Do the General Intercessions at Mass regularly include petitions to foster respect for all life, especially the unborn?
Do you have a pro-life liturgy on Respect Life Sunday (the first Sunday in October)?
Do you have pro-life liturgies on other Sundays throughout the year with appropriate themes to foster a greater respect for life?
Do you have special prayer services to pray for the victims of abortion?
Is a program of reconciliation available for those who have been involved in an abortion?
Is there an organized prayer chain or rosary to assure continuous prayers for the unborn?
Do you have other programs such as spiritual adoption, special blessings, prayer breakfasts or retreats to encourage respect for life?
Educational
Are there pro-life homilies several times throughout the year, including Respect Life Sunday and the Sunday before January 22, the anniversary of the legalization of abortion in the United States?
Do you have regular or frequent pro-life bulletin announcements?
Do you have information about pro-life activities on the rack in Bishop’s Hall?
Does your parish school have an educational program that promotes the virtue of chastity?
Do you have adult educational programs on pro-life topics?
Are these programs publicized in the community?
Pastoral Care
Do you have a method of seeking out distressed pregnant women and learning of their needs?
Can distressed pregnant women get help with counseling, support, medical help, clothing or housing?
Does the parish support the local crisis pregnancy center and maternity home with financial aid, volunteer recruitment, clothing and equipment collections?
Are the services of the local crisis pregnancy center and maternity home (Annunciation Maternity Home) publicized ?
Are programs of reconciliation such as Project Rachel publicized?
Are the needs of the disabled, dying and elderly met?
Advocacy
Do you promote letter-writing to public officials in support of pro-life issues?
Does the parish participate in community pro-life activities such as the pro-life prayer vigils?
Do you have a program to promote and assist in voter registration?
Do you publicly commemorate January 22?
Do you monitor the media and respond to attacks on the sanctity of life through letters to the editor or phone calls to radio and TV stations?