Our Mission Statement: Live the Gospel of life from conception to natural death.  Our scope of concern includes abortion, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, euthanasia, and capital punishment. 

Our goals are to:

Educate by teaching church doctrine on life issues. Promote life and raise awareness of the termination of life through abortion, cloning, stem cell research, capital punishment and Euthanasia;

Support programs and activities that promote life from conception to natural death; and Spiritual Growth through the Holy Spirit that helps us support and strengthen our ability to carry out our mission.

Annually, our committee coordinates such events as…

• The Baby Bottle Campaign – supporting the Pregnancy Support Connection of Waukesha
• The Senior Snow Ball – with Merrill Hills Manor
• The layette collection – supporting St. Hyacinth
• Holy Hour for Life – collaborating with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (led by Deacon Mike Finley)
• October Respect Life Month
• The Waukesha Freeman advertisement advocating life – collaborating with WI Right to Life (Waukesha Chapter)
• Ignite Youth Rally for Life – supporting the Nazareth Project of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
• 40 days for Life

Respect Life Resources:

Archdiocese of Milwaukee:   www.johnpaul2center.org/nazarethproject/respectlife.htm
Wisconsin Right to Life:  www.wrtl.org
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops:  www.usccb.org
Catholics4Life, Inc: www.catholics4life.org

We meet 6 to 8 times a year in the parish meeting room.  For more information or to join contact Nick Kroll at nkrol@wi.rr.com or call 262-968-3896.

Nick Kroll, Committee Chairperson

Married to Sandra, we have four daughters…Alexandra, Anna, Lauren, and Erin.  We live in Delafield and have been members of St. Anthony for approximately eleven years.  I have formerly served on the Board of Directors for Wisconsin Right to Life and still maintain active support of that organization.  Sandra and I underwrite a grant each year for a student of St. Norbert College supporting their on-going Respect Life organization on campus.  Sandra and I are both alum of St. Norbert College.  I am the co-founder and President of Catholics4Life, Inc.  This is an organization collaborating with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee assisting in the formation and on-going development of all parishes within our Archdiocese and their Pro-Life efforts.  I have served as the Respect Life Committee Chairperson at St. Anthony since 2009.