MARK YOUR CALENDARS
for Upcoming Pro-Life Events in January:
Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm - Rock Creek Mansion, March for Life Kickoff speaker: Professor Janet Smith - topic: Evangelizing Our Youth in a Corrupt Culture, 5417 W. Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814
Sunday, January 14, 5:15 pm - KOC Fr. Rosensteel Council - 31st March for Life Kickoff Dinner -speakers + free spaghetti dinner, 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
MARYLAND MARCH FOR LIFE
Join us in Annapolis for the Maryland March for Life, Monday, March 11, 2024. Events will begin at St. Mary's School with a youth rally at 4:30 pm, a Catholic Mass at 5:30 pm and then the March & Rally beginning at 6:30 pm. Holy Redeemer is offering bus transportation to the March for Life. We will be leaving at 4:00 pm from the Church parking lot and plan on leaving Annapolis at 8:30 pm to return to the Church.
Sign-Up Sheets for the bus will be in the Church vestibule - first come, first served - so sign up as soon as possible - families are welcome.
You can also sign up by emailing Paul Hurley, hurley.family1@verizon.net.
Please include your name, email address and cell phone #. We will confirm your reservation via email.
There are several important bills pending including physician assisted suicide and there will be a referendum in November on amending the Maryland State Constitution to enshrine abortion as a right. Please consider joining us for this March for Life.
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40 DAYS FOR LIFE/BETHESDA - SPRING CAMPAIGN
Looking for a special, prayerful activity for Lent? Please join the Holy Redeemer community and other local parishes by participating in the 40 Days for Life/Bethesda - Spring Campaign. The campaign runs from Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023 to Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023, 7 am - 7 pm - at the Carhart Abortion Clinic, 10401 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD (in front of the Wildwood Medical Center.) The goal of the campaign is to pray and fast for an end to abortion. Holy Redeemer will be covering the prayer vigil on Mondays from 11 am to 4 pm (Feb. 27, Mar. 6, Mar. 13, Mar. 20, & Mar. 27). Please sign up for an hour if you are able - bring a friend! You can sign up by clicking on the link below or contact Sandy Buffalano, sbuffalano@aol.com.
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As Catholics we firmly believe in and cherish human life from conception to natural death. We carry a positive message of love for life and ongoing enhancement of the relationship between the sanctity of our human lives, our souls and Christ's promise of eternal life if we live according to His commandments and the precepts of Holy Mother Church that is entrusted with the care of Christ's faithful on earth.
The Holy Redeemer Respect Life Committee consists of parishioners dedicated to the ongoing work of the church to protect all human life. It is our mission to foster in the community an awareness of the dignity and sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death. We are dedicated to observing and promoting the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on all life issues, including: abortion, assisted suicide, fetal tissue research, stem cell research, and all other pro-life matters. We coordinate pro-life activities as well as keep parishioners informed about current legislation. Some of our activities include: the Annual DC March for Life, a Mother’s Day Carnation fundraiser, 40 days for life prayer vigils, rosaries, speakers, etc. We meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month from September to May at 7:30 pm in the lower level of the church. New members are always welcome – men and women. For more information contact Sandy Buffalano, sbuffalano@aol.com or Paul Hurley, ph48@georgetown.edu
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."