Pro-Life

Saturday night many people from across our archdiocese will begin loading buses and heading to Washington D.C. for the Pro-Life March. 

The 35th Annual March will be held on Tuesday January 22nd from 1-4 pm.  There will be a Youth Mass held at the Verizon Center at 9 am that morning. 

The Pro-life March is a powerful way for all of us to defend the rights of human life, especially for those who do not have a voice.  May our joyful witness speak to the hearts of all those who enact laws in our country. 

Anyone who is not going on the March should pray for all of us who are.  Please pray for safe travels and that we may truly be a witness to the dignity of human life.  Your prayer can help strengthen all of us who are in D.C.

Rise Up, Youth of St. Louis, and be Prophets of Life!

The 2007 ProLife Rally will be held on Monday, October 15 at SLU. Take a day off school and join teens from around St. Louis to learn more about the prolife movement and how you can be a Prophet of Life.

Keynote speaker Tarek Saab, featured on The Apprentice reality TV show and founder of Lionheart Apparel, will talk to you about how to be pro-life in your everyday life.  

Join Young Friends For Life for a Holy Hour at St. Ferdinand Parish with Fr. Joe Post, followed by a trip to Fritz's Frozen Custard!

Contact christina@youngfriendsforlife.org with questions or to sign up for the YFFL e-newsletter.

The mission of Young Friends for Life is to promote the dignity of human life to and through the young adult community in St. Louis, primarily through developing a network of prolife professionals and businesses, providing educational opportunities, raising funds for the Respect Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and participating actively in the public square.

The next quarterly meeting of Young Friends for Life is Thursday, June 21 at 7 pm at Riley's Pub. Guest speaker Mike Roberts, meteorologist at NewsChannel 5 and active member of Incarnate Word Parish, will give a talk on "Living the Faith in the Workplace" at 7:30 pm.

The mission of Young Friends for Life is to promote the dignity of human life to and through the young adult community in St. Louis, primarily through developing a network of prolife professionals and businesses, providing educational opportunities, raising funds for the Respect Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and participating actively in the public square.

On Saturday, May 5, 2007, Students for Life of Saint Louis University will host Run for Their Lives, a 5K Run/Walk to benefit local crisis pregnancy organizations.  Proceeds will go to Birthright, Our Lady's Inn, and Pregnancy Resource Center. All three of these organizations assist women experiencing unplanned pregnancies through a variety of services such as free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, emotional and spiritual counseling, accurate and complete information about their options, infant and maternity supplies and emergency shelter options.

Young Friends for Life is a new prolife group recently formed by the Archdiocesan Respect Life Apostolate. Its mission is to promote the dignity of human life to and through the community of young professionals in St. Louis.

The target audience of Young Friends for Life is young professionals who are post-college and “pre-PTA,” in other words, adults between the ages of 22 and 35 or so, who do not remember the landmark Supreme Court decisions of 1973 firsthand, but who live in a society that is suffering the consequences.

Calling all pro-life high school students!

Sunday, October 22 is the annual Respect Life Convention at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, downtown St. Louis. This year, the Respect Life Apostolate is proud to partner with the Office of Youth Ministry to present a special track for teens. The theme for the youth track is “The Island: You have been chosen,” inspired by the futuristic movie, “The Island,” which was released in 2005. The movie is about science-gone-wrong, and it raises some important ethical questions that hit close to home for scientists in Missouri today. While Amendment 2 would not allow scientists in Missouri to bring a human clone to a live birth, which is what happens in the movie, the amendment advocates the creation of human life for the sole purpose of destroying it, simply to extend the life of another.

Many groups are beginning to plan a trip to Washingon D.C. for the March For Life. The OYM invites you to take advantage of our March Forum. The forum is a great way for you to connect with other groups that are planning trips. All are welcome to post comments.

The Annual Archdiocesan Respect Life Convention will take place on Sunday, October 22.

The keynote speakers are the two members of the God Squad: Monsignor Thomas Hartman and Rabbi Marc Gellman. They have a unique blend of humor and truth promises to entertain and inspire!

This year, there will be a special workshop track just for youth. Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel, will give a talk on the biology of Theology of the Body, otherwise known as "a provocative sex talk." Don't miss it! There will be other fun surprises during the Youth track, which is brought to you by the Office of Youth Ministry and the Respect Life Apostolate.

Every 3rd Saturday of the month, pro-life advocates gather for Mass at the Cathedral, a Rosary prayer procession to the local Planned Parenthood abortion mill and Benediction back at the Cathedral. Crossroads Pro-life Walk Across America will be in St. Louis on July 15 to participate in the Mass for Life, pray with us and share some of their experiences briefly after Benediction. Come to unite yourself spiritually with the prolife movement in St. Louis and to learn more about Crossroads.