AND YOUR PARISH CAN BE A HOST OF ANGELS
Please
join us at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
1111 Gough Street at Geary - San Francisco
St. Francis Hall
Saturday,
September 12, 2009
Continental Breakfast at 8:30 AM - Program Starts at 9:30 AM
Buffet Lunch at 11:45 AM - Program Concludes at 2:30 PM
COST $20 (Scholarships Available)
The
Gabriel Project:
A Revitalized Program for Volunteers & Pastors
Learn practical techniques for a parish-wide assistance ministry for pregnant
women, helping them eliminate the very thought of the word “crisis”
when becoming the mother of an unplanned child.
Cathy McConn, Founder of the Gabriel Project in Houston, will train us in
every aspect of this important ministry & instruct us on how to best
implement it in our parishes based on her vast experience.
Gabriel Project parishes embrace each pregnant woman who comes to them as
their daughter, sister, friend. Using signs, pamphlets, bumper stickers
and a toll free hotline, we make it known that help is available. When a
woman calls for help, the phone-line volunteer contacts the Gabriel Project
Coordinator, who is a parishioner of the Church closest to where she lives.
A
trained mentor, one of the parish’s Gabriel Angels, is assigned responsibility
for ongoing contact with the mother throughout her pregnancy and somewhat
beyond. The parish community assists with unconditional love. Through them,
mothers receive the spiritual, material and emotional support needed during
pregnancy.
TO
REGISTER, CONTACT VICKI EVANS, SAN FRANCISCO ARCHDIOCESAN RESPECT LIFE PROGRAM
AT 415-614-5533 OR evansv@sfarchdiocese.org.
PLEASE RSVP BY SEPTEMBER
8TH.