The Month of the Holy Rosary in 2024 will be from Saturday, October 1 to Monday, October 31. The Catholic Church dedicates the month of October to the Holy Rosary because the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7. Respect Life Month is celebrated in the United States every October to reflect on the dignity of every human life. The first Sunday of October is observed as Respect Life Sunday, which is when we will launch the annual Baby Bottle drive for TLC Pregnancy Centers. Please return bottles to church by November 3rd . 

“The Rosary is an antidote. It’s a cure, a stillness, a silence. It’s a rewiring of our hearts and our minds, and there we will find unending joy.” ~Mark Hartfiel, Host of Mysteries of the Rosary (Paradisus Dei) 

Each Wednesday evening in the month of October the Respect Life Ministry will lead the rosary at one of the shrines on St. John’s campus. We invite all parishioners to join us or the rosary inside church to pray for an end of violence and for respect for life from the moment of inception until natural death. We will begin promptly at 6:30 PM so that those wishing to attend mass will be able to do so. In the case of inclement weather, we will just hold the rosary inside church.

About the Respect Life Ministry


When most people hear the phrase “Respect Life” they think of the pro-life movement and anti-abortion supporters. The Respect Life Ministry at St. John’s is much more than that. 

Our mission statement is “To transform our society into a culture of life where every human being is valued and protected from the moment of conception until natural death.“ 

We participate in the following: the Annual Baby Bottle Campaign, monthly rosaries prayed in front of the Streamwood Police or Fire Department and Aurora abortion clinic, marching in the March for Life in Palatine, erecting crosses on the grassy berm of our parking lot representing lost babies, donations of time and goods to TLC and Corbella Pregnancy services, Bella Terra and Alden nursing homes, Gigi’s Playhouse, the Crisis Center and any other organizations we learn of serving those in need in our area. Funds raised are donated to organizations helping the respect life cycle from conception until natural death. We have monthly meetings, on the fourth Thursday at 7 PM in the Parish Office, to pray and plan our ministry activities. 

If you’d like more information about our ministry or if you’d like to join us, we can be contacted by emailing [email protected].