Contact

Mr Len Horner
266-270 Stanley Street, (PO Box 6149) Townsville, Qld 4810
Phone: (07) 4726 3210
Fax: (07) 4726 3211
Email: lhorner@tsv.catholic.org.au

Some Information and Resources

• Charter of the Respect Life Committee
• Australian Bishops' Statement about RU-486
• Questions & Answers about RU-486
• Open Letter to Women from the Australian Bishops
• Catholicism and Capital Punishment - Cardinal Dulles
• Prayer for Life

Respect Life Sunday

The next Respect Life Sunday is scheduled for 13 September, 2009.

Some Links

• Southern Cross Bioethics Institute
• Queensland Bioethics Centre
• Melbourne Respect Life Office
• Bioethics Centres in Australia

Annual Life Lecture

The Annual Life Lecture will be held on Sunday, 6 September, 2009 at the Mater Conference Centre, Fulham Road Pimlico at 7pm.  Guest Speaker will be Bishop Anthony Fisher who will present the topic "Stemcells - what's all the fuss about'?.

For fuither information, please contact Len Horner on 4726 3210 or lhorner@tsv.catholic.org.au

Aim

The Respect Life Committee, drawing on the teaching of the Catholic Church, seeks to promote within society, especially among the young, the sanctity and dignity of all human life in order to build up an authentic civilization of truth and love.

Functions

• To organise Respect Life Sunday once a year in the Diocese of Townsville

• To be a contact point for the public on life issues and a referral service to other agencies

• To provide information, resources, publications and presentations on life issues to schools, parishes, organisations and groups

• To involve the media in promoting the culture of life and in changing attitudes

• To explain through the media and in other ways why the Church holds a particular position on any life matter in order to spread this knowledge among individuals and groups

• To invite experts from time to time to present seminars and talks

• To bring together people and organisations involved in related matters to share ideas and offer mutual support

• To co-operate closely with other pro-life agencies, such as the Queensland Bioethics Centre, independent Catholic groups and other Christian Churches

• To promote prayer as a means of changing hearts and minds through the power of the Holy Spirit in building up the culture of life.

Members

• Dr Chris Kennedy (leave of absence)

• Bishop Michael Putney

• Mrs Karen Jones

• Mrs Pat Watt

• Sr Catherine Cuddihy rsm

• Mr Gerard Hore

• Mr Len Horner

• Mr Matthew Campbell

• Ms Paula Washington

• Fr Rod Ward

• Mr Alex Baxter

• Mrs Rebecca Ryman (MInutes Secretary)