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October is Respect Life Month, and the first Sunday of October is designated as Respect Life Sunday. Throughout this month, we consider more deeply why every human life is valuable and reflect on how to build a culture that protects life from conception to natural death.
Please see below for a collection of valuable resources provided by the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities. They have provided permission for you to download, print, and reproduce them for use in your parish, school, or ministry.
Click here to read the Respect Life Reflection: I Came So That They Might Have Life.
The Action Guide includes:- Introduction
- "Simple Steps"
- Sample Timeline
- Sample Announcements
- Sample Intercessions
- Homily Helps
- Sample Activity
- Leaders' Toolkits (English and Spanish)
- Walking with Moms in Need
- Walking with Moms in Need is a nationwide, parish-based initiative to increase support for pregnant and parenting mothers in need.
- Walking with Moms in Need is a nationwide, parish-based initiative to increase support for pregnant and parenting mothers in need.
- Respect Life Novena (English and Spanish)
- October Word of Life (English and Spanish)
Other Pro-Life Digital Resources (homily aids, posters, graphics, etc.)
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington and Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, is inviting Catholics through the 2024 theme, I Came So That They Might Have Life, to commemorate October's Respect Life Month by embracing this moment of Eucharistic Revival to direct and strengthen our efforts to defend human life. Read his message here.
Other Resources
Respect Life Month Teaching Resources (Ave Maria Press)
8 Ways to Involve Young Children in Pro-Life Ministry (Holy Heroes)
Respect for Life Resources (Sadlier)