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Respect Life Club


Moderator: Mr. Joseph Aquilante (jaquilante@shanahan.org)

Meeting Day: Thursday at 2:45pm

Frequency of Meetings: This club meets once a month.

Purpose/Activities: All of us recognize that life is a gift, but most of us do not consciously think about what it means to us, until we are faced with the tragedy of its loss. The Respect Life Club exists in order to raise the awareness of the student body to the importance of supporting life in each other, respecting life in the environment, and working to defeat a the culture of death endorsed and accepted so readily by society.

The Respect Life Club at Bishop Shanahan is an organization of faculty and students whose mission is to uphold the dignity of human life.  We promote the dignity of the elderly, so often forgotten, by visiting nursing care facilities.  We promote the dignity of families by praying for them.  We uphold the dignity of teenagers by promoting the virtue of chastity.  We seek to protect the dignity of the unborn by praying and fasting for them and by peacefully participating in rallies and marches.
 
The Respect Life Club prayerfully participates in the monthly Vigil for Life every first Saturday of the month at St. Agnes in West Chester.
 

Requirements: Students from every class are welcome. Due to the fact that the focus of "supporting life" can change from year to year, students with creative planning ideas are encouraged to join.

Officers: President and Leadership Council Representative: Kevin Seifert, 8A