Catholics for Life

Mr. Zachary Wichmann is the CCI staffperson for the Catholics for Life Department.


Priorities

The Catholics for Life Department has established the following priorities:

• Educate the Catholic faithful and general public about the issues of stem cell research, human cloning, abortion, emergency contraception, assisted suicide, euthanasia and the death penalty.
• Collaborate with other pro-life groups to support legislative efforts that protect human life from fertilization to natural death.
• Identify and promote high quality pro-life and chastity programs for parish, school, and other institutional use.
• Support programs that enable mothers to choose life for their children as well as those initiatives and programs that bring hope and healing to those wounded by abortion.

Department Members

Following is a list of members of the Catholics for Life Department and the Diocese which they represent:

• Sr. Jane Boos, S.S.N.D. - Springfield-in-Illinois
• Rev. Chris Comerford - Springfield-in-Illinois
• Ms. Laurie Edwards - Belleville
• Ms. Mary Louise Kurey - Chicago
• Reverend David Lawrence - Joliet
• Reverend William Miller, IC - Peoria
• Rev. Tom Milota - Joliet
• Mitch Striedl - Rockford
• Mary Nemetz - Joliet
• Mary Jo Wasser - Springfield