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Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: Pillars
7 Websites You Should Know
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Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: Pillars

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The Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities contains four major "pillars" that the U.S. bishops have set forth as elements necessary for authentic Catholic pro-life efforts in the United States: prayer, public information and education, public policy, and pastoral care.

We invite you to browse through our website, or go directly to one of the sections hyperlinked below.

Prayer

www.usccb.org/prolifeprayers

Blessings
Intercessions
Holy Hours
Rosaries
Novenas
Divine Mercy Sunday Resources

Pastoral Care

www.usccb.org/prolifecare

In addition to assisting diocesan development of the Church's Project Rachel Ministry for post-abortion healing, the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities offers resources such as the following to assist with local pastoral care efforts.

www.HopeAfterAbortion.org (en español: www.esperanzaposaborto.org)
Prayer resources
Articles
Shareable images
Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities

Public Information and Education

Coming soon! www.usccb.org/prolifeinfo

Annual Respect Life Program
Bulletin inserts
Videos
Church documents and teaching
News releases and statements
Articles

Public Policy

Coming soon! www.usccb.org/prolifepolicy

Action center
Fact sheets
Videos
Blog
Testimony letters and statements

More!

www.usccb.org/prolifetools

Leaders' toolkits
Social media toolkits
Respect Life downloadable image gallery
Action ideas
Homily helps
Printable handouts
Reflections
And even more!

7 Websites You Should Know

1. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

www.usccb.org

2. USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities

Pro-life office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
www.usccb.org/prolife

3. USCCB Respect Life Program

Browse, download (for free), or order materials today!
www.usccb.org/respectlife

4. Hope after Abortion

Healing stories, letters, prayers, and local ministry contact information for the Church's Project Rachel Ministry for post-abortion healing.
www.HopeAfterAbortion.org

5. Conscience Protection

Latest information regarding threats to rights of conscience.
www.usccb.org/conscience

6. HumanLifeAction.org

At HumanLifeAction.org, an initiative of the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, you can easily contact Congress regarding pro-life policy and help protect life and liberty in law.

7. EndRoe.org

Visit EndRoe.org, a project of the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, for a comprehensive look at Roe v. Wade, the decisions that led up to it, and subsequent Supreme Court abortion cases.

E-Tools in Your Inbox (print)

9 Days for Life: Prayer, Penance, Pilgrimage

Nine days of prayer and action focused on cherishing and protecting God's gift of life. Daily intentions are posted online and shared via email, text message, a mobile app, and social media.
www.9daysforlife.com

Life Issues Forum

A pro-life column addressing culture-of-life issues. May be reprinted in full for use in bulletins, newspapers, etc.

People of Life E-newsletter & Action Campaign
Latest news on pro-life issues, people, events, and the U.S. bishops' ongoing pro-life efforts. Follow us on Facebook, too!
www.facebook.org/peopleoflife

Pray for Life

Monthly pro-life messages with new prayer intentions, short reflections, suggested actions, and more! Available online and by email or text message.
www.usccb.org/prayforlife

Pro-Life Federal Legislative Action Alerts

Be a voice for the voiceless! Sign up for pro-life federal action alerts at HumanLifeAction.org.

Word of Life

A monthly liturgical resource containing pro-life intercessions, bulletin quotes, downloadable bulletin art, and occasional supplements like homily notes.

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