Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph Respect Life Office
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Rachel's Vineyard 
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Rachel's Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.

Rachel's Vineyard can help participants find their inner voice, experiencing God's love and compassion on a profound level. It creates a place where men and women can share, often for the first time, their deepest feelings about abortion. They are allowed to dismantle troubling secrets in an environment of emotional and spiritual safety.

Rachel's Vineyard is therapy for the soul.  Participants, who have been trapped in anger toward themselves or others, experience forgiveness.  Peace is found.  Lives are restored.  A sense of hope and meaning for the future is finally re-discovered. 

Bishop Johnston's
Endorsement of
​Rachel's Vineyard
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      Confidential:   
                                       Local

          Website:   www.rachelsvineyard.org
       Call or Text:   (816) 679-4973 
                    Email:   rvkcmo@gmail.com
              
                                         National

          Website:  
www.rachelsvineyard.org
        Call:  (877) HOPE-4-ME / (877) 467-3463  
            Email:  rachel@rachelsvineyard.org
For information on our Project Rachel ministry, please visit our Project Rachel page.

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Program Materials
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Pastoral Care

          Rachel's Vineyard Brochure
          Rachel's Vineyard Flyer

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Leadership & Volunteer Opportunities
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It does not matter how effective we may be at providing pastoral care if we do not also have volunteers helping with such things as promoting and organizing events, managing supplies, and most importantly, praying both inside and outside of our parishes.  Every person must have the opportunity to share his or her unique gifts, limited only by the guidance of the Holy Spirit!  

Below are the current volunteer opportunities for the Rachel's Vineyard program. 

Leadership & Planning
  • Create or join a Respect Life Committee in your parish or local faith organization

Pastoral Care
  • Contact the Respect Life Office to learn how you can share your experience and knowledge at a weekend retreat 
  • Facilitate parish, school and group presentations on post-abortion syndrome or the availability of post-abortive healing 
  • Serve as diocesan resource for questions on post-abortive healing
  • Assist with distribution of Rachel's Vineyard and program materials 

Fundraising & Promotion
  • Volunteer to help plan and organize a weekend retreat
  • Sponsor a retreatant ($140) or a member of the leadership team ($70) for the weekend
  • Participate as a member of a diocesan program fundraising, promotional or event-planning committee
  • Assist parishes with creating flyers for scheduled parish presentations
  • Assist the Respect Life Office with development of promotional materials (e.g. brochures, flyers, posters, etc.) for the Rachel's Vineyard program

Prayer & Worship
  • Start or join a parish prayer group.  Pastoral care leaders will periodically email or text updates and requests for prayers to parish prayer group leader(s).  These communications can then be sent to individual parish email/text list or shared at regularly-scheduled parish prayer group meetings.  
To learn more about these opportunities, or to sign-up today, please contact the Respect Life Office or email rvkcmo@gmail.com​ .


Please prayerfully consider making a donation to the Rachel's Vineyard ministry.  This will be used for items such as books and resources, prayer cards, rosaries and crucifixes, as well as training and travel for team members.  You may donate online or by sending a check made payable to:

          Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph
          Respect Life Office
          20 West Ninth Street
          Kansas City, MO  64105

Please note “Rachel's Vineyard” on the memo line of your check.  Thank you!


“Catholics must be committed to the defense of life in all its stages and in every condition”
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Respect Life Office ~ Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph  ~ 20 West Ninth Street ~ Kansas City, MO 64105 ~ ​(816) 756-1850
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  • HOME
    • News & Communications >
      • Local Prayer Vigil for Life 2023
    • Share Your Gifts
    • About Us
  • Pastoral Programs
    • 40 Days for Life >
      • Our "Message"
    • ComPassio
    • Gabriel Project >
      • Walking With Moms in Need
      • Kansas City Pregnancy Clinic & Mercy and Truth
    • Knights of Columbus >
      • Meet Life (Missouri)
      • Faith in Action (Supreme)
    • Life & Justice Campaign
    • March for Life
    • Project Rachel >
      • Rachel's Vineyard Retreats
    • Spiritual Adoption
    • Stand Up for Life >
      • Teen Pro-Life Boot Camp
    • Catholic Partners >
      • Catholic Charities of KC-St. Joseph
      • Catholic Mobilizing Network (Death Penalty)
  • Education
    • Pro-Life Issues >
      • Abortion
      • Adoption
      • Contraception & Birth Control
      • Death Penalty
      • Euthanasia & Assisted-Suicide
      • Fetal Development
      • Post-Abortion
      • Religious Freedom & Conscience Protection
      • Reproductive Technologies
      • Stem Cell Research & Human Cloning
    • Papal Encyclicals & Church Documents
  • Parish Ministry
    • Respect Life Coordinators >
      • Parish Respect Life Coordinator Sign-Up
    • Respect Life Committees
    • Prayers & Liturgies
    • Priests & Pastors
  • Public Policy
    • Contacting Elected Officials
    • Pro-Life Policy Advocacy Organizations
  • Resources
    • Abortion Pill Reversal
    • Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRC's)
    • Residential Pregnancy Homes
    • Adoption
    • Reproductive Technologies
    • Fetal Anomalies & Special Diagnoses
    • Post-Abortive Healing
    • Death Penalty
    • Ethical Research, Therapies & Cures
    • End of Life Care & Documents
    • Religious Freedom & Conscience Protection >
      • USCCB Religious Freedom Week
    • International Pro-Life >
      • European Refugee Crisis
  • Contact Us