A Respect Life Program package is assembled annually by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life activities to call attention to numerous human life issues. Each contains information on current issues, program suggestions, liturgy resources, clip art, prayers for daily recitation and parish bulletin briefs. Besides the USCCB articles published in this week's Tidings, articles in the 2006-07 package also include:

---The Ethics of Stem Cell research, by Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., Director of Education of The National Catholic Bioethics Center.
---Partial Birth Abortion: A Bridge Too Far, by Susan Wills, J.D., LL.M., Associate Director for Education, USCCB
---Why Marriage Matters to Children and the Common Good, by Maggie Gallagher, President of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
---Go Organic: The Scientific Case for Sexual Ethics, by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.
---Victim Advocates Against the Death Penalty, by Andrew Rivas, Executive Director of the Texas Catholic Conference.

Articles from 1972 to 2002 are available on a CD-ROM entitled "Celebrating Life 1972-2002 ($9.95); call 1-866-582-0943. Articles from 1996 are available online at www.usccb.org/prolife/programs/rlp/. For additional information on ordering the 2006-07 package, call (202) 541-3070 or visit www.usccb.org/prolife/.