RL Coordinator Resources July 2025

RL Resources: July 2025

This section is dedicated to providing seasonal resources for Parish Respect Life Coordinators If there is a resource that you believe would be useful to include, please contact us at respectlife@catholicaoc.org.

1 | Word of Life

This month’s WORD OF LIFE features NFP AWARENESS WEEK, July 20-26, highlighting the anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae vitae (July 25) and the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne (July 26), the parents of the Blessed Mother.  Resources are available to help the faithful pray and reflect.  As always, there is also a SPANISH version available.

2 | Defund Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is responsible for about 40% of abortions in the U.S. – over 400,000 per year – and yet receives $790 million per year in taxpayer funding.  Please contact your senators and let them know that taxpayer funding of the big abortion industry is unacceptable. Mothers and babies need real care from life-loving providers, not Planned Parenthood. COMPOSE YOUR MESSAGE.

3 | September RL Leader Gatherings

Mark your calendars for our next Respect Life Leader gatherings, coming up in September. Come to share best practices with others doing the same work in neighboring families, and hear what the Office for Respect Life Ministries is doing to support you in your work. September 4 (Sacred Heart of Jesus, McCartyville), September 11 (Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cincinnati), September 18 (St. Francis of Assisi, Dayton), and September 24 (St. Ann’s Groesbeck, Cincinnati). Click HERE to register.

4 | March Training Save the Date, March 7 and 14

The Office for Respect Life Ministries and the Center for New Evangelization are teaming up for a day-long training just for Respect Life Ministry leaders. We will offer various breakout sessions on things like running a Walking with Moms in Need group in your family, pro-life apologetics, or working with pastors and recruiting more volunteers. Details and locations are still being worked out, but mark your calendars for Saturday March 7 in Cincinnati and Saturday March 14 in Dayton.