Respect Life/Pro-Life

• Respect Life Novena:  October 22-30, 2024.

• Religious Freedom Week to be Observed June 22-29.  Resources.

• National Prayer Vigil for Life is January 2025  This is an annual all-night pro-life prayer vigil held on the eve of the March for Life.  It is held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.  For more details click here. 

• Friday January 25, 2025 -  March for Life In Washington DC
  
  
  

• September 27 - Novermber 5: 40 Days for Life

• November: Solemnity of Christ the King, Click here for the Novena 

• Annual Pro - Life  Events
   

  March Novena to St. Joseph: For those on the Path of Adoption

Information available at our Catholic Charities page.  Please click here.

Each October, the Catholic Church in the United States celebrates Respect Life Month.  We are called to cherish, defend and protect those who are most vulberable, from the beginning of life to its end, and at every point in between. 

The Program  begins a new the first Sunday of October and continues through the following September.  New Materials are designed each year to assist parishes, schools and families celebrate Respect Life Month.

Resources: 

• Celebrate Respect Life Month (Spanish)

• Bulletin Insert

• Prayer Card 

• Homily Connections

• Reflections and Bulletin Inserts
  
  
• Webinar recording 

• Walking with Moms in Need / Webinars

• Respect Life Store / Respect Life Month print materials

• Respect Life website (digital resources for parishes and schools)

•  Celebrate Respect Life Month (Spanish)

• Digital resources

•  Monthly Prayer Guide

• Word of Life

• Respect Life Action Guides (The section for each occasion includes links to the guide, supplementary resources, and a webinar recording.)

Free Prayer card for Pregnant Mothers is available in English and Spanish 

USCCB
USCCB Pro-Life Action Alerts
USCCB Newsroom
USCCB Respect Life Program

As followers of the crucified Christ, victim of state supported death penalty, we pray for an end to the death penalty.  Iowa is one of a growing number of states that does not have a death penalty.  The links below lead to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's Campaign to End the Death Penalty and provide a wealth of information and action ideas. 

USCCB  Death Penalty and learn what you can do to protect the dignity of life.

The Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of Death Penalty

Iowa Catholic Conference _ Death Penalty - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has for many decades opposed the use of capital punishment.

Respect Life Novena _ October 13-21.  This novena prays for the protection of human life, from conception to natural death.  You Subscribe by Email and receive resources 

Homily helps for Respect Life Sunday

 
Thank you! to those who submitted their request for the 2024 Respect Life Packet. The focus theme of this year’s Respect Life materials is “I came so that they might have life.”  If you forgot to submit your order but would like to obtain a packet, please contact Esmeralda Guerrero at [email protected]

Parishes interested in receiving a free 2024 Respect Life Packet may submit their order using the website form.  Or e-mail your orders to Esmeralda Guerrero at [email protected]. Please include your parish name and address. Also include the name, phone number and email address for the main contact if not the pastor or parish secretary.  Orders must be placed by 4:00 pm. June 18.   

The focus of this year’s Respect Life materials is “I came so that they might have life.”