Sharon Soderlund
Respect Life Office
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

328 West Kellogg Blvd.

St. Paul, MN  55102
W Tel:  651.291.4515 Fax 651.290.1628

H  Tel:  952.944.7449 H Fax: 952.944.6781

Email: respectlife@archspm.org

Areas of Expertise / Presentations:
Family:

     -Family Life / Ministry

Religious Education:

     -Education:  Crisis pregnancy

     -Abortion

     -Development of the unborn child

     -Post-abortion stress

     -Death penalty

     -Consistent life ethic

Youth:

    -Young Adult Ministry

    -Youth Catechesis

Education - Training
-BA in English

-Minor in Speech from Augsburg College

-Taught High School English 

-Ran a home-based copywriting and desktop publishing 

  business

-Volunteered for numerous prolife groups since 1978

-Chaired the Edina chapter of MCCL

-Was on the speakers bureau of Minnesota Citizen Concerned 

  for Life

-Served on the Board of Feminists for Life of Minnesota

-Served on the Banquet Committee for Total Lifecare Centers

-Edited and desktop published a newsletter for City Life 

  Center

 -Is a member of the Crisis Pregnancy Centers Directors 

  Fellowship, the post abortion forum, and the Archdiocesan

  Biomedical Ethics Commission

Experience
-Active members of the Respect Life Committees or in "A 

  Community Caring for Life " groups in three parishes

-Active in Anti-Death Penalty advocacy and education

-Facilitated restorative justice projects with the Minnesota

  Correctional Facility-Shakopee

-Led a parish prison ministry committee

Target Audiences
-Junior and senior high school students (catholic and public

  schools)

-Church youth groups

-Confirmation classes

-ACCW groups

-Sara Guilds

-Parents groups