It's Growing Season in the Gardens!
Saint Luke's Organic Gardens (SLOG) is a community garden on the same property as St. Luke's Parish Cemetery on Rte. 135. Members of the garden agree to grow organically, in order to grow the healthiest food, and also in cooperation with the surrounding natural habitat. There are 48 patches and gardeners represent all ages and experience levels. This year we include a patch dedicated to growing community food, tended by a Girl Scout working towards her Gold Award!
You are welcome and encouraged to visit! Just follow the road through St. Luke's Cemetery to the back where you will see the fenced-in gardens. Marked walking trails go between the two fenced areas and will lead you through the fields and Cedar Swamp.
For more info contact Mary Andrade, Facilitator at stlukesorganicgarden@gmail.com
St. Luke's Respect Life Ministry
Do you know about the "ROE Act"? This proposed Massachusetts state law will dramatically expand abortions in our state.
If passed, the ROE Act will:
- Remove protections for newborn babies who are born alive having survived a failed abortion (opening the door to infanticide;)
- Eliminate the requirement that a parent (or at least a judge) consent before a minor girl undergoes an abortion; allowing any adult who may be abusing them to cover up their assault by eliminating the need for a legal guardian to consent to any abortion;
- Allow abortions of viable unborn babies to be performed outside of a hospital, meaning abortions can be done in any facility, even those lacking the most basic of medical standards like hallways wide enough for gurneys if a woman needs to be rushed to the hospital. (A woman was recently rushed to a hospital in Massachusetts due to hemorrhaging after an abortion.) This further endangers women;
- Increase taxpayer funding of abortion, by diverting money from Healthy Start, a program intended to reduce infant mortality among the poor;
- Eliminate all criminal penalties for the performance of any abortion—whether coerced, sex-selective, eugenic, incompetently executed, performed by a non-physician; or inflicted on a victim of sex trafficking, statutory rape, or other sexual abuse.
We can help stop this bill from becoming law by contacting our legislators. Click on the image for directions and a scriptyou can use:
St. Luke's Respect Life Ministry helps promote life-affirming work throughout the region. Do you know about Problem Pregnancy? This support center in Worcester helps pregnant women to choose life for their babies. Women receive a free ultrasound, which often helps them find the courage to choose life. Problem Pregnancy also helps connect women to resources they need to provide for themselves and their families. Visit https://www.problempregnancy.org/.
"Westborough ASP was not able to go to Appalachia this summer, but we can still serve from home."
Did you know
that one in 5 Massachusetts families with kids are food insecure during the COVID-19 crisis?
The Westborough Appalachia Service Project (ASP) team, sponsored by the First United Methodist Church and St. Luke's Parish, sends volunteers each year to provide much-needed home repair to families in rural Appalachia. Due to COVID-19, they switched gears and decided to help restock Westborough's Food Pantry.
In June, ASP collected 4,436 pounds of food for the Westborough Food Pantry!
Many thanks to all involved for helping to restock the Food Pantry’s shelves.
Our next food drive is Saturday, August 15th.
We'll come pick up the donations!
To participate, email westboroughfooddrive@gmail.com to register with your address, and we'll send you a list of needed items. Leave items at the foot of your driveway by 9:00am on August 15th, and our ASP drivers will pick them up!
Thank you for supporting this vital local ministry.