The Culture of Life Studies Program holds a Pro-Life Essay Contest every Respect Life Month for middle and high school students to reflect on pro-life topics through essay writing. The 2026 contest, running from September 18 to November 7, asks middle schoolers to write about the dignity of human life at various stages, while high schoolers address how medicine should prioritize patients over procedures, inspired by quotes from St.
Spending time on social media is not for the faint of heart. As a Catholic and pro-life writer and editor, I have seen all sorts of critics—from trolls to the uneducated to the just plain mean. People leave cruel comments on even the most basic and innocuous posts. When you think about it, the pro-life […] The post The Pro-Life Community Needs the Enduring Wisdom and Joy of Saint Philip Neri appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Twenty-four years ago, Virginia native Callie Jett was a 15-year-old pregnant mom who walked into a Planned Parenthood abortion facility with her mother. But a chance encounter with a sidewalk advocate who handed her a pamphlet saved more than just her baby’s life that day. At the time, neither could have known the impact that […] The post Adoption Saved Her Baby; Now She’s Saving Others through Her Ministry appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Many so-called pro-life politicians and organizations believe that abortion should be illegal except under certain circumstances. Those usually include when the mother was raped or a victim of incest, when her life might be in danger, or when her baby is too young for technology to determine a heartbeat. They think that saving some lives […] The post PRO-LIFE BASICS: Why Doesn’t American Life League Support Exceptions? appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Pope Leo offers a prayer intention for each month, and I was excited when I saw that his intention for July is “for a respect for human life.” Like those of us who work so hard every day to teach these values, the pope seems to understand that we all have a duty to protect […] The post Explicit Teachings Are Crucial for an Understanding of the Sanctity of Life appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Our nation’s disgust for children continues to rise to new levels. I’m sure there are many untold stories of horror out there that will break our hearts, but two caught my attention recently. Each one shows the disdain people have for children, and I think we only have ourselves as a society to blame. In […] The post From the Womb to the World: How Disdain for the Preborn Shapes Our View of the Born appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying continues to claim victims. But what’s even more disturbing is that unethical doctors are pushing it on the vulnerable and with very few ramifications. A recent article in Right to Life News caught my attention, as a physician named James MacLean is now facing sanctions for his role in the […] The post Canada’s Increasing MAiD Deaths Highlight the Need for Holy and Faithful Friendships appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
An article in Not the Bee recently caught my attention, as its title proclaimed: “Tennessee Woman Takes Abortion Pill on Mother’s Day at ‘Gender Reveal’ Party as Friends Shout ‘Kill It!’” Saddened, I not only read the article but watched the disturbing video that the woman’s friend posted online. The video depicts a young black […] The post Video Depicts Woman and Friends Rejoicing about Killing Her Baby appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
In 1999, Dr. Bill Lile, OB/GYN, bought a Pensacola building that housed the Florida panhandle’s largest abortion facility. He immediately turned it into his new obstetrics practice and retired all of its deadly equipment, beginning a new era of serving both moms and babies. However, the ProLife Doc, as he is now called, could not […] The post The ProLife Doc: A Ministry of Hope and Advocacy for Both Mothers and Babies appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Because the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision now allows individual states to make their own laws regarding abortion, pro-life people, especially Catholics, face a tough battle throughout the country. One by one, states have begun enshrining abortion into their state laws. Virginia is one such state, and it will confront the […] The post Pro-Life Catholics Must Work to Change the Hearts of Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
The elderly are immense gifts to society, yet too often today we see that our culture focuses on personal fulfillment, which can then lead to the neglect of people who are no longer deemed necessary or productive. This includes the sick and the elderly, who may feel lonely, abandoned, and isolated from their own families. […] The post Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
More than 30 years ago when American Life League created the iconic sign with the tagline “Face It. Abortion Kills a Person,” we could not fathom the enormity of the growing threat within the fertility industry. Doctors Steptoe and Edwards had been researching and manipulating human embryos in an effort to discover a medical treatment […] The post PRO-LIFE BASICS: The Dangers of In Vitro Fertilization appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
I recently took a much-needed vacation with two of my children, my future daughter-in-law, and a great friend. We spent five days together seeing new things, talking, having fun, and just experiencing joy—joy in each other’s company, joy in new sights, and joy in the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. It wasn’t perfect, as two of […] The post The Pro-Life Movement Needs More Joy If It Wants to Succeed appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Parents facing a fetal diagnosis that will cause their baby’s death soon after birth often feel lost, alone, scared, and even angry. This tragic scenario is difficult enough for parents to wrap their heads around, let alone small children, who are facing the loss of a sibling they have yet to meet. This loss is […] The post ‘Orchestra for Oliver’: A Beautiful Story of a Life Briefly Lived appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Lovingly caring for those who cannot care for themselves is a core belief of those who are pro-life. And it makes complete sense. We need only read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which teaches that we should protect the people around us, no matter their ability or state in life, and listen to Jesus […] The post Remembering Five Little-Known Saints Who Cared for the Vulnerable and Sick appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Like many, I have watched the chaos unfold after the University of Notre Dame appointed pro-abortion Susan Ostermann as the new director of the university’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. Her appointment takes effect this summer, but she has taught at the university for years. I have read Ostermann’s articles and am both […] The post Notre Dame Leadership Must Return the University to Its Catholic Values appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Reproductive rights advocates reacted with anger and indignance upon hearing the February 16, 2024, Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through in vitro fertilization are children.1 They rightly understood that a law’s affirmation that preborn babies are human children could not only change the IVF practices of US fertility clinics but might also lead […] The post The Immorality of Creating Children through IVF appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Pro-life values demand that we protect all human beings from the moment of creation until death. That protection includes preborn babies, those who are sick or disabled, and the elderly. But we also have a responsibility to protect those who have been taken from their homes and sold into human sex trafficking, which treats people […] The post Human Trafficking Thrives in a Culture of Death appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
“Pro-life” is a controversial term among abortion advocates. Since pro-lifers advocate for the protection of human beings from the first moment of their creation, we are often called “forced birthers” or “anti-woman.” We are told we care only about babies and not about the lives and well-being of their mothers. We disagree with these accusations […] The post Changing Hearts and Minds: How to Reach the Abortion-Minded Mother appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Raymond J. Adamek, 89, passed away in September 2024. Since 1972, he and his wife were not only active in the Catholic Church but in the pro-life movement as well. He wrote extensively about family and other pro-life topics, participated in the Life Chain movement, counseled women in front of abortion facilities, […] The post Orwell’s ‘1984’: Almost Here appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Why are we embodied beings? Are bodies just receptacles, some of which might be “wrong”? Isn’t abortion just about a woman’s body? What’s a body for? In the light of reason and from a Catholic perspective, pro-life writer Stephanie Gray Connors (loveunleasheslife.com) asks these questions and insists the truth that bodies are not indeterminate. They […] The post REVIEW: My Body for You: A Pro-Life Message for a Post-Roe World appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
The abortion pill serves a singular purpose: to kill a developing baby. But we must acknowledge that it also poses risks to the expectant mothers who take it. The abortion pill is actually a two-pill regimen. The mother first takes mifepristone (which starves the baby to death) and then 24–48 hours later takes misoprostol (to […] The post PRO-LIFE BASICS: The Abortion Pill—Harmful to Mothers, Deadly for Babies appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
A culture that thinks of preborn children as commodities, as possessions, or as trash to throw away can’t just suddenly abandon that mindset when the baby is born. Respect, love, and a desire to protect children must begin at the very first instant of life—when the sperm fertilizes the egg. But today, far too many […] The post Only Agape Love Will Heal Society appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
When you are confronted with truth—even though it’s ugly and terrifying—you can’t avoid it. This is a lesson that Mayra Rodriguez learned after nearly two decades of working at Planned Parenthood. Mayra Rodriguez grew up in Mexico City and came to the US when she was 18. She originally wanted to become a doctor, but […] The post A Former Planned Parenthood Director Shares the Dark Truth appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
With 2026 upon us, many of us are contemplating goals for the upcoming year. While the majority of New Year’s resolutions typically center around physical health, our Lord wants us to focus on something much more important—our spiritual health. In the Gospel of John, Jesus told His Apostles, “If you keep My commandments, you will […] The post Celebrate Life: Make 2026 a Joyfully Pro-Life Year appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Election Day 2025 brought disappointment, sadness, and disgust to people in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia who value the sanctity of life, as pro-abortion radicals were elected to office. Zohran Mamdani, who identifies as a “democratic socialist,” was elected the new mayor of New York City. According to Britannica, democratic socialism is a […] The post Pro-Life Values Will Never Win Elections If We Don’t Teach Them at Home appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
On my way to the store last week, I found myself behind an SUV that had several stickers on its windows. The first that caught my eye was one that boasted “Happy Heathen.” When I pulled up closer at a light, I saw that, in addition to a few that touted the benefits of camping, […] The post Society Will Never Find Peace While Promoting Abortion appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
It’s no major revelation that the Dobbs decision that reversed Roe v. Wade didn’t actually outlaw abortion. It simply allowed the states to create their own laws. Many of the states that have since enacted laws restricting abortion claim to be “pro-life.” Yet, we know that setting restrictions on killing babies does not make a […] The post New Report Proves ‘Pro-Life’ States Are a Myth appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
“We all want to know: What can I expect my life to look like when I’m following Jesus? How do I know I’m doing it right?” Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, asks this at the beginning of his new book, Eight Promises of God. His response? We find the answer in the Beatitudes. After more than […] The post New Book Connects Beatitudes with Pro-Life Values appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Imagine hearing that your life has limited value because you are missing an arm or a leg. It’s a sad belief that many hold, and I was recently reminded of this when my mom told me a story about the daughter of a friend of hers who had an abortion because the child’s body failed […] The post The Richness of Life Beyond Physical Disabilities appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
