Easter Prayer for Life (PFL)

Want to join me in making pro-life progress?

Besides passing along the column below (in English and Spanish) to as many as you can, please consider the following practical notes:

1.      This Wednesday, March 31, marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo.  I will be at Ave Maria in Naples, FL and will be the celebrant and homilist at the Annual National Mass for “Terri’s Day.”  Please make “Terri’s Day” a day of prayer and remembrance for Terri and a day of prayer for all whose lives are threatened in the same way that hers was.  See www.terrisday.org for more information.

2.      We invite you to join with Priests for Life in praying an "Easter Prayer for Life." This is part of our year-long prayer campaign(www.PrayerCampaign.org) through which we help people pray with the Church by praying for a Culture of Life in a way that reflects the themes of the various liturgical seasons and feasts.

You can find the brief Easter prayer at www.priestsforlife.org/novenas/easter.htm.   On that page you can also order prayer cards for your parish.  These cards contain the Easter prayer and some helpful resources for pro-life activity. We will send you as many cards as you want, free of charge.  Please hurry, however, as the supply is limited! Please also publicize our prayer effort in your Church bulletin and website!

During the Easter Season you can find helpful Easter resources on our website – my homilies, writings, and television and radio shows for example.  Find them at www.priestsforlife.org/preaching/lent-easter.htm.

3.      Please inform any clergy you know about my monthly “Mobilizing the Clergy for Life” teleconferences.  The next two are on Monday, April 19, with Fr. Mitch Pacwa and Tuesday, May 11 with, Msgr. James Lisante.  Both calls will be from 3-3:45pm ET. Priests, deacons, and seminarians can sign up at www.priestsforlife.org/clergy.

4.      Priests for Life has formed a “Vote Pro-life” Coalition of national ministries. These groups work together to advance non-partisan activities to help the People of Life to engage the electoral process in an informed and responsible way.  The Coalition has been sponsoring monthly teleseminars that can be followed online or by phone, and that offer training for effective political action.  Our next teleseminar will be on April 22, from 9-10pm ET. To listen to the call on the web go to http://attendthisevent.com/?eventID=12157518. To listen by phone, call (712) 432-1001 and enter the access code: 488561733#. You may listen to past calls and encourage others to sign up at www.priestsforlife.org/conferencecall.

The groups in the Coalition include but are not limited to the following:  American Values, Anglicans for Life, CatholicVote.org, Citizens for a Pro-life Society, Democrats for Life, Good Counsel Homes, Gospel of Life Ministries, The Heidi Group, The Justice Foundation, Life Coalition International, LifeNews, National Clergy Council, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), National Pro-life Religious Council, Operation Outcry, Priests for Life, Susan B. Anthony List, and Wallbuilders.

5.      Gospel of Life Ministries, our interdenominational outreach, has a new partner as part of its ministry: The Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues (PNCI), headed by Marie Smith (wife of Congressman Chris Smith). The PNCI does exclusively international work, equipping pro-life advocates to engage in the political process and ensure that elected and appointed officials uphold their obligations to protect life. Read more about this new initiative at www.priestsforlife.org/pressreleases/document.aspx?id=3115

After my column below you will find this week’s media schedule.

Blessings,



Fr. Frank Pavone

Praise for our work

I want to take this time to express our gratitude to Fr. Scott Daniels, [Susan] and Priests for Life. Fr. Scott is awesome. His message was powerful and on target. He is inexhaustible. I wish all priests were as strong a proponent for life as he is. He is Scriptural. He does not mince his words yet speaks with love; and that is his secret. [Susan] thank you for your kindness, thoroughness and diligence in making sure this weekend happened… and doing it in a seemingly effortless manner... - Alex