, loss)
- Tuesday November 14th, 2023, 5:30pm at SJOA
(Graphic sourced from LSP)December
- Encouraging parish participation in SJOA's Angel Tree!
- Finding resources for a fruitful & prayerful Advent
- Respect Life Month
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Resources:
Article: Jimmy's Life is a Gift
https://www.lifeandhope.com/about
National Catholic Partnership on Disability Website
https://www.usccb.org/committees/divine-worship/policies/guidelines-sacraments-persons-with-disabilities
SPRED
St. Joseph of Cupertino, pray for us.
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Come out of hiding
Catechism in a Year Day 308: Same Sex Attraction (mentions Eden Invitation!)
CLICK HERE FOR EDEN INVITATION
CLICK HERE FOR COURAGE
"Run Together" Group Flyer
"You have to create space for people to feel safe."
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World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
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Your own Holy Family...
Daily Advent Activity Emails for Families:
Holy Heroes invites you to go on an Advent Adventure as a family this year. When you visit their website and enter your email address, you will receive a daily email with activities that you can do as a family all throughout Advent. Activities are envisioned for kids 5-12 years old, but do what works for your family.
Find out more and register for free at https://adventadventure.com/Help for Strengthening Troubled Marriages – Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue … or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? Have you thought about separation or divorce? Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in their marriages. For confidential information about or to register for the upcoming program beginning with a weekend on
January 5-7, 2024, please visit www.HelpOurMarriage.org
Hopes to inspire and encourage people to build healthier relationships in their marriages, family, work place and community by accepting responsibility for their own thoughts, feelings, choices and behaviors.
All of our classes are at Guerin High School (15300 Gray Rd, Noblesville, IN 46062) and they start at 7pm and last until 8:30pm.
Registration is done when you show up the first time.2023 Spring Session Schedule
Date Topic
01/18/2024 Building Climate of Respect
01/25/2024 Responsibility & Blame Game
02/01/2024 Understanding Expectations
02/08/2024 Re-Defining Power Struggle
02/15/2024 Control Issues
02/22/2024 Listening Beyond the Words
02/29/2024 Personality Differences
03/07/2024 Childhood Issues & Emotional Baggage
03/14/2024 Handling Anger Constructively
03/21/2024 Speaking the Truth in Love
04/04/2024 How to Fight Fair & Conflict Resolution
04/11/2024 Feelings & The Hurt Spiral
04/18/2024 Forgiveness & Repair
04/25/2024 Rebuilding Trust-----
Theology of the Body & Art: The Way of Beauty
January 7-12, 2024
This course will use St. John Paul II’s Letter to Artists as its primary source material, in addition to the Theology of the Body addresses, as well as Pope Benedict XVI’s Address to Artists – 2009, and Evangelii Guadium by Pope Francis and the Via Pulchritudinis by Pope Benedict XVI. In addition to reflective readings, there will be a direct and focused gaze on classical and modern works of art of various mediums, primarily painting and sculpture, but not excluding poetry, music, and cinema. The heart of this course will be the invitation for students to “walk the Way of Beauty” as a path leading to God, and to see Beauty as a key to evangelizing others into an encounter with God.Theology of the Body 1: Head & Heart Immersion
Online
January 22 - February 02, 2024
This online course introduces students to the key themes of the 129 Wednesday audience addresses that comprise John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Particular attention will be paid to the imago Dei, fall and redemption, Christian ethics and ethos, freedom and person, gender and vocation. Students will be encouraged to journey from “head to heart” in applying the theological concepts they learn to their own lives and relationships.
https://tobinstitute.kartra.com/page/WayofBeautyJanuary2024
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Natural Family Planning, Adoption, Foster Care...Adoption 'Springs of Love' Website
FORMED Videos 'Springs of Love'
Website: Institute of Catholic Culture
"Know the faith. Love the faith. Live the faith."
They offer online adult Catholic education programs free of charge covering a broad spectrum of topics in the Catholic liberal arts, including theology, philosophy, history, scripture, literature, catechetics, and more.
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Catechism for the Catholic Church: Day 289 Family, Society, & The Kingdom
Catechism for the Catholic Church: Day 291 The Political Community & The Church
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Grief & Loss:
"Surviving Divorce" program
Starts Jan. 17, 2024 at 7:30pm.
Meets 3 times monthly for a total of 12 weeks. Located at St. Jude Catholic Church on the south side of Indianapolis.
For more information, visit
https://marriageandfamily.archindy.org/divorce-ministry .
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Grieving with Hope - ACTS XXIX
Praying for the Dead in November: A Plenary Indulgence
Catechism in a Year: Day 295 The Wound of Abortion
Catechism in a Year: Day 297 The Cross of Suicide
Article: Bereavement and Grief
Article: Grief & Loss Processing
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Related to Pregnancy & Abortion:
https://www.respectlife.org/
Catechism in a Year: Day 292 Respect for Human LifeUPCOMING EVENTS:
Indiana March for Life Monday January 22, 2024
Convention Center 500 Ballroom
100 S. Capitol Ave Indianapolis, IN
9:00 - 11:00 am Youth Event - 500 Ballroom Speakers TBD
11:30 Mass for Life - 500 Ballroom
1:45pm March for Life - Georgia Street to Capitol Building
2:30 pm Rally - the South Steps of the Capitol Building-----------------------
NEWS:
Indiana Supreme Court Denies Rehearing, Certifies SEA1
9,000 Fewer Abortions Expected Annually In Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (August 21, 2023) – Indiana Right to Life President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Fichter issued the following remarks today about the Indiana Supreme Court ruling, in which the court denied a rehearing of its ruling from June and certified SEA 1 - making the law officially in effect.
"Today’s closing of all abortion clinics is a victory for unborn babies throughout Indiana. Our state is sending a message to the rest of the nation that when we stand together with love and compassion in protecting unborn babies and supporting pregnant mother, we save lives, improve lives and support a national culture that values life. We are encouraged by the expectation that 9,000 fewer babies will be aborted per year in the state of Indiana. This is truly a historic day, and we are so thankful to the tens of thousands of Hoosiers who worked so hard for over 50 years to bring this day about. And we know there are many opportunities ahead for Indiana to do even more in caring for babies and pregnant mothers. One of these opportunities will be protecting young girls from being trafficked to other states for abortions. We look forward to this and other policy discussions in the weeks ahead."
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Reposted from: @liveactionorg
https://www.instagram.com/LiveActionOrg/"Healing Hidden Hurts" - Post Abortion Healing
ABORTION PILL REVERSAL PHONE LINE LINK
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Resources:
Project Hope: Faith Based Mental Health Support Groups
"I come that you may have life and life abundantly." (John 10:10)
Christ wants us not to just survive, but to thrive!Register online https://forms.office.com/r/
xVPzNT4SfX , email [email protected],
or call at 317-236-1543.
Learn More about Project Hope and register for upcoming groups at
www.archindy.org/humanlifeanddignity/mental- hope.html -------
https://www.archindy.org/humanlifeanddignity/mental-health.html
Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers
https://thejesuitpost.org/2023/05/five-questions-for-catholics-dealing-with-mental-health-issues/
https://grottonetwork.com/keep-the-faith/belief/spiritual-practices-that-help-manage-mental-health/
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Expecting Moms Resources:
Current Birthline Needs: We have a BIG request--- we need help getting the word out that Birthline Ministry and St. Joseph's Gabriel Projects are very low, or have none at all, baby clothing for sizes 18-2T for boys and girls. St. Joseph also is in need of larger sizes - 3T-5T. If you could please spread the word to help restock these ministries so that we can serve these moms in need. Contact Kristine Hanson, Birthline Coordinator at [email protected] Contact Linda Kile, Gabriel Project at 317-213-4778 Thanks to all who donated diapers and wipes for Birthline during our Oct 16th-Nov 1st 'Dipes and Wipes' drive! We collected 5,202 wipes and 2000+ diapers! Walking With Moms Website
The Respect Life team is interested in creating our own Parish Inventory Tool. This compiles a list of resources for pregnant moms in our neighborhoods!
Here is the tool compiled by Brie Anne Varick, director of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Office for Human Dignity, for Indianapolis...Click here for Indy's Resources
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