Celebrate Life magazine

17/06/2024

17/06/2024

This movie offers both a heart-lifting story and an inspiring call to action. How can you serve and care for children in foster care in your state or county?

‘The story of Possum Trot is the solution to the foster care crisis and it’s a roadmap for every Catholic Church.’

17/06/2024

"My birth mother’s story really inspired me and showed me how brave and strong she is. She is the reason why I am alive today, and I believe that God put me here to share my story to the world. From the very start of my life, I feel like I am one of the voices for the preborn. "

The CLSP 2022 Pro-Life Essay Contest was a fantastic opportunity for us to listen to kids and teens as they expressed their thoughts about the sanctity of life. This year, a young woman’s personal story moved us to tears. We were so inspired that we wanted to share it here in the hopes that more [...

16/06/2024

When we present ourselves for Communion and the priest says “The body of Christ” and we say “Amen,” we are saying that we truly believe that that is the body of Christ. Amen—so be it. I agree. We are actually receiving our Lord.

That is why it’s vital to treat Jesus with reverence and respect and to receive Him worthily.

In adoration, Jesus rests in the monstrance. Quietly. Unobtrusively. Lovingly. He is there for us to adore Him. And when the priest holds up the host during the consecration and says “This is my body,” a miracle occurs. That host becomes our Lord Jesus Christ—body, blood, soul, and divinity. H...

16/06/2024

"Fathers are not born, but made. A man does not become a father simply by bringing a child into the world, but by taking up the responsibility to care for that child."

Pope Francis

16/06/2024

We are thankful for all the dads who accept the vocation of fatherhood with determination!

16/06/2024

"God chooses ordinary men for fatherhood to accomplish His extraordinary plan." -GK Chesterton

Happy Father's Day to all the incredible dads out there!

(Photograph by Pro-Life Action League used with permission.)

16/06/2024

As Catholics, we understand that even if one is without an earthly father, no one is ever truly fatherless. God is our Father and we have priests as our spiritual fathers on earth.

Fathers play a vital role in society and within families. As Father’s Day approaches, we are reminded of the impact that fathers have on their children, and we hear about the difficulties that fatherless children face. But as Catholics, we understand that even if one is without an earthly father, ...

15/06/2024

"Jesus Thirsts," a new film featuring Scott Hahn and others, takes viewers on a biblical and global journey, describing Eucharistic miracles and expounding on the gift of the Blessed Sacrament.

Have you seen it yet?

‘Jesus Thirsts,’ a new film featuring Scott Hahn and others, takes viewers on a biblical and global journey, describing Eucharistic miracles and expounding on the gift of the Blessed Sacrament.

15/06/2024

"In revealing and in reliving on earth the very fatherhood of God, a man is called upon to ensure the harmonious and united development of all the members of the family."

St. John Paul II

15/06/2024

When a father loses a child, that pain never goes away. Many fathers who lose their children to abortion, especially when it's against their will, suffer silently for decades.

Abortion hurts men too. More than 30 years after losing his child to abortion, a father mourns the life he lost and the hurt he still carries.

15/06/2024

One abortion immediately destroys at least three lives and possibly even generations that were meant to be.

I grew up a minister’s son in small-town America. I’d always been taught right from wrong and had done my best to be a good son. By the time I had entered my early teenage years, the MTV and Hollywood messages of rebellion and moral relativism had invaded my thought processes and affected my beh...

14/06/2024

The greatest part of our Catholic faith is that we get to receive Christ, if we have fasted and are free of mortal sin, every day at Mass. No other denomination has the miracle of transubstantiation because it is only Catholic priests, who are descendants of the original apostles, who act in persona Christi (in the person of Christ) for Jesus to perform that miracle.

In adoration, Jesus rests in the monstrance. Quietly. Unobtrusively. Lovingly. He is there for us to adore Him. And when the priest holds up the host during the consecration and says “This is my body,” a miracle occurs. That host becomes our Lord Jesus Christ—body, blood, soul, and divinity. H...

14/06/2024

Join us tomorrow for this conversation!

14/06/2024

“Go with your heart. Be open to whatever door God opens. I was trying to plan my own future. I thank God my own plans didn’t work, but that I finally listened to Him.”

Vicki McCaffrey’s first moment of motherhood began halfway around the world, when a caretaker placed a 10-month-old baby girl into her arms. It seemed like it had taken her forever to get there. Vicki was raised in upstate New York, as a Byzantine Catholic in a strong, faithful, multigenerational ...

14/06/2024

A teacher's interactions with students should be limited to academics. Teachers should never discuss or facilitate an abortion for a student.

"I think...rescinding the policy...leaves the interests of students into the hands of our teachers that can make the best decision for them."

14/06/2024

"Certainly sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb, a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them."

Psalm 127:3-5

14/06/2024

The Eucharist is an immense gift to Catholics all across the world! How incredibly blessed we are to have our Lord with us at every single Mass!

‘Jesus Thirsts,’ a new film featuring Scott Hahn and others, takes viewers on a biblical and global journey, describing Eucharistic miracles and expounding on the gift of the Blessed Sacrament.

14/06/2024

Heaven’s Gain Ministries provides for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of families whose children have received a fatal fetal diagnosis. It offers support and guidance before, during, and after the birth of these precious children.

In 2006, Jim and Donna Murphy lost their preborn son in a late miscarriage. During an interview with this author, Donna stated: “We went straight from the second ultrasound to several funeral homes and two cemeteries trying to get someone to order a casket for us. Repeatedly we were turned away [f...

13/06/2024

Planned Parenthood wants only death and destruction. Destruction of babies. Destruction of families. Destruction of self.

392,715 dead babies. 392,715 families torn apart. To those of us who care about the preborn and their mothers, the number of abortions at Planned Parenthood in the 2022-2023 fiscal year is a travesty. To Planned Parenthood, this number is cause to brag. In mid April, Planned Parenthood released its....

13/06/2024

"Life is a civil right. Abortion is a civil wrong."

Alveda C. King

13/06/2024

An estimated 93 percent of boys and 62 percent of girls are exposed to Internet po*******hy before the age of 18. We must be proactive and vigilant to protect our children from po*******hy's trap.

THERE IS A worldwide war being waged between good and evil on the battlefield of the Internet. God’s plan for purity is being attacked with a proliferation of po*******hy available literally at the fingertips of anyone with Internet access. Internet po*******hy is a stealth strike aimed at our hom...

13/06/2024

"I could never imagine the physical agony I would feel as the drugs took effect. The profuse bleeding, nausea, diarrhea and sweats were uncontrollable, and I suffered through it alone. I eventually passed the amniotic sac and could see my recognizable baby. In agony, I flushed my baby down the toilet.

To this day, going to that facility and having an abortion remains my greatest regret."

From the moment I entered the center, I knew the experience would be different.