With the US Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and bring an end to nationwide legalized abortion, our pro-life community must strengthen its efforts to surround every woman experiencing an untimely pregnancy with a community of support and love.  SMV Respect Life Ministry invites the parish to participate in Walking with Moms in Need, an initiative of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that calls for parishes and communities “to identify and help provide the full range of needs for mothers and their unborn children, not only during pregnancy, but for years to come.”  
 
Please consider supporting these local pro life pregnancy care centers that tirelessly work to fulfill this mission and are in need of increasing support:
 
Diaper Drive for Life’s Connection (Oct. 1-9) pregnancy help center, located in Waukesha and Mukwonago.  For more information about Life’s Connection and their life affirming work with unexpected pregnancy, crisis care, post abortion healing and loss through miscarriage, please view its registry and ways to donate directly, https://lifesconnection.info/.
 
Baby Bottle Drive for Women's Support Center, Milwaukee (Oct. 22-23)  Empty baby bottles will be available in SMV Atrium after Mass Oct. 22-23. Please take a baby bottle home and fill it with cash/checks for the Women’s Support Center, a Milwaukee area pregnancy care center dedicated to helping women in need to care for their newborn children. Items such as diapers, formula and clothing will be purchased. Bottles will be collected the weekend of Oct. 29-30 or may be taken to the rectory through Oct. 31. To learn more about Women’s Support Center’s mission and to donate directly, please visit https://www.wscmil.org/support-us/.

​Baby Item Collection for Women’s Care Center (Jan. 2023), a Milwaukee area pregnancy help center serving over 2,000 women in need each year.  With your kind and generous donations, coupled with WCC’s non-judgmental counseling approach, free state-of-the-art ultrasounds, and parenting education classes, 92% of moms choose life for their baby!  Donations can be made online at supportwomenscarecenter.org/donate, and click on “Wisconsin” and “Milwaukee” to donate in our community, or you may donate directly to WCC’s Amazon Baby Registry: https://www.amazon.com/.../womenscarecenterm.../RJC5CPL1O886.