Promoting the Preciousness of Life
(An Experience Shared)

Respect For Life India

Respect For Life India (RFLI)

C/o Good Shepherd Convent, Museum Road, Bangalore 560025, India.
Phone: 91- 80 - 22246806
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E-mail: respectlifeindia@hotmail.com

RELIEF : Respect E very Life I n Every F amily

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RFLI - Programmes at a Glance down the years

Some interesting topics that were published in the Relief:
Relief Jan - Feb 1997
Protect the lives of the innocent - Fr. Patrick Xavier, President, NARFL
Abortion: lets put an end to it
The true pictures
Is abortion the only resort?
Lyn's lonely struggle with her past ... and future - Pro-Life Phillipines
Let us be the voices of the unborn :
Unwanted - a poem by Tessie Rozario
Let me live - Pat Boone

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Relief March - April 1997
Teenage abortions on the rise
Challengeing teens to chasity
10 questions all parents should ask themselves
Teenagers as I see them - Bro. Kevin Ward cfc

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Relief May - June 1997
Suicide prevention - Dr. Ajit V. Bhide, MD
Why did your schoolmate attempt suicide? - Gideon Arulmani
After-effects of abortions - Fr. Nelson Cristo Colaco, Goa
What if you are alone and thinking of suicide
What to do is someone says 'I'm going to kill myself'

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Relief July - August 1997
The silent sufferers
The freedom of Jesus

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Relief S eptember - October 1997
Macushla - Br. Kevin Ward cfc
The family - Dr. Olinda Timms
Adoption - Dr. Aloma & David Lobo
The great Thailand experiments: why condoms shouldn't be used to fight AIDS - Dr. Orestes Monzon
Foetal and newborn infant experimentation

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Relief November - December 1997
Is there room in your heart for him? - Dr. Olinda Timms
Miracle in the womb: A doctor's most unbelievable case - J.A. MacDougall, MD
The seventh child - Ms. Bennet D'Souza

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Relief Jan - Feb 1998
Some personal reflections on AIDS Education - Dr. Barbra Naidu
Love in the evening - Dr. Olinda Timms / Mrs. Lalitha Ubhayakar
Choose life - Teenagers speak to their brother - Bro. Kevin Ward, cfc
The Ugly Christian - Dr. Maya J. Philip
Justice delayed is justice denied - Fr. Cruice J. Sanjivi, CSsR
The New morality

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Relief March - April 1998
This is my body - Sr. M. Annunciata, rgs
On cloning - Dr. Om Prakash
Violence against women - Prof. Vanaja S Kumar
The miracle injection - Sunil Menon

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Relief May - June 1998
Correct language about pregnancy and abortion - Fr. Pavone
New threats to the sanctity of human life - Desmond Pereira
Child sexuality abuse: Facts Fallacies Fallout - Dr. Ajit Bhide
Love - Fr. Julian

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Relief July - August 1998
The way we are - Manuel D. Fesarilo
The precious one - T. Neerajakshi
Humanity a hope .. my experiences with sex workers - Ms. K. Sunitha
My experiences .. life is precious and unique!! - Dr. Henrietta D'Costa
Zest for life - Dr. Om Prakash
Reaping the fruit of contraceptive mentality - Angelita Miguel-Aguirre, MD.,FPCP
I'd just like to say ... Ilka M Varma
Ban vulgarity and obscenity - Anthony Prakash
Do you know if your child is 'educated'? - Dr. Olinda Timms

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Relief S eptember - October 1998
Will the real woman please stand up! - Phyllis Farias
A second thought? Child prostitution - Anuradha Jean Madhusudhan / Abhjit Varma
A bold venture .. a new creation! - Fr. Sebastian Kandeth
The greatest miracle .. the Greatest mystery .. selections from Ross Snyder
The story of a 'baby' - Dr. Om Prakash

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Relief November - December 1998
A time for giving - Fr. Cruice J Sanjivi, CSsR
Adoption - what it means for ... the natural mother .. the adoptive parents
Don't make my mistakes - HLI, Minnesota
The Dream - Mariette Joseph
The miracle of life- Dr. Barbra Naidu
On caring - Dr. Om Prakash
As long as our love doesn't turn grey - Ray Garcia
Life is very precious - a poem by Jonaki Bhattacharya
When AIDS wears a woman's face - Cathie Lyons
Parenting with prayer - Angelita M. Aguirre, MD
Suicides - a hollow end - Anuradha Jean Madhusudhan / Abhjit Varma

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Relief Jan - Feb 1999
RFLI - Relevant today - Sr. M. Annunciata, rgs
Abortion: Let's put an end to it
To give the gift of life - Patty Hansen
Can rape be a reason for justifying abortion - Ms. Helen Sylvester
The Swastik re-emerges : A new holocaust - Dr. Olinda Timms
Unending Woes - poem by Milagres Pereira, Goa

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Relief March - April 1999
The Lamb - Bro. Kevin Ward, cfc
Clarify ban on human cloning - Nicholas Tonti-Filippini
And now ... give and live - Dr. G. D. Ravindaran
The bearers of unhealed scar - Bro. Shiju Joseph Mukalel
I am not important - Ms. Phyllis Farias

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Relief May - June 1999
How very precious you are! God loves you! - Vincent Roop Singh
Moher Teresa and the Family - excerpts from the World Conference on Women in Beijing
The harms of contraception - One More Soul
AIDS - Anew lifestyle for a better tomorrow
Music - Great is your power - Ms. Amanda Britto

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Relief July - August 1999
The magnificient Human Body - Vincent Roop Singh
Facing the challenges of growth in you and your children - a retired teacher
Value education in schools - Ms. Nina Kuryan
A guide to rebuilding your life
Cross Roads strategy to fight HIV/AIDS - Glory Alexander
The respect that young people need and deserve from elders - Rebecca Motha
A letter to Fathers contemplating abortion - Richard Renzi

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Relief S eptember - October 1999
Parenting - The new age challenge - John Croyle
Girls, you are a blessing - Shakti Sharma
Live and Let Live
Safe Sex can kill you - Dr. C. Everett Koop

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Relief November - December 1999
Millennium of Hope
The last Christmas tree
Can there be anything good about HIV/AIDS ? - Dr. G.D. Ravindran
The man in the mirror - Sinclair Rogers
The clutches of dependent relationships and growing out of them - Ms. Mary Nirmala Motha
Preciousness - Dr. Henrietta D'Costa
If Jesus came to your house- Author Unknown

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Relief Jan - Feb 2000
2000 - The human inside - Dr. Om Prakash
Persons are gifts - a poem
The search is still on ... The Church's view on homosexuality - Fr. Hilario Fernandes sj
The Good Shepherd - a poem
The clutches of dpendent relationships and growing out of them - Ms. Mary Nirmala Motha
The Bangladeshi syndrome - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip, MD

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Relief March - April 2000
Golden Dawn - Vincent Roop Singh
Adult survivors of child sexual abuse - Banjara News
Are homosexuals 'born' or 'made'? - Sinclair Rogers
I'm special
The pursuit of happiness - Dr. Om Prakash
Team work: Learn from the geese
Little beatitudes - a poem
The peer fear - Dr. Olinda Timms
Hands of hope - Bryan & Leena Wortha

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Relief May - June 2000
Why care? - Rev. Dr. Theodore Williams
True love waits
Youth at crossroads (reports) - Dr. Maya Philip
How to avoid sexually transmitted diseases - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip MD
A cured man speaks of the big battle - Deccan Herald
The gamble of mixed marriage
Heartbeat - Family Life Line

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Relief July - August 2000
Envy and what to do about it - Adapted from The Christophers
All for a flower - Bro. Kevin Ward cfc
Helping abortion's second victim - Marlon C Ramirez
AIDS: Myths and ignorance abound - Adaption from Bangalore Times
Prefer heaven without an MBBS, to hell with an MBBS - Courtesy Sathyadeepam
Sex is a gift of God - Patrick Dunn MD
My new best friend - a poem
Which if these two points of view is the most accurate: Sex is everything or Sex is nothing
On Empathy - Dr. Om Prakash
The celebration of life - Shanthi Hubert
Life before birth

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Relief S eptember - October 2000
A culture of life - Fr. Stan Lobo
Purity ad marriage - Patrick Dunn MD
Confronting the truth - Ruth
Understanding homosexuality - Juliana Lazarus
Thoughts on homosexuality - Dr. Maya J Philip
The last time I rested - Amanda Britto
Sex and relationships
Beauty from ashes - Life Lines
A gift from God - Dr. Ali Khwaja

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Relief November - December 2000
Christmas means relationship - Fr. Myron J Pereira sj
We saw His star - Bro. Kevin Ward cfc
Before you say "I Do" - Families Today
Hitting the streets Dr. Olinda Timms
The face in the window - The Sower's seeds

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Relief Jan - Feb 2001
The new millenium - Hope - Dr. Olinda Timms
The diginity of family members Part 1 - Phyllis Farias
Gandhiji speaks
A child is a child - Times of India
The Legacy we leave - Dr. Om Prakash
Marriage - at what cost? - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip
Excerpts from HLI Report
Activate your power to choose - Norman Vincent Peale

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Relief March - April 2001
On Easter - Ms. Juliana Lazarus
The diginity of family members Part 2 - Phyllis Farias
An act of kindness
Is masturbation morally wrong? - J.M. Fuster sj
AIDS: Clear and present danger - Dr. Olinda Timms
Life is precious - Juliana Lazarus
The Pill castrates women: Doctor

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Relief May - June 2001
The truth about IVF: an article on what IVF means -
Why is the church against artificial methods of contraception? - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip<
The crossroads of life - Sean Covey
Abortion, What is abortion? - Sanji Paul A.F.
Heal the pain of the past - Priya D'Souza
A blessing plus blessings - Aling Paz

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Relief July - August 2001
AIDS is 20
The culture of death facts
How far has AIDS spread
Condoms are not the answer for HIV prevention - Dr. G.D. Ravindran
Some personal reflections on AIDS Education -Dr. Barbra Naidu

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Relief S eptember - October 2001
Killing them softly - spotlight child abuse - Source Internet
The crying stopped - Angela Keith Benedict
Child Abuse: just the tip of the iceberg - Angelita Miguel-Aguirre MD
The whys and wherefores
A look at the menace in India - Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade

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Relief November - December 2001
A Christmas message - Dr. Joy Pulikan sdb
Girls and boys - Praise the Lord - Fr. Denis Coelho sj
Celebrating birth, the Christmas way - Juliana Lazarus
A perfect child - Kathleen Lukens
National Conference on Human Sexuality and Sexual values - Report by Ms. Lily Paul & Ms. Norma Lobo

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Relief Jan - Feb 2002
What if all these were Hitlers?
When man plays God - Unesco's declaration on Human Genome
On human Cloning - Dr. Om Prakash
Pro-Life science - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip
A condenced version of the keynote at National Conference on Human Sexuality & Sexual Values by Phyllis Farias

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Relief March - April 2002
Home alone
When twilight draws its curtain ... Juliana Lazarus
Retribution - Ranee Vijaya Kuttaiah
Homeless in heaven - Dr. Olinda Timms
A condensed version of Dr. Maya Jacob Philip's speech at Natl. Conf. on Human Sexuality and Sexual values

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Relief May - June 2002
The Family today vs You decide
The world in your hands
Bringing up children: Some dont's - Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade
The day I was too busy - Cindy Ladage
Biological aspects of human sexuality- Dr. Maya Jacob Philip

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Relief July - August 2002
Life is precious cherish it
My very first months
Contraception is intrinsically evil - Fr. Lawrence Abello sj
Islam and sexual values - Dr Ali Khwaja's speech at National Conference on Human Sexuality and Sexual values

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Relief S eptember - October 2002
Planning your family ... naturally - Joyce Jayaseelan
NFP in the modern world
Abortion pill comes to India. But dont be fooled - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip
Why some couples stay married - TOI
The ant and the contact lens - Josh ans Karen Zarandona
Child sexual abuse

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Relief November - December 2002
It's Christmas time welcome life
Precious diamond in a haystack - Sr. Colette Monteiro rgs
In the secret place - Bro. Kevin Ward cfc
Miracle in the womb - Family Life Line
Teenagers in Family Life - Rev. Harold Naylor sj speech to 9th Asic Pacific Congress

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Relief Jan - Feb 2003
Pronography in today's world - Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade
Confessions
We are all vulnerable
Myths about pornography

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Relief March - April 2003
Today's Families
The seven challenges - Dr. Vijai P Sharma
Oh Family, my family - Dr. Om Prakash
I'll huff and I'll puff and blow your house down - Ms. Phyllis Farias
Women at work
Winds of change: not necessarily for the better - Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade
Praying together with the children

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Relief May - June 2003
Adoption Making a loving decision - Carlyn Hachey
Back to the future! - Vincent Gilford
Adoption - how lives can change - Dr. Aloma Lobo
Post-Abortion reflections - All Life Matters
Adoption a true story of challenges well met - Dr. Maya Philip
Face to face with life - Ramya Rajagopal

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Relief July - August 2003
A testimony of a homosexual - Raul
What is homosexuality? - Frank Worthen - Helping people step out of homosexuality
We are called to Chasity - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip
Counselling homosexuals - professional approach - Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade
Health problems in Gays - Dr. Joseph Rajendran & Dr. G.D. Ravindran

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Relief S eptember - October 2003
The homosexual life style - Devasagayam
The paintbrush - a poem by Bettie B Youngs
Kinsey: crimes and consequences - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip

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Relief November - December 2003
Christmas message
Lessons from a child - courtesy Ray of Hope
Christmas isn't Christmas till it happens in your heart - Sheila Ansari
What makes babies so loveable? - Fr. Matthew Habiger, osb
The Christmas scout - Samuel D Bogan
To choose or not to choose - Bageshree S
The national training workshop for pro-life resource persons - report Dr. Maya Jacob

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Relief Jan - Feb 2004
The girls child - Virginia Sandanha
The girl child in India - Fr. E. Cleary CSsR
See what she has achieved - Vinutha Mallya
For a better world, educate a woman - Amrita Randhawa
The child - Dr. Om Prakash
Vengence .. where will it lead us? - Vincent Roop Singh
More exquisite thatn expensive crockery - Diana M

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Relief March - April 2004
He is Risen and is still with us - Sr. Christine Pinto rgs
The e-generation
The cybersexual addiction - Sanjay Vincent CSsR
An abortion that ended in life - Linda Noie
Masturbation - Dr. Maya Jacob Philip

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Relief May - June 2004
Pub Culture: Are you part of the Swig and Swagger generation? - Understanding today's youth culture - Walt Mueller
It's a disease - Vincent Vaz CSsR
To Hell and Back - A testimony
Masturbation - The Catholic Church's stand - DDr. Maya Jacob Philip

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Relief July - August 2004
11th Asia Pacific Congress On Love, Life & Family
Why MTV
You Can Say No - Rebecca M
True Love Waits - Miguel York
That little circle of commitment - Rebecca Motha
A gift for my wedding - Bro. Kevin Ward cfc

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Relief September - October 2004<
Disaster Calling
Don't Quit - Author Unknown (Poem)
Life after Eight p.m. - Rebecca Motha
There will never be another me - Author Unknown (Poem)
Empowering Families - Daejeon, South Korea

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