The parish Pro-Life Committee serves Christ the King Parish by striving to build a culture of life and upholding and promoting the dignity of human life from the moment of conception to natural death. We work in concert with parishioners as well as the Diocesan Respect Life Office which, in turn, works to implement the guidelines of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities, in which we are called upon as Church, with our resources, our people, our services and institutions, to pursue the cause of life with renewed energy and commitment. Through prayer, education, pastoral care, and public policy advocacy, we work to proclaim the Gospel of Life in our midst throughout all ages and stages of life. By working together diligently, prayerfully, and courageously in the Lord’s service, the culture of death that surrounds us today will one day be replaced with a culture of life. Twice a year we participate in the ‘40 Days for Life’ program, conducting a peaceful prayer vigil at the site of Planned Parenthood in Worcester. We work to oppose Physician Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts and oppose euthanasia. We participate in the Annual Mass for Life at St. Paul’s Cathedral, celebrated by Bishop McManus on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, as well as the Mass which precedes the Annual March for Life conducted in Washington, DC, each year. We support the parish’s annual Novena to St. Joseph, wherein we pray for those who are seriously or terminally ill and at the same time advocate that Physician Assisted Suicide not be adopted in our state. On occasional Mother’s Days we sponsor a Roses for Life appeal where roses are sold to benefit the good work being done at Problem Pregnancy in Worcester. Throughout the year we participate in fundraising efforts to support the ministry of Visitation House where mothers and children find lodging and support in times of a crisis pregnancy. All are welcome to join us in these efforts. If you would like to do so, please contact our Pro-Life chairpersons, Ralph and Claire Weirich using the contact information on the left side of this page.