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January 7, 2020Everyone loves the beauty and innocence of a baby. As an expression of that love, St. Philip Catholic Church announces an adoption program for young and old alike.
The members of St. Philip parish family will soon have the opportunity to “spiritually adopt” a child who is newly conceived this month. Not all babies make it to birth. Many parents tragically experience the loss of a child to miscarriage or premature birth. And more than 3,000 babies lose their lives to abortion each day. These are the babies you are being asked to “adopt” simply by praying for him or her each day.
You may “adopt” a child individually or as a family by signing up during the weekend of January 18-19. Prayer pledges will be collected during Mass, and there will be a prayer card for you to take home. It is suggested that you name the child for whom you will be praying, which will remind you that, although you may never meet the child in this life, you truly are praying for a specific child who needs your prayers.
Watch the bulletin as well as the narthex for monthly reports describing “your baby’s” development. In the fall we will celebrate the “births” of our spiritually adopted babies by collecting baby items which will be given to mothers in need of assistance.
There are millions of unborn babies desperately in need of your prayers. Won’t you please “spiritually adopt” one and share the love for life that God has given you?
