REVERENCE FOR LIFE
Publication of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life
Pray Proclaim and Promote the Gospel of Life
Winter 2002

Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God

through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom

we have gained access by faith to this grace

in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5: 1-2

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“Our faith history as a people of African descent has been a living testimony

 that the hand of God continues to lead and sustain us.”

Bishop J. Terry Steib, S.V.D., D.D.

Bishop of Memphis

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World AIDS Day 2002

“On December 1, 2002 we mark World AIDS Day.  A day that the entire World recognizes the impact of AIDS and its affect on the global family.  World AIDS Day is also a day that the world joins hands and hearts to address the pain, the stigma, and the great loss of so many lives.”

National African American Catholic HIV/AIDS Task Force

For more information about HIV/AIDS contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 1-800-458-5321.  For ways to mark World AIDS Day as a Black Catholic contact the National African American Catholic HIV/AIDS Task Force at 202 541-3177 or www.nccbuscc.org/saac/hivawareness.htm or www.blackcatholicsforlife.org Together we will make a difference.  It’s All About Life

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 Join the National Black Catholic Apostolate for life in proclaiming Life by becoming an Affiliate of NBCAL. We would welcome your organization or group 
as an Affiliate of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life as we witness the 
dignity and sacred of life as Black Catholics.  Our affiliates will be posted on the 
website: www.blackcatholicsforlife.org.

              An Affiliate of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life will:

Pray for Life in the Black community and throughout the world.

Proclaim the dignity of human life from the moment of conception to its natural 
end in the Black community and throughout the world.

Promote Pro-Life Issues with the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life in the Black community and throughout the world.

Provide a donation to the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life whenever 
possible to help with: mailings, printing of Pro-Life educational/advocacy materials and outreach programs for the Black Community.

For more information contact us at: tnbcalife@aol.com or Fax 212 563-0787.

Prepared by the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life.  Copyright   2002.

          “REVERENCE FOR LIFE” A PUBLICATION OF NBCAL CAN BE REPRODUCED TO PROMOTE THE RESPECT LIFE MESSAGE.  KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE.

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