Parish Information

Churches are an essential part of overcoming social injustice and stand at the heart of the movement to defend life from conception to natural death.  

As such, we would like to see all our parishes represented at the Roe Memorial Mass and North Texas March for Life Events on January 18, 2020.  Below is a list of ideas churches can do in conjunction with or in addition to attending the Roe Memorial.  

Please take these ideas to your Pastor and make them happen in your church:  

1)  Make an announcement (bilingual sample coming soon) and post or pass out flyers about the local events – allow your Parish Pro-Life Coordinator or other person at the church to make an announcement after Mass in the weeks before the January events.  

2)  Host a “Respect Life Education Night’ where a guest speaker updates church members on the status of Roe v. Wade and what the future holds.  Contact  for additional information about available speakers.

3)  Include a Respect Life Petition at every Mass – as it says in the U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities, “parishes should include in the petitions at every Mass a prayer that ours will become a nation that respects and protects all human life, born and unborn, reflecting a true culture of life."  Special edition of Word of Life petitions available here (2020 coming soon). 

4)  Host an all-night vigil on Friday, January 24 in solidarity with the all-night vigil held every year after the national Mass for Life in Washington D.C.  

6)  Designate January 22 as a day of penance as indicated in the Roman Missal. Please observe this day in your church in a manner consistent with the solemnity of the cause.

7)  Arrange for a bus or other transportation – to bring the people from your church community to downtown Dallas on Saturday, January 18th.

Bishop's Letter of General Invitation in English (coming soon)

Bishop's Letter of General Invitation en español (coming soon)

Schedule of Events

Bus Parking InformationPromotional Materials coming soon

For questions or more information, please call Susan Platt at 214-392-7545 or email .