respect life ministry
This ministry seeks to promote the God-given sanctity and dignity of every human life from conception to natural death, and through prayer and education, build a culture of life in our parish and in our community. We seek to support and create awareness of local resources available to help any individuals or families confronted with critical life choices.
For more information on Respect Life issues and on becoming involved in this ministry, please contact:
- Anne Marie Gallagher: [email protected] or 925-200-5599
- John Reimer: [email protected] or 925-989-4847
UPCOMING EVENTS
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2025 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BABY BOTTLE FUNDRAISER
The CCOP Knights of Columbus will be conducting their annual baby bottle drive during the month of May to raise funds for local pregnancy resource centers, including Little Miracles in Pleasanton and Next Step in Livermore. These centers provide loving support to mothers in need and their babies, both born and unborn. Funds raised this year will be augmented via the Knights of Columbus Aid and Support After Pregnancy (ASAP) Program. Under this program, for every $500 our CCOP council donates to an individual pregnancy resource center (up to $2,000), the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council will donate $100. Bottles will be distributed following masses on the weekend of May 3/4 (weekend before Mother’s Day weekend) and will be collected before masses on the weekend of May 17/18 (weekend after Mother’s Day weekend). |
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MONTHLY ROSARY
Come join us every second Sunday of the month, following the 12:00 Noon mass, for a rosary in the St. Augustine Grotto, starting at approximately 1:15pm. |
PREGNANCY HEALTH CENTERS
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Next Step
1010 Murrieta Blvd Livermore, CA 94550 https://www.next-step.org/livermore Call: 925-425-0414 Text: 925-416-9997 Little Miracles Inc
1039 Serpentine Lane Suite E Pleasanton, CA 94566 https://littlemiraclespleasanton.org/ [email protected] 925-623-5407 RealOptions
1671 The Alameda #101 San Jose, CA 95126 https://www.realoptions.net/ Central San Jose 408-978-9310 East San Jose 408-272-5577 Oakland 510-891-9998 Redwood City 650-261-9115 Union City 510-487-4357 |
GHS Women’s Center
100 O’Connor Drive, Suite 1 San Jose, CA 95128 https://ghswomenscenter.com/ https://guadalupehopesociety.org/ Pregnancy Resource Center of Tracy
1039 N. Central Ave. Tracy, CA 95376 (209) 836-4415 https://tracyprc.org/ |
PREGNANCY HOTLINESNational Life Pregnancy Hotline
(800) 848-LOVE 24/7 Abortion Pill Reversal Hotline (877) 558-0333 Diocese of Oakland After the Choice Ministry Hotline (888) HOPE-790 |
POST-ABORTION HEALINGRachel’s Vineyard - National post-abortion healing ministry that provides powerful weekend retreats. The Diocese of Oakland sponsors two Rachel's Vineyard retreats in English and two in Spanish each year.
https://www.rachelsvineyard.org/ Project Rachel HopeAfterAbortion.org Diocese of Oakland: After the Choice Ministry https://oakdiocese.org/after-the-choice-ministry Real Options Obria Medical Clinics After Abortion Support https://www.realoptions.net/after-abortion-support/ |
PRO-LIFE ORGANIZATIONS
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Respect Life Program
https://www.usccb.org/respectlife https://www.usccb.org/prolife Respect Life - Diocese of Oakland https://www.oakdiocese.org/respect-life Respect Life: St. Bernard’s Parish in Tracy https://st-bernards.org/respect-life 40 Days for Life www.40daysforlife.com 40 Days for Life – Walnut Creek Campaign www.40daysforlife.com/walnutcreek Human Life International https://www.hli.org/ Charlotte Lozier Institute https://lozierinstitute.org/ https://lozierinstitute.org/15-facts-at-15-weeks/ |
Live Action
https://www.liveaction.org/ Priests for Life https://www.priestsforlife.org/ Sisters of Life https://sistersoflife.org/ Students for Life http://studentsforlife.org/ American Life League https://www.all.org/ National Right to Life https://www.nrlc.org/ California ProLife Council http://www.californiaprolife.org/ Stanford Students for Life https://prolife.stanford.edu/ |
RESPECT LIFE MULTIMEDIA LINKS
Brief video highlighting the Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative that premiered at the 2021 March for Life Rose Dinner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jd49wQAAAc
CCOP Daily Mass Live Stream – January 23, 2023: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (Fr. Mark Wiesner)
www.youtube.com/live/26fDqE7KRps?si=MASkEt3VsfAQ46bJ&t=589
Mother Teresa (St. Teresa of Calcutta) speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC on February 3, 1994. (Available as video, audio, or transcript.)
https://www.priestsforlife.org/mother-teresa/breakfast-letter.aspx
Baby Olivia Video – Medically accurate, animated video produced by the organization Live Action showing the development of human life from the moment of fertilization.
https://babyolivia.liveaction.org/
Live Action website that presents short video depictions of the four most prevalent forms of abortion, narrated by four different female OB/GYNs, all former abortionists, and all now pro-life.
whatisabortion.com
Priests for Life website that shows graphic images of aborted babies at early and late gestational ages.
www.lookatabortion.org
“Sing a Little Louder” - Video of elderly man reflecting on incident when he was a child during WWII when train carrying Jews was stopped near local church.
https://kingdomworks.com/films/sing-a-little-louder
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https://singloudermovie.com/
EWTN’s Pro-Life Weekly Program, Thursdays @ 7:00 pm
EWTN’s Defending Life Program, Saturdays @ 8:00 pm
Heritage House '76, Pro-Life Supplies for the Pro-Life Movement
https://www.hh76.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jd49wQAAAc
CCOP Daily Mass Live Stream – January 23, 2023: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (Fr. Mark Wiesner)
www.youtube.com/live/26fDqE7KRps?si=MASkEt3VsfAQ46bJ&t=589
Mother Teresa (St. Teresa of Calcutta) speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC on February 3, 1994. (Available as video, audio, or transcript.)
https://www.priestsforlife.org/mother-teresa/breakfast-letter.aspx
Baby Olivia Video – Medically accurate, animated video produced by the organization Live Action showing the development of human life from the moment of fertilization.
https://babyolivia.liveaction.org/
Live Action website that presents short video depictions of the four most prevalent forms of abortion, narrated by four different female OB/GYNs, all former abortionists, and all now pro-life.
whatisabortion.com
Priests for Life website that shows graphic images of aborted babies at early and late gestational ages.
www.lookatabortion.org
“Sing a Little Louder” - Video of elderly man reflecting on incident when he was a child during WWII when train carrying Jews was stopped near local church.
https://kingdomworks.com/films/sing-a-little-louder
or
https://singloudermovie.com/
EWTN’s Pro-Life Weekly Program, Thursdays @ 7:00 pm
EWTN’s Defending Life Program, Saturdays @ 8:00 pm
Heritage House '76, Pro-Life Supplies for the Pro-Life Movement
https://www.hh76.org/
PRO-LIFE NEWS & EVENTS
Grand Knight Tony Soby, PGK Tim Jorgenson, and Life Director John Reimer presenting a check for $2000 to Little Miracles Co-Founders Diana Keller and Melissa Dantzig.
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2023 Baby Bottle Fundraiser Results
Thanks to the wonderful generosity of our CCOP parishioners and members of the St. Paul Chong Korean Catholic Community, this year’s Knights of Columbus baby bottle drive raised sufficient funds to donate $2,000 to each of four local Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs). These centers provide counseling and loving support, including prenatal care, ultrasounds, childbirth and parenting classes, adoption support services, material support (including items such as maternity clothes, diapers, baby clothes, formula, baby furniture), abortion and miscarriage healing, and grief recovery counseling. Funds raised this year are being augmented via the Knights of Columbus Aid and Support After Pregnancy (ASAP) Program. Under this program, for every $500 our council donates to an individual pregnancy resource center (up to $2,000), the Supreme Council will donate $100. This means each of the four local PRCs will receive an additional $400 from Supreme. A huge thank-you to all those who contributed to this effort and made the outcome such a success! The four PRCs that donations were made to are shown here if you would like more information: |
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RealOptions
1671 The Alameda #101 San Jose, CA 95126 https://www.realoptions.net/ |
Little Miracles Inc
1039 Serpentine Lane Suite E Pleasanton, CA 94566 https://littlemiraclespleasanton.org/ |
GHS Women’s Center
100 O’Connor Drive, Suite 1 San Jose, CA 95128 https://ghswomenscenter.com/ https://guadalupehopesociety.org/ |
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2022 Baby Bottle Fundraiser Update
Using the $8,275 raised in the 2022 Knights of Columbus baby bottle fundraiser and presented to the Next Step Pregnancy Resource Center in Livermore, as well as matching funding from the Knights of Columbus Supreme and the 4US organization, Next Step was able to purchase an ultrasound machine toward the end of last year. The photo below shows the first client (holding ultrasound image) to see her preborn baby using this new ultrasound machine (shown in center of picture). Also shown are the three Next Step nurses now trained to operate this machine. |