Must:

	Be a registered member of the parish, in good standing.
	Display an interest in, or willingness to learn about, Church moral teachings regarding life and death issues.
	Show an interest in, or willingness to learn about, local, state, and national legislative issues that should be influenced by Church moral teachings.
	Cooperate with parish and diocesan Respect Life chairpersons to promote the Consistent Ethic of Life.

 

General

	Support and work with the Parish Respect Life Representative.
	Attend scheduled parish, deanery, and diocesan Respect Life meetings and events.
	Participate in the annual diocesan Respect Life Legislative Workshop, when scheduled.

 

Prayer

	Ask God's blessings on all efforts to promote the sanctity of life, from conception to natural death.
	Pray for those holding political offices and those seeking political offices.
	Promote the need for, and power of, prayer to attain every Respect Life goal.

 

Education

	Educate parish community about Church teachings on life and death.
	Educate parish community about pro-life perspectives, related to political issues.

 

Action

	Interact with parishioners interested in pro-life activities, generally, or legislative issues, particularly.
	Interact with parish organizations, such as Council of Catholic Women and Knights of Columbus, to obtain their support of pro-life activities and legislative action.
	Set up, in cooperation with the Parish Respect Life Representative, an effective parish-wide legislative telephone/e-mail tree and procedures for activating the tree.
	Distribute to phone/e-mail tree members requests for action (calls, letters, faxes, e-mails) on state, national, and occasionally, local legislation, that is before governing bodies.  (All requests come through the Diocesan Respect Life Office.)
	Take responsibility, at the request of the diocese, for participation in other legislative-oriented projects, such as postcard campaigns, letter-writhing forums, etc.