DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Priests for Life Looks Forward to a 'Lent for Life'

Priests for Life Looks Forward to a 'Lent for Life'

NEW YORK, March 9, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, announced today at the beginning of Lent that the Priests for Life family of ministries is looking forward to a very fruitful season for life.

"We are beginning this week by sharing with every priest in the nation our resources for preaching, including those found at priestsforlife.org/lent, which show them how to tie in the powerful Lenten themes with the urgent need to defend the unborn. We also have a coordinated prayer campaign taking place in thousands of parishes and schools nationwide, using prayers found at prayercampaign.org.

"Our Pastoral Team, including our priests as well as people like Dr. Alveda King and Dr. Theresa Burke, will speak in dozens of cities and conduct numerous media interviews.

"Our Silent No More Awareness Campaign, co-founded by Janet Morana, our Executive Director, will have gatherings across the nation, including at the office buildings of the US Senate where we are coordinating particular efforts to impact the vote on defunding Planned Parenthood by using the voices of women who were harmed at Planned Parenthood.

"Our priests will speak at many events for 40 Days for Life, a campaign that credits Priests for Life with a large reason for its growth.

"Our media outreach marks this Lent with a new set of episodes on our EWTN program Defending Life, the world's largest, longest-running TV and radio program on abortion, now in its 18th season. We also mark this week the start of a brand new show, The Catholic View for Women, co-hosted by Janet Morana, Teresa Tomeo, and Astrid Bennett Gutierrez.

"We recommend as Lenten spiritual reading my book Pro-life Reflections for Every Day, as well as the regular You Tube, Facebook, and Twitter updates that I will provide during Lent for pro-life activists. Our clergy webcast on March 21 will help priests to lead their people into a pro-life Lent, and later in the month we will convene a Summit meeting of national pro-life leaders to chart a course of greater collaboration to hasten the day of victory.

"In short, this Lent will be a major boost to the pro-life movement in our country," Fr. Pavone concluded.

Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.