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Suggestions for Pro-Life Activities in Schools and Parishes
Pro-life activities that go beyond the national March for Life in January:
- Prayer Opportunities:
- Have a Eucharistic Procession or Holy Hour and pray the Litany of Life.
- Pray the novena for life leading up to the March for Life https://www.usccb.org/prolife/join-9-days-life
- Ask youth to write their own prayer for life. Pray each student’s prayer throughout the year.
- Spiritually Adopt a baby in utero that may be in need or at risk of abortion
- 40 days for Life daily devotional https://www.40daysforlife.com/en/resources-devotionals.aspx
- Make Lesson Plans geared toward Life in school or PSR:
- In History class learn how to write letters to Missouri government leaders on different prolife messages.
- In English write essays or poems or read an essay or poem that promotes the pro-life message
- In Art class create images of pro-life
- In Theology class teach about human dignity and why Catholicism fights for life
- Teach current events lessons on specific life issues.
- Create a bulletin board with a respect life theme.
- Activism
- Sponsor a March for Life at your parish, school or in your town-have students create signs in classes and teach them how to advocate for a cause in a Christian manner.
- Attend the Midwest March for Life Wednesday April 20, 2022 as a group from your parish or school. In 2021 breakouts for young people was included.
- Write a letter to a government official about legislation that is for or against pro-life and why you agree or disagree, pending the stance.
- Create a pro-life club in your parish or school such as Life Runners and commit to walk or run monthly
- Provide trainings on how to defend life
- Provide students with and invite them to wear precious feet pins.
- Service
- Commit to at least one pro-life fundraiser or drive in the school each year
- Sponsor Meals for homes for at-risk women such as St. Raymond’s Society
- Organize a field trip to a local nursing home to visit the elderly or help at a pregnancy help center
- Speaker
- Provide a pro-life speaker at your school or in your classroom
- Students for Life of American provides a free speaker on topics such as Pro-Life Apologetics & Dialogue, Cultivating Healthy Relationships, Activating Your Pro-Life Beliefs or Pro-Life Leadership.
- Show the Movie Unplanned (for older ages) A free movie screening license can be requested for large audiences at www.studentsforlifehq.com/unplanned
- Show a pro-life video such as one of the following:
- A sweet video from a child the message of pro life for all ages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIh10_Ik5e8 (all ages)
- This short film from the perspective of a woman contemplating what to do in response to an unplanned pregnancy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iK4xq7dmkU (middle/high school)
- “God Knew Your Name” Video for younger ages only show the students the last 3 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWtU95yBIx8 (all ages)
- Chris Stefanick Pro-Life Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buvFoY1ehPY (middle/high school)
- Abortion Survivor Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOWMmx6eBjU (high school)
- Display the Truth Booth Video in the lunchroom or show in classes