Respect Life Commission Meeting Minutes from: 12/18/16 The meeting opened with a prayer.

Outstanding Items We reviewed several of the completed and outstanding items from our previous meeting:  Our Lady of Guadalupe print framed: Should be completed in January. - In Process – Alan/Eileen

 Poverty Inc. movie: o Viewing

. Jason Povlich, viewed and very enthusiastic about speaking to us. Maybe a program/event hosted here with Charity and Justice at St. Mary with entertainment – for example Rag Birds, Fiddlers - In Process - Patrick . RLC view at Connie’s house – In Process - Connie

 Flyer with Mission Statement for RLC bulletin board/Gathering Space bins. Update current pamphlet on website and have group review sometime in January - In Process – Eileen

 Baby Bottle Boomerang – FLS representative to speak at the end of each mass with a DVD presentation playing during coffee/donuts. Check with Father Bill. - In Process – Eileen

 Plan on a drive in May for Arbor Woman. Have a “wish” list from Elise Kulick – In Process – Eileen

 Account spreadsheet to keep us up-to-date - In Process – Alan/Eileen

 Students for Life speaker from U of M (President-Rachel Crawford) or Eastern Michigan (President-Katie Perrotta). Contact information was given to Mary Lou for Youth Group. She will vet. – Completed/passed on to Youth Group

Information/Discussion Items

 Annual RTL march in Washington D.C. – still room on the bus leaving from St. Mary  WHMI Adoption charities.org – Mike Dahl is researching