October is
Respect Life Month, a time for joining with people of good will in celebrating
the gift of human life. “Be Not Afraid,” the 2018 theme chosen by the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, exhorts us to be courageous and
bold in proclaiming the truth that all human life is sacred from the moment of
conception to natural death. Each person is
a unique image of the Divine Life and each is deserving of love and
respect.
During
this month of October, I commend all in our Diocese to Mary, the Mother of
Life, and let us seek the intercession of St. John Paul II who worked
tirelessly during his pontificate to build a culture of life, and whose feast
day we celebrate on October 22nd .