Respect Life

We invite you to participate in an initiative to engage young people in our Catholic faith, help them grown in their relationship with Christ, and provide them with an opportunity to bear faithful witness in our local community.
Each year, leading up to Respect Life Month in October, the Respect Life Office sponsors a contest for youth in grades K-12. The theme this year is “Every Person is made in the image of God”.
The purpose of the this theme is two-fold:
1. To help young people deepen their understanding of our God-given human dignity and what it means for our daily lives and decisions, particularly within the context of respect for human life;
2. To move hearts and minds with the joyful Gospel of Life through the artistic expressions of the young participants.
The contest is designed to be used across multiple age ranges and disciplines. Youth in grades
K -12 are eligible to enter. Click on the Respect Life Contest on left for Rules, Registration and waivers.

The Respect Life Office of the Diocese of Lexington, guided by our Bishop promotes the Catholic Church’s teaching on respect for and the legal protection of every human life from conception to natural death. It follows the USCCB’s Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities. The plan focuses on four major areas.
            Public Information and Education
                        Deepen the understanding of the sanctity of all human life, whether at the beginning
                        or at its end.
            Pastoral Care and Service
                        Promote ministries involved with pregnancy care, abortion healing, care for the sick
                        and dying ,those who grieve a loss and those in prison and sentenced to death.
            Public Policy and Advocacy
                        Work with the Catholic Conference of Kentucky to encourage bills that restore protection
                        to the lives of unborn children, abolishing the death penalty and take a stand against                                        legislation that would pressure vulnerable persons to end their lives by assisted suicide.         
            Prayer and Worship
                        Prayer is essential in the defense of human life. Encourage parishes and individuals to                                    pray for a change of heart in our diocese and our country that the culture of death will be                                replaced by a culture of life.