Respect Life! 

Church teaching is clear:  we must protect life at every stage, from conception to natural death.  Click on one of the images below to explore the Church's teaching on the consistent ethic of life.

Consistent Life (formerly called Seamless Garment Network) is a network uniting many organizations and individuals who support the consistent ethic of reverence for life
http://www.consistent-life.org/

Read Pope John Paul II's great encyclical on respect for life, Evangelium Vitae, The Gospel of Life
http://www.vatican.va/edocs/ENG0141/_INDEX.HTM

Find out more about local advocacy opportunities at the website of the Washington State Catholic Conference
http://www.thewscc.org/about-us

Explore a wide range of resources on life issues at the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/tdocs/index.shtml

Prayer Resources, including rosary meditations, Stations of the Cross, and more
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/liturgy/liturservices.shtml

Explore writings of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin on the consistent ethic of life at the website of the Archdiocese of Chicago.  The resources available include his famous address ""A Consistent Ethic of Life: An American-Catholic Dialogue", given at Fordham University in 1983, as well as reflections on health-care reform and the consistent ethic of life.