WHO: The Most Rev. Robert McClory
Bishop of the Diocese of Gary
The Rev. Richard Holy
Pastor of St. Edward Parish in
Lowell
Director of the Diocese of Gary’s Office of Pro-Life Activities
The Rev.
Theodore Mens
Chaplain,
Spiritual Care Services
Franciscan
Health Munster
Sister Josetta
Rose, OSF
Director of
Mission Services
Franciscan
Health Dyer and Franciscan Health Munster
Sister Solana
Voegele, OSF
Coordinator of
Mission Services
Franciscan
Health Dyer and Franciscan Health Munster
Deacon Josef Dou
Director of Spiritual Care Services
Franciscan Health Dyer and Franciscan Health Munster
Allison Powell
Pastoral Associate of Music
St. John the Evangelist Parish in St. John
MaryBeth Johnsen and Lisa Spudic
Walking with Moms in Need Program
St. Joseph Parish, Hammond
Roughly 600 local Catholic school students from Cook, Will, Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties representing the following schools:
Andrean High School,
Merrillville
Bishop Noll Institute,
Hammond
Marion Catholic High
School, Chicago Heights, Ill.
Marquette Catholic
High School, Michigan City
Notre Dame Catholic School,
Michigan City
Our Lady of Grace
School, Highland
St. Casimir School,
Hammond
St. John the Baptist
Catholic School, Whiting
St. John the
Evangelist School, St. John
St. Mary, Crown Point
St. Mary Catholic
Community School, Griffith
St. Michael Catholic
School, Schererville
St. Stanislaus
Elementary School, East Chicago
St. Thomas More
School, Munster
Queen of All Saints
Catholic School, Michigan City
WHAT: Franciscan Health, in partnership with the Diocese of Gary, is hosting the annual Respect Life Celebration during Respect Life Month. The theme for this year’s Respect Life Month is, “I Came to that They Might Have Life.” The event includes hundreds of Catholic school students from throughout Northwest Indiana and the South Suburbs. This year marks the 31st anniversary of the first Respect Life Celebration.
WHERE: Franciscan Health Dyer
24 Joliet St.
Dyer, Indiana
Rain
location:
St.
Maria Goretti
500 Northgate
Drive
Dyer, Indiana
WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon Central
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024
WHY: The annual Respect Life Month
event aims to celebrate all life with an emphasis on individual life and to
draw attention to the lives lost to abortion.
VISUALS: Bishop McClory leading the
celebration, speakers, students attending the event, students placing wooden
crosses on the lawn of the Franciscan Health Dyer representing the lives lost
to abortion.
NOTE: Communications staff will
advise media in attendance regarding students who are not authorized for
photos/video.
AUDIO: Bishop McClory and other speakers
during the service. Interviews may be available as time allows after the
service.
