Dallas Pro-Life Boot Camp

Youth For Life Pro-Life Boot Camp is one of the best opportunities for young people to become involved in the work of the pro-life movement.

Boot Camp is for students entering high school, who are ages 14-17.

Activities include praying at Dallas and Fort Worth area abortion centers, talks from experts on pro-life issues, skits, pro-life testimonials, Mass and the Sacraments and volunteer projects.

Abortion Around the World

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The Real War on Women

Session 1: June 27 - 29
Session 2: July 25 - 29
University of Dallas, Irving

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 Pro-Life Boot Camp is co-sponsored by the Catholic Pro-Life Committee, Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of Dallas, andRespect Life of the Fort Worth Diocese.

For more information on Youth For Life Boot Camp, contact Youth For Life Director Jacquelyn Smith at 972-416-9591 orjsmith@prolifedallas.org.

A Day of Remembrance, 2013

Gravesite at Calvary Hill where more than
1,300 aborted babies are buried

This past Saturday - September 14, 2013 - was the first annual National Day of Remembrance For Aborted Children. There were over 100 memorial services held at locations all over the country, including 38 gravesites of aborted children.

The North Texas memorial was held at the Cemetery of the Innocents at Calvary Hill in Dallas, where more than 1,300 babies are buried. Many of the babies were discovered by pro-life activists in the dumpster of a local abortion clinic in 1984.

The Lam family
of Frisco, TX

This site is also the burial site of Baby Malachi, the subject of one of
the most famous photos of an aborted baby ever taken. His image has been used by thousands of pro-life advocates nationwide and has turned hearts away from abortion to choose life!

Malachi was recovered by activist Flip Benham of Operation Save America and was buried in 1993. His name means "Messenger," appropriate since his image has brought the truth about abortion to millions of people across the country. (Read more about Malachi here.) (See an image of Malachi here - WARNING; graphic)

Rachel Lam

The local sponsor of this year's memorial was Texas Pro-Life Action Team.

The memorial included prayers led by Ishita Patel Kent of Dallas, the singing of Amazing Grace led by Karen Garnett (Executive Director of The Catholic Pro-Life Committee), and the laying of flowers at the gravesite.

Speakers for the memorial included Andrew Smith; State Director for Texas Pro-Life Action Team, Rachel Lam from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco, Janice Petrie with The Bella House, and Jacqueline Smith with Flowers For Innocents Project.

Ishita Patel Kent

The memorial ended in solemn silence in tribute to the nearly 55 million babies known to have been aborted in the United States since January 22, 1973.

The second annual Day of Remembrance will be held Saturday, September 13, 2014.

Andrew Smith

Texas Pro-Life Action Team: The Texas Pro-Life Action Team is a 501 C-3 non-profit corporation registered in the state of Texas with the simple mission of ending abortion in Texas via public witness and grass roots activism in the Legislature. - texasprolife.org

Jacqueline Smith

Flowers for Innocents Project: The Flowers for Innocents Project is designed to raise awareness of the many gravesites nationwide that contain the bodies of aborted children and to encourage regular visits for the laying of flowers. - flowersforinnocents.org

Janice Petrie

The Bella House: The Bella House is a house of hospitality that offers love and support for pregnant women in the Dallas area. The Bella House seeks to serve women in need by providing for both their emotional and physical needs. - bellahouse.org

Karen Garnett

The Catholic Pro-Life Committee: The Catholic Pro-Life Committee, Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of Dallas, is devoted to ending abortion and restoring respect and legal protection for every human life. The CPLC carries out this mission through nine life-saving ministries. - prolifedallas.org




Abortion After-Care Healing / The Rachel Ministries: A service to women and men seeking healing after abortion. - racheldallas.org

----------------------Thanks to all who participated---------------------------

CPLC: Helping you answer the difficult questions‏

-by Karen Garnett, Executive Director Catholic Pro-Life Committee

It was 8 years ago, but I still remember the shock as if it was yesterday. The unbelievable news headline read: “Cardinal Ratzinger: It’s OK to vote for pro-choice candidates, if for other reasons.” I was floored by this blatant misrepresentation of our-now Holy Father's words and the Church's teaching prohibiting support of intrinsic evils, and I was galvanized, with every ounce of my energy, to find a way to right this terrible wrong. This moment crystallized for me the dire need for education and clarification of the truth as to what it means to be a Faithful Citizen ... a Catholic American.

This need is even more critical in 2012, as we face attacks not only against the most vulnerable in the womb, but also against traditional marriage and our most precious liberty – religious freedom. On September 8, leaders from throughout the state will be presenting on these issues in English and Spanish (two tracks) at the Render Unto Caesar conference (details below).

You may be saying to yourself: "I know and understand the Church's teaching on Faithful Citizenship. What can this conference offer me?" But it is not enough for us to simply know the truth. We are called to live, proclaim and defend that truth. This conference will equip you to answer that call by:

Helping you answer the difficult questions

Preparing you to discuss the hard issues

Giving you opportunities to be heard

and providing tools to be persuasive. 

Plus much, much more! 

Click here to register and answer the call 

Our focus is naturally on ensuring our consciences are formed properly for the voting booth this year. But our obligation as Catholics, as Americans, is much broader and more profound. We are called to be evangelizers every day of every year, in our private lives and in the public square. Join me on September 8 to become a peaceful and powerful force for the truth. And invite your family and friends!

I look forward to learning and evangelizing with each of you.

Blessings in Christ, for Life,
Karen