Support Life Sunday - Tautokona te Ratapu Whakaora 2024

Infinite Dignity - every person matters ... always! He mea nui te ora o ngā tāngata katoa ... i ngā wā katoa!  The theme for this Day of Prayer for Life on 13 October (28th Sunday of Ordinary Time) draws on the Declaration Dignitas Infinita - On Human Dignity (April 2024) which addresses a range of contemporary moral and social issues. This Vatican document highlights how human dignity can be violated including abortion, euthanasia, surrogate motherhood, war, poverty and human trafficking.

"... every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter."  Dignitas Infinita - On Human Dignity

Liturgical resources

The Nathaniel Centre for bioethics has prepared resources for use in parishes and schools including:

Prayer of the Faithful selections HERE

Support Life Sunday Prayer HERE

Homily Notes and a brief outline of Dignitas Infinita HERE

Special Podcast

A special podcast on the fundamental principle of human dignity led by Dr John Kleinsman is available on the Food for Faith Homily Studio

For more information and other resources including a poster and a holding slide for Mass displays are available under Media Releases on the NZCBC website.

"The dignity which derives from being called into existence by God is not diminished by anything that can ever happen to us, or by anything we ourselves might do. God loves us 'beyond every circumstance'." Emeritus Bishop Peter Cullinane