The following ideas are taken from the Priests For Life website. Can you try to do at least two things from this list this week?
1) Pray daily for an end to abortion. Join the ongoing novena to end
abortion at www.prayercampaign.org.
Pray for women tempted to have abortions, for doctors and nurses, for
legislators, for clergy, for those who work in the movement, and for those who
do not realize how wrong abortion is. Form pro-life prayer teams or prayer
groups in homes or parishes.
2) Read! Be more
informed about abortion from such books as Abortion: Question and Answers,
by Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Willke (Available from Hayes publishing 513-681-7559.)
3) Wear pink and blue ribbons
as a sign of support for pre-born boys and girls. Put the ribbons on cars,
trees, etc.
4) Wear the "Precious Feet"
pin
that shows the baby’s feet at 10 weeks after conception. (Order from
Heritage House 1-800-858-3040,
www.hh76.com.)
5) Use pro-life pins, decals,
envelopes, bumper stickers, T-shirts, posters, etc. (Order from
Heritage House). Place posters and literature on public bulletin boards in
supermarkets and other facilities.
6) Take part in First Amendment activities such
as Life Chains (National Life Chain
(CA), 530-671-5500), prayer vigils (Helpers of God’s Precious Infants (NY),
718-853-2789), literature distribution, pickets, and sidewalk counseling.
Attend the Annual January
22 March for Life in Washington DC
(202-Life-377). Place pro-life yard signs on your
property.
7) Use checks which carry a pro-life message.
Contact
Promise Checks,
1-800-977-6647.
8) Send letters or articles to
newspapers, to your elected officials, and other persons, institutions, and
publications regarding respect for life.
Have a group of people willing to sign letters that others write. For samples,
visit www.priestsforlife.org/letters.
9) Speak up
with courage and charity in defense of pre-born babies.
10) Encourage your priest, minister, or rabbi, to speak
out against abortion. Priests for Life has
resources
(1-888-PFL-3448, ext. 237).
11) Book announced Masses
for the intention of an end to abortion, and write such intentions on the prayer
intention cards that various organizations may mail to you.
12) Take part in local projects
and pro-life activities. For information, contact your parish or
local pro-life group. Join in pro-life Scripture or
rosary
services or prayer groups.
13) Leave pro-life literature
wherever you can:
in public places, at restaurants, as inserts in the mail you send, on cars, etc.
Give literature to friends. Send it also in prepaid business reply envelopes
that come in the mail. Include it in cards you send for Christmas, birthdays,
and other occasions.
14) Get on the mailing list of
pro-life organizations. Donate to them. Volunteer for them. See
links to many organizations on this website.
15) Find out whether candidates running for public office
support abortion, and tell others. Send pro-abortion politicians the US Bishops'
document
"Living the Gospel of
Life." Help with voter registration and
distribution of voter guides.
Become involved, as citizens, in political campaigns. Vote in such a way that
will advance the protection of life.
16) Use paid advertising, in the
Yellow pages and elsewhere, to spread pro-life information.
17) Encourage mothers who have been harmed by abortion to
bring suits against the abortion industry.
For advice, call 1-800-U-CAN-SUE (Legal
Action for Women).
18) Donate
pro-life books to your local libraries, schools, colleges, and Churches.
Request such books at your libraries and bookstores.
19) Get pro-life programs onto
local cable TV stations.
20) Promote adoption. For information, call the
National Council For Adoption in Alexandria, VA (703-299-6633) or the Catholic
Counseling Services at 1-800-BABY-DUE.
21) Publicize
pro-life events that groups are holding.
22) Keep informed of national legislative efforts by calling
the National Right to Life legislative hotline in
Washington DC at 202-626-8800 x120.
Visit
www.nrlc.org.
23) Fly the flag at half-mast in respect for the
babies killed by abortion.
24) Conduct fundraising efforts for pro-life groups:
car-washes, bake-sales, raffles, dinners, penny drives, etc.
25) Run a pro-life booth at fairs, rallies,
conventions.
26) Establish a memorial stone to
the preborn
in a local cemetery or on Church grounds.
27) Do pro-life work on a full-time basis.
Inquire at Priests for Life, 888-735-3448.
28) Do not use the terms, "going to be a mother (or
father)", "expecting a child" or "a child on the way" when speaking of pregnancy.
The child is already there in the womb!
29) Attend annual pro-life conventions, such as
March for Life (202-LIFE-377) or National
Right to Life (202-626-8800). Sponsor a student to attend such conferences.
Recommend speakers to other groups and invite them to your community
organizations.
30) Get to know reporters and producers in the media.
Inform them. Call in to radio and TV talk shows, and ask questions of the
pro-life speakers so as to give them more chance to talk.
31) Gather friends in your home and show pro-life videos, such
as "Life Talk" from Life Dynamics
(1-800-800-LIFE), the "Be Not Afraid" Holy Hours provided by the
Apostolate for Family Consecration (Ohio) 800-77-FAMILY,
or videos from Priests for Life (888-735-3448).
Show these videos to your children's friends.
32) Do scholarly study and research.
33) In graduation ceremonies,
include a remembrance of those who would have been graduating but were aborted.
34) Use the Internet to spread the message. Put
a pro-life signature on your emails. Send pro-life messages to your email lists.
Visit and learn from pro-life websites. Start a pro-life website.
35) For more ideas, see the books, Closed: 99 Ways to Stop
Abortion
(available through the Pro-Life Action League, 6160 N. Cicero Ave., Suite 600,
Chicago, IL 60646, 773-777-2900,
www.prolifeaction.org).
Become a "Missionary of the
Gospel of Life!" These are our lay associates of Priests for
Life! Whatever pro-life work you do, you can do it in union with the
Church. Join to learn and practice the spirituality of the
pro-life movement. For more information visit
www.MissionariesoftheGospelofLife.org
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For free pro-life literature
call 1-888-735-3448 x237
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