From Father Frank Pavone, National Director
Priests for Life
I hope the New Year is off to a great start for you. We have made bold plans for our pro-life projects at Priests for Life for this year, and want to let you in on those plans. See our 2014 Plans Report online. Below is an outline of what you will read about in the full report. And please pass it along to those who may not know of our ministry but may be interested in it. Remember, Priests for Life is not just for priests, and it’s not just for Catholics –it’s for all who want to end abortion!
Friends, let me also bring to your attention that I will be composing some new prayers for pro-life conferences, rallies, marches and banquets. You can choose from them at prayercampaign.org.This is the time of year when so many of these events take place. Please spread the word!
2014 Plans -- Priests forLife (Summary)
Introduction
Priests for Life, the largest Catholic ministry focused on ending abortion, is actually a family of interrelated apostolates, including Deacons for Life, Seminarians for Life, Missionaries of the Gospel of Life, Rachel's Vineyard, the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, African-American Outreach,Hispanic Outreach, Youth Outreach, Political Responsibility, Prayer Campaign, Life on the Line Media Outreach, and the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues. All of these are organized under a larger umbrella of Gospel of Life Ministries.
The pastoral team has put into place a series of activities, plans, and goals for the year 2014. Some of these are public; some are confidential. The following report is a partial summary of some of those plans. Our Pastoral Team, includes Dr. Alveda King, Marie Smith, Dr.Theresa and Kevin Burke, Janet Morana, Bryan Kemper, Fr. Victor Salomon,Fr. Frank Pavone, Fr. Denis Wilde, OSA, and others who work with theministries that comprise the Priests for Life/Gospel of Life Family.
Recall Abortion -- and Let the Healing Begin
…sharing the testimonies of those who have had abortions and demand that it be recalled as a faulty and dangerous product!
Elections and Vote Pro-life Coalition
--- We will elect public servants who know the difference between serving the public and killing the public!
Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
-- This is the most important legislative priority of the pro-life movement this year!
HHS Lawsuit Continues
-- Priests for Life has won an injunction against the mandate, and will continue to battle against it until it falls altogether!
ProLifeCentral.com
-- a new educational initiative for the pro-life movement, including an online pro-life university!
Media
-- We will have a strong presence on EWTN, as well as secular media, with the pro-life message this year!
Pro-life Leadership Coalition
-- We continue to be a force of strategic unity for the movement!
Staff Expansion
-- We are growing in 2014, including the introduction of an internship program!
Closing of killing centers
-- More abortion mills than ever closed in 2013, but we will top it in2014!
Prayer campaigns
-- getting every believer to pray about abortion every day (PrayerCampaign.org)!
National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children
--simultaneous prayer services at the grave sites of aborted children nationwide on September 13, 2014!
Stand True Youth Outreach
-- inflaming the pro-life passion of our youth!
African-American Outreach
-- exciting preparations for the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, with the question, What about the babies?
Saving Lives through the Churches: Two-Weekend Project
-- a new plan for bringing a strong infusion of pro-life enthusiasm into a diocese!
Reaching parishes and schools
-- using our lay team to give short pro-life talks after Communion in parishes, and sending our Youth Outreach into the schools!
CardinalJohn O'Connor Institute for the Pro-life Training of the Clergy
-- a re-launching of clergy efforts that will build on the trend of more pro-life clergy and bring it to a tipping point!
