These are reciprocal links. Those who wish to do so are welcome to reciprocate the links.The views expressed by the various ‘links’ are not necessarily those of Family & Life.
Useful Links
Catholic Ireland.net
Catholic life in Ireland—news, information, spirituality etc. We have gathered here a great deal of information concerning the public presence of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Mass times around the country, places for retreat or pilgrimage, contact details for religious orders: you’ll find all these here. Plus, there is a growing library of good reading material relating to the Church in Ireland, both past and present.
The Samaritans
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental support, 24 hours a day for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Telephone: 1850 60 90 90 (ROI).e-mail: jo@samaritans.org
CURA
CURA is a voluntary organisation, which offers support and help to those who are faced with a crisis pregnancy. There are sixteen CURA Centres around the country. Centres can be contacted by telephone, on the local number, or on the National Locall number. Most Centres operate a drop-in service. You do not need an appointment to see a counsellor or have a pregnancy test.
Pro-Life Campaign
The Pro-Life Campaign (PLC) is a non-denominational lobby group, drawing its support from a wide cross-section of Irish society. The Campaign promotes pro-life education and defends human life at all stages, from conception to natural death. It also campaigns for resources to support and assist pregnant women and those in need of healing after abortion.
LIFE Pregnancy Care
LIFE is an Irish organisation dedicated to counselling women with crisi pregnancies. It has 6 centres around Ireland and if you need support at this time contact LIFE either by online chat, email or telephone and avail of free non-directive counselling and support. LIFE is here to help you, not to judge you in any way. LIFE will assist you to consider all your options and help you to make your own mind up concerning your pregnancy.
Holles St./National Maternity Hospital
More affectionately known as Holles Street by the people of Ireland. The hospital was founded in 1894 and its purpose is to care for women prior to, during and after childbirth as well as providing a full range of gynaecological services. Everyone on the staff is here to help you and hope to make your experience both rewarding and safe.
CÚNAMH/for Adoption
This site is to help individuals enquiring about pregnancy counselling, short term foster care, adoption and information and tracing. If you cannot find a solution to your query on this site then please call us on our phone number. 01 677 9664."Cúnamh provides a professional, comprehensive, confidential and caring service to all those who may need our help, because of unplanned pregnancy, placing a child for adoption, parenthood through adoption or as adopted persons. Cúnamh recognises that the connection to adoption is lifelong."
Miscarriage Association of Ireland
If you are using this website it probably means that either you or someone close to you has sadly lost a baby through miscarriage, whether recently or some time ago. All of us at The Miscarriage Association of Ireland have had personal experience of miscarriage and we are here to help and support you when you need us. E-mail: info@miscarriage.ie Tel: 01- 873 5702, 01- 872 5550, 01- 872 2914.
Coombe Women's Hospital
Welcome to the Coombe Women's Hospital web-site. The hospital, located in Dublin, Ireland, was established in 1826 which means that in 2001 we celebrated 175 years of caring for women and families. Today the hospital provides the most extensive women's healthcare service in Ireland with more than seven thousand babies born here each year, an extensive pre- and post-natal programme for parents, expert care for sick and premature babies from all over the country, and the largest gynaecological service in Ireland.
Department of Health and Children
The Department of Health and Children's statutory role is to support the Minister in the formulation and evaluation of policies for the health services. It also has a role in the strategic planning of health services. This is carried out in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, voluntary service providers, Government Departments and other interested parties.
Irish Catholic Doctors' Association
We are a group of Physicians who strive to live the fullness of the Catholic faith through our daily medical practice, and we hope to enable other Catholic doctors to do the same.The aims of the Irish Catholic Doctors Association are:To study and spread Catholic values and culture in the medical profession and in social and political debate. To promote the most up to date scientific data and professional knowledge and also provide moral and spiritual help to Catholic Doctors.To promote the study of bioethical problems concerning the medical healthcare world To take part in the general developement of the medical profession in agreement with the magisterium of the Catholic Church.
Precious Life
Precious Life is Northern Ireland's largest and most active pro life organization and was formed to protect the lives and rights of unborn children through non-violent direct action. We are committed to developing, through education, a society in which all human life is valued and protected from conception to natural death.
Retrouvaille Ireland
Retrouvaille is the name of a program designed to help heal and renew marriages.The word Retrouvaille, simply means 'rediscovery'. The programme offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage.
Iona Institute
The Iona Institute is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the strengthening of civil society through making the case for marriage and religious practice.
Associaton of Catholic Lawyers of Ireland
Based in Ireland the Association of Catholic Lawyers of Ireland is now “blogging”! We will be presenting news and opinion on legal and cultural issues of interest.We would love to hear from interested lawyers on what you would like to discuss, tips and news. Also if you have any articles you want to send for publication we would be happy to take a look.Contact us at: acli@hotmail.co.uk
Catholic Communications Office
The Catholic Communications Office is an Agency of the Irish Bishops' Conference.
The Word
The Word magazine aims to be a calm meeting place for a wide range of ideas and points of view mixed with spiritual and religious themes supportive of the Christian viewpoint. It seeks to understand this viewpoint through balancing informed debate on topical issues as well as raising non-news issues that are nevertheless important and relevant to the Christian self-understanding.
Family Solidarity
Family Solidarity is a broadly based association, not confined to any class or creed, organised to educate its members and others so that they can promote the best interests of the family in all aspects, but particularly where these interests are being eroded.
Focus on the Family Ireland
Welcome to the online home of Focus on the Family Ireland. Here you will find articles on family life and parenting which we hope will be helpful and an encouragement to you. We often host seminars and conferences and details of upcoming events can be found on our Events page.
Family and Media Association
The Family and Media Association IS an educational resource ON the media FOR families and the wider community WHICH aims to develop a greater public understanding OF the media's power and functioning.
Order of the Knights of St Columbanus
An Order of Catholic laymen dedicated to the service of Christ in daily life, in the workplace, the marketplace, in City, Urban and Provincial areas.
Family Support Agency
The Family Support Agency is responsible for the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme, the Scheme of Grants to Voluntary Organisations providing Marriage, Child and Bereavement Counselling Services, the Family Mediation Service and Research and Information on matters related to its functions.
Department of Social & Family Affairs
The Department's Mission: "Our mission is to promote a caring society through ensuring access to income support and other services, enabling active participation, promoting social inclusion and supporting families.
The Family Centre
Among the services offered at the centre are counselling, bereavement support, family mediation and legal advice. These services are offered in a warm, caring, confidential environment. Our counselling and mediation staff are professionally trained and accredited with the relevant accrediting bodies. In addition to these services we also offer a range of educational and training courses in personal development, family/parenting, bereavement/loss and faith/spirituality.Family Life Services was established in 1995 by the Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam in association with the Health Services Executive and the Dept. of Social & Family Affairs.
Family Life Centre
The Family Life Centre, Boyle was founded in 1987 as a diocesan response to the needs of families. We are well established in a very beautiful part of the West of Ireland.We recognise the issues facing marriage and family life, the pressure of modern living, unemployment, increase in addictions, isolation within communities, changes in moral and spiritual values and marginalisation.
Getting Married
Welcome to gettingmarried.ie. The countdown to your wedding day is a truly exciting time for you, your future husband/wife and your families and friends.We hope that this website will serve as a useful resource for you as you plan your wedding day. There are articles, explanations and illustrations for you. Our unique booklet planning tool will help you to put together what you need for your special day.
Jesuit Marriage Preparation Courses
The present form of Jesuit marriage preparation courses incorporates the best of its heritage and adapts to modern day circumstances. Much of its strength lies in the honesty , openess, generosity, faith and reflective qualities of its presenting couples and the expertise of its team in specific areas.
Together.ie
Planning your Wedding Ceremony. All the choices you need, for preparing your own Wedding Booklet.FAQs on the Ceremony. New Regulations.Biblical Texts.Mass Booklet. Wedding Music.Documents. And much more!
ACCORD. Catholiic Marriage Care Service
ACCORD is a voluntary Catholic organisation that aims to promote a deeper understanding of Christian marriage and to offer people the means to safeguard and nourish their marriage and family relationships. ACCORD offers a safe, professional and confidential process, facilitating couples and individuals to explore, reflect upon and resolve difficulties in their marriage and relationship.
Family Resource Centre National Forum
The Family Resource Centre National Forum is a support network working with Family Resource Centres throughout Ireland. The aim of the Forum is to represent the views of all Family Resource Centres nationally and provide practical support to Family Resource Centres involved in family support and social inclusion initiatives.In using the term ‘family support’ the Forum is referring to a set of beliefs and an approach to strengthening and empowering families and communities so that they can foster the development of children, youth and family members.
Money Advice and Budgeting Service
MABS is a national, free, confidential and independent service for people in debt or in danger of getting into debt.
Millenium Family Resource Centre
The Millennium Family Resource Centre is committed to enhancing the well being and the quality of life for all members of our community. We will do this in an inclusive way by encouraging and facilitating participation in education, training and development programmes and by providing information and support for families, individuals and groups.
National Childrens' Office
The Office of the Minister for Children (OMC) is committed to improving the lives of all children in Ireland under the National Children's Strategy and to bringing greater coherence to policy making for children.Children now have a stronger voice on issues that affect them, through the Minister for Children, Brendan Smith TD, who attends Cabinet meetings.The OMC focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people and cross-cutting initiatives for children.
One Family
One Family is a leading national organisation for one-parent families in Ireland. We work with all types and all members of one-parent families, respecting the realities of family life in Ireland, to affect positive change and achieve equality and social inclusion for all one-parent families in Ireland.We aim to provide high-quality, much-needed services to the many different one-parent families in Ireland and the professionals working with them. We also work hard to ensure that one-parent families have a clear voice that is heard by policy and decision-makers.
ISANDS/Irish Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society
Each year in Ireland approximately 500 babies die around the time of birth. As a result a large number of parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents and friends are bereaved.In recent years there has been a much better realisation of the tragedy it is when a baby dies and the loss that it is for parents, brothers and sisters. SANDS aim is to provide information, services and support based on other bereaved parents and families experiences which can be different but there is a common link that is recognised – the loss of a son or daughter, brother or sister.
The Miscarriage Association of Ireland
If you are using this website it probably means that either you or someone close to you has sadly lost a baby through miscarriage, whether recently or some time ago. All of us at The Miscarriage Association of Ireland have had personal experience of miscarriage and we are here to help and support you when you need us. We hope this site will be of help especially to the Mums and Dads of the precious lost baby, but also to grandparents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends who love and support us. Each one of us copes differently with the loss of our baby and the loss of our future hopes and dreams for that child.
"Irish Christian Radio LifeFm 93.1"
A First for Cork & the First in Ireland. LifeFm is the first full Licenced Irish Christian radio station! After 4 years a Christian community group in Cork have obtained the first 5 year broadcasting licence from the Broadcasting Commission Of Ireland (BCI) for Christian radio.After years of sowing in tears and walking by faith, the Gospel is now out over the airwaves of Cork. Having been awarded the license from the BCI (Broadcasting Commission of Ireland) on 15th September 2005, work continued until a location was secured just before Christmas 2006.
Day for Life
The Day for Life for 2008 will be celebrated on 5 October next. The theme for the Day for Life 2008 is ‘The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; He rescues those who are crushed in spirit’ (Psalm 34, 18). The Day will focus on mental illness. This Day for Life celebrates a common theme each year and the pastoral letter is jointly drafted by the Episcopal Conferences of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference
New website for the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Archbishop Sean Brady: “Our new site should be of special interest to members of the clergy, religious, laity, teachers, policy makers, journalists and all those who wish to find out more about the activities of the Catholic Church at home and throughout the world.”
John Paul II Society
The John Paul II Society is a wholly voluntary organisation which is devoted to proclaiming and defending the truths of the Catholic Faith. We have a couple of hundred members drawn from across all of the four provinces of Ireland. The John Paul II Society was founded during the pontificate of John Paul II and the founding members were graduates of the former John Paul II Institute in Ballina, Co Mayo.
RENEW
The mission of RENEW is to defend the dignity of the human person and the institution of marriage. We work to protect the dignity of the human person and seek to change attitudes, beliefs and behaviours that allow for the total disregard of moral values. We believe that the continuing commercialisation of human sexuality, the objectification of women and the lack of moral values is immensely damaging to society, therefore we aim to influence, educate and lobby the industries responsible and the government so as to counteract this.
VERITAS
Veritas Publications publish a wide range of titles in a number of categories, such as theology, scripture, prayer, spirituality, parenting, counselling, liturgical resources and social issues. Our retail outlets throughout the country stock a wide range of titles in the areas of psychology, Mariology, and homiletics. We also publish religious education textbooks for primary and post-primary schools, as well as the Irish Catholic Directory and the Liturgical Calendar each year.
Health Care Ethics, Irish Bishops' Committee
In 1996 the Irish Bishops established a Committee for Bioethics, chaired by Bishop Donal Murray. Their intention was that the committee would contribute to the development and understanding of an ethos, consistent with the values of the Gospel, in relation to issues of healthcare and bio-medical research. In 2007 the committee was replaced by a panel of consultors drawn from a variety of professional disciplines, including medicine, nursing social work, the natural sciences, philosophy and theology. The original bioethics commitee published documents on Assisted Human Reproduction and on End of Life Care. The bioethical consultative group serves as a resource for the Irish Episcopal Conference in its preparation of documents, policies and statements on bioethical issues.
Family Life Resources
Family Life Resources: teaching, training and equipping for marriage, family and interpersonal relationships. Working for Relationships to thrive, not just survive. Established in Ireland in 1999, Family Life Resources is dedicated to strengthening relationships and family life.
Nazareth Family Institute
Nazareth Family Institute provides courses for Pre-Marriage Preparation, Marriage Enrichment, and Parenting. Our most common course is the Pre-Marriage Preparation Course, designed for any couple planning marriage and a Catholic Church wedding (who are therefore required to attend an appropriate marriage preparation course.) Inter-Church couples are also accomodated and welcome to attend the course.
Focus on the Family
We are a charitable organisation, built on Christian principles, which supports, encourages and strengthens the family through education and resources.Focus on the Family was founded in the U.S. in 1977 by psychologist and best-selling author Dr. James Dobson. With offices and partners around the world Focus on the Family is well placed to reach Irish families with support and help. Focus on the Family Ireland opened its doors in 2003.Focus on the Family Ireland is a wholly Irish organisation run and staffed by Irish people but with the backup and support of Focus on the Family’s offices around the world. Focus on the Family Ireland is founded on, and guided by, Christian principles and values.
Jesuit Marriage Preparation Course
Jesuit marriage preparation courses were started way back in 1952 by Fr Michael Moloney S.J. in what was then called the "Workers College" but is now renamed the "National College of Ireland ". They were carried on under the directorship of Fr Des Reid S.J. and then under the .the prolific best selling author on marriage in his day Fr Tony.Baggott S.J..The present form of Jesuit marriage preparation courses incorporates the best of its heritage and adapts to modern day circumstances. Much of its strength lies in the honesty , openess, generosity, faith and reflective qualities of its presenting couples and the expertise of its team in specific areas.
Pure in Heart
Pure in Heart is an Irish Catholic charitable organisation, established and run by young people for young people. We promote the meaning of human sexuality and the value of life, and strive to live this through the virtue of chastity. We run weekly prayer meetings and our mission team provide talks and retreats for secondary school students across Ireland. To book a talk of find out more call 353 0 1 660 7654 or email : ask@pureinheart.net
Rachels Vineyard Ireland
Rachel's Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Healing Weekends offer you a supportive, confidential and non-Judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and Healing.
Life Topics
We are delighted to welcome you to the Life Topics Ireland website, an initiative of Galway For Life. We hope that you will become a regular visitor. There have been many developments arising in recent months in Ireland in regard in particular to the issues of abortion, embryonic stem cell research and euthanasia. Through your help and that of others, we hope we can be effective in spreading the message of respect for life of every human person from the moment of conception until natural death.
Anscombe Bioethics Centre
The Anscombe Bioethics Centre (formerly the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics) is based in Oxford and exists to help Catholics and others to explore the Church's position on bioethical issues. Its perspective is informed by Catholic moral teaching, but in defending such teaching it seeks also to enable dialogue with those of no religious faith.
National Association of Catholic Families
We are Catholic families who try to give one another mutual, moral, spiritual and social support in a culture which is now at war with our values. This we do by linking committed Catholic families locally, nationally and internationally but always with the simple intention of mutual support. We are answering the Holy Father Pope John Paul's call for families to be what they are.The work of the NACF is based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Familiaris Consortio, The Holy See's Charter of the Rights of the Family and Evangelium Vitae.
Pro Life Care
Welcome to Pro-Life Care Online—Your online pregnancy advice service...If you have just discovered that you're pregnant, then it is quite likely that you are feeling emotional and possibly even a bit scared. Don't worry, this is quite normal, particularly if you were not planning on having a baby at this time.The pages on this website can give you all the information you need in order to make an informed decision about the future. Finding out you are pregnant can be a stressful time - it can be hard on those you love, and on your own emotions. It is important to view the alternatives to abortion - which is no solution at all. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE)
Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE) was founded in 1994 by Josephine Quintavalle and Margaret Nolan. It is a public interest group focusing on ethical dilemmas surrounding human reproduction, particularly the new technologies of assisted conception.It aims to facilitate informed and balanced debate, to involve lay people in discussion of the issues involved, to encourage the broader participation of philosophers, theologians and social scientists in dialogue, and where necessary to bring about democratic reform to the legislation controlling these practices. Absolute respect for the human embryo is a principal tenet. Of particular concern to CORE are matters relating to the physical and psychological welfare of children born from these various practices.
Pro-Life Alliance
The ProLife Alliance was born out of a growing conviction among large numbers of young voters, pro-life groups around the country and many other concerned citizens that many current policies are deeply harmful, not only to the individuals concerned, but to the common good of society.We were founded as a political party with one of our primary aims being to place the abortion issue back on the political agenda.We focus on four principal issues: Abortion, Euthanasia, Human Cloning, Embryo Abuse
Independent Catholic News
Independent Catholic News (ICN) is the first daily Catholic on-line news service in the UK. This site is run by Catholic journalists based in London, England. There are also more than twenty regular contributors around the world.
LIFE
LIFE provides help and support to thousands of women and men each year. Our core services are Caring, Education, Housing and the Fertility Care Programme.We offer free, confidential information, counselling and support for women contemplating abortion, suffering after pregnancy loss or struggling to cope after abortion. Our trained counsellors and skilled helpers are there to listen, not to judge. We have a nationwide network of care centres, a free national helpline open 6 days a week (0800 915 4600) and a ‘text-to-talk’ service (0778 620 0330). Our national helpline is staffed by some of our most experienced counsellors. You can call if you have a quick query, or if you want to talk in depth to someone over the phone.
Euro-Fam
Euro-Fam (www.euro-fam.org) is constituted by a staff of Europeans from a variety of professional experiences and cultural backgrounds. Transcending denominational and political ideas, the staff of Euro-Fam unite themselves for the sake of true peace and human development. The editors of Euro-Fam act on the conviction that the uncontested, incomparable economic success in Europe since 1945 must be placed at the service of defending and promoting authentic social peace. This conviction, however, is not self-evident, and fundamental elements of social cohesion as they are established in the "European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" are increasingly and at ever more fundamental levels being thrown into question in the expansion process of European Institutions. It is for this reason that fundamental elements of any social peace - the protection of human dignity, the family, and of the unborn - are so deserving of special attention.
European Life Network
The European Life Network has set up this website to provide information related to European issues- particularly those issues pertaining to the family and the sanctity of life. Mission Statement:To uphold the right to life of the unborn child from conception (fertilization) to natural death.To assist in building relationships between various prolife groups nationally and internationally.To disseminate prolife information in order to educate the public and politicians.
Zenit
ZENIT is a non-profit international news agency comprising a team of professionals and volunteers who are convinced of the extraordinary richness of the Catholic Church's message, particularly its social doctrine. The ZENIT team sees this message as a light for understanding today's world.
COMECE
Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe. Objectives:- To monitor and analyse the political process of the European Union. - To inform and raise awareness within the Church of the development of EU policy and legislation.- To promote reflection, based on the Church's social teaching, on the challenges facing a united Europe.
Asociación Valenciana para la Defensa de la Vida
Provida-Valencia fue fundada el 30 de Mayo de 1974, tiene carácter benéfico y es una asociación sin ánimo de lucro formalmente reconocida, inscrita en el Registro de Asociaciones de la Generalitat Valenciana. Provida-Valencia fue declarada asociación de UTILIDAD PÚBLICA el 30 de Junio de 1998. Entre sus fines destacan
Family Platform
FAMILY PLATFORM is a project funded by the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for a duration of 18 months (October 2009 – March 2011), working to increase the wellbeing of families across Europe.
Canadian Silent No More
Canada Silent No More, an organization reaching out to the millions of women hurt and injured by legal abortion.
Abortion TV
Includes everything schools, government, and abortion clinics are afraid to tell or show you.
British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life
We are a group of parents, teachers, and other concerned residents of British Columbia who have a common interest in the education of youth. We seek to promote a positive attitude towards human life and to have schools support universally applicable principles of morality. We recognize the rights of parents as the prime educators of their children. We share with other pro-life organizations a commitment to use only non-violent methods in the pursuit of our objectives. Our purposes are: to promote a positive attitude towards human life, to support the legitimate rights of parents as the prime educators of their children to determine the nature of their children's education, to seek to have schools supportive of universally applicable principles of morality, to seek to have teachers' organizations refrain from the promotion of abortion and euthanasia, and to promote freedom of conscience and justice for teachers in the public work-place.
LifeNews
LifeNews.com is an independent news agency specifically devoted to reporting news that affects the pro-life community.
Priests for Life
The officially approved association of Catholic Clergy who give special emphasis to the pro-life teachings of the Church.
C-Fam
The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) is a non-profit, non-partisan research and educational institute focusing on international social policy. C-FAM’s mission is to monitor the evolving international debate on social policy, and to assist governments at the UN and elsewhere to more deeply understand these difficult issues.C-FAM’s mission includes educating the public at large about the pressing issues debated at the UN and at other international institutions.
AbortionFacts.com
Abortion information you can use. What is an abortion? What happens behind the abortionists' doors?
AfterAbortion.org
One of the best websites is AfterAbortion.org with studies and personal testimonies on the negative impact of abortion by The Elliot Institute. Dr. David Reardon is the author of many books including: Aborted Women, Silent No More . His most recent book, Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion which he co-authored with Dr. Theresa Burke, is a comprehensive review of the impact of abortion on women.
Abortion Breast Cancer Coalition
As of 2006, eight medical organizations recognize that abortion raises a woman's risk for breast cancer, independently of the risk of delaying the birth of a first child (a secondary effect that all experts already acknowledge). An additional medical organization, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, issued a statement in 2003 calling on doctors to inform patients about a "highly plausible" relationship between abortion and breast cancer.
Hope After Abortion
It's normal to grieve a pregnancy loss, including the loss of a child by abortion. It can form a hole in one's heart, a hole so deep that sometimes it seems nothing can fill the emptiness. Some women,on their own or with professional help, are able to get beyond their grief, and find a measure of peace after abortion.But other women continue to feel isolated and alone in their sadness, regret, anger and self-recrimination. Project Rachel has trained priests and professional counselors who can help you to heal spiritually and emotionally, no matter what faith tradition is yours.If you are hurting because of abortion, we invite you to begin this journey.
Mirror Mirror
A very useful website for teens with stories, quotes, thoughts and much more.
Life Issues
There are crucial issues that face us today: abortion, aids, bioethics, birth control, when life begins, population concerns, post-abortion healing, etc. But far too often our public debates are long on emotion and short on clear thinking. Along the way, respect for the dignity of human life gets lost in the rhetoric. Our purpose is to promote a “Culture of Life” in which human freedom will find its authentic meaning by joining forces with truth, life and love. This culture “needs new lifestyles which will show respect for the dignity of every individual, especially the weakest, and which will recognize the value of human sexuality in the development of the person.” (Evangelium Vitae). This website hopes to help change the present situation by providing clear thinking about these most crucial issues. The project was started on September 1st, 2000. We are blessed by the support of serious scholars and good people who are donating their writings.
Silent No More Awareness
Welcome to the Silent No More Awareness Campaign website! If you are visiting this site because you or someone you know is hurting after an abortion, please click here for a special message and helpful information. "The Silent No More campaign gives a voice to women who have too long been ignored. Pro-life and pro-choice can agree: abortion is a tragedy, and women deserve better choices."-- Author and Feminist Frederica Mathewes-Green.This campaign creates a safe place for women to break their silence about the pain of abortion. It is an honor to speak the truth and let others know they’re not alone.-- Jennifer O'Neill, National Spokeswoman for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign
AfterAbortion
Welcome to the site! We're glad you found us, and you are not alone! Below are some hints about how to find support and help here. Women who have found help at this site have contributed some 'encouraging words', to let you know how they felt when they first came here, and then how they found help and healing from being here.
Women Hurt by Abortion/Operation Outcry
OPERATION OUTCRY is the project to end legal abortion by exposing the truth about its devastating impact on women and families. We believe that this will be accomplished through prayer and with the testimonies of mothers who have taken the life of their own unborn babies and of others who have suffered harm from abortion. We are working to restore justice and to protect women, men, and children from the destruction that abortion causes.
Hope After Abortion
We are aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and ... does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. It's normal to grieve a pregnancy loss, including the loss of a child by abortion. It can form a hole in one's heart, a hole so deep that sometimes it seems nothing can fill the emptiness.Some women,on their own or with professional help, are able to get beyond their grief, and find a measure of peace after abortion.But other women continue to feel isolated and alone in their sadness, regret, anger and self-recrimination.
Feminists for Life
If you belived in the strength of women and the potential of every human life, if you refuse to choose between women and children, if you believe no woman should be forced to choose between pursuing her education and career plans and sacrificing her child, if you reject violence and exploitation, join us... becasue women deserve better choices. There is a better way
Family Research Council
The Family Research Council (FRC) champions marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society. FRC shapes public debate and formulates public policy that values human life and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family. Believing that God is the author of life, liberty, and the family, FRC promotes the Judeo-Christian worldview as the basis for a just, free, and stable society.
A Seed of Life
If only I can save the life of one innocent child by sharing this song to the public, then the time, effort, and resources spent on building and maintaining this website would have been worth it.
Abortion-not.org
Pro-Life Murder Mysteries! Information about life issues, abortion, medical information and much more!
Be Not Afraid
Benotafraid.net is an online outreach to parents who have received a poor or difficult prenatal diagnosis. The family stories, articles, and links within this site are presented as a resource for those who may have been asked to choose between terminating a pregnancy or continuing on despite the diagnosis.
Baptists for Life
Baptists for Life helps the Body of Christ articulate the biblical pro-life message in word and deed.
California Pro-Life Council
Welcome to the California Pro-Life Council, the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee since 1971. CPLC is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian grassroots organization dedicated to the cessation of the perceived need for abortion, euthanasia and infanticide. We believe this goal will be accomplished on two fronts: (1) working within the law to change the law and (2) changing public opinion through education.
Art in Utero
Lisa Wood paints portraits of babies in utero from sonograms. Once she became a mother, she began experimenting with interior design of a different sort. Lisa has turned an artistic leaning into a full-time exploration of creation with ArtInUtero, specializing in portraits of babies while they are in the womb.Lisa’s is constantly developing her signature style of bringing a whole new dynamic and joyous view of pregnancy by creating unique portraits that provide a deeply emotional and visual impact.ArtInUtero begins with a black and white sonogram or a still shot from a videotape. Lisa then transforms that miracle of technology into a colorful, textured artwork on canvas and watercolor paper. She creates a miracle of a different sort, a portrait of this unique child, before the baby even draws a first breath..At the heart of Lisa's success is her deep and abiding love of children and life. Her portraits show the celebration of just that
Physicians for Life
Physiciansforlife.org exists to draw attention to the issues of abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research, cloning, infanticide, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, out-of-wedlock sexual activity and the medical merits of risk elimination through sexual abstinence. Our sponsoring organization, Alabama Physicians For Life, Inc. (APFLI), was founded in 1986 and has produced a series of brochures, booklets, and digests which are distributed throughout the USA, and internationally.
Baby Samuel—Hand of Hope/Michael Clancy Photographer
During a spina bifida corrective procedure at twenty-one weeks in utero, Samuel thrusts his tiny hand out of the surgical opening of his mother's uterus. As the doctor lifts his hand, Samuel reacts to the touch and squeezes the doctor's finger. As if testing for strength, the doctor shakes the tiny fist. Samuel held firm. At that moment, I took this "Fetal Hand Grasp" photo.As a photojournalist, my job is to tell stories through pictures. The experience of taking this photograph has had a profound effect on me, and I'm proud to share this moment with you.
Bethseda Healing Ministry
Through a community of love and acceptance, all men and women wounded by abortion are invited and supported. Together they share a rich healing journey through fellowship, prayer, the Sacraments, a structured scriptural/experiential manual, retreats, and days of recollection. In unity with the Sisters of Life, N.Y.; experienced Bethesda leadership; trained companions; and compassionate clergy; minister to all who come. The door is opened to receive and celebrate the forgiveness, mercy, and hope of Jesus, The Good Shepherd, Who “left the ninety-nine to go after the one who was lost.” "We are a group of mothers and fathers who have suffered the experience of abortion. We gather twice a month to share, heal, and grow. We are now experiencing the gift of God's healing love. We've been there. We understand."
Catholic Planet
Catholic resources, post-abortion healing, politics, stories, catechetics, theology, music, poetry, articles, pro-life, family, discussion groups, the Bible, Our Lady, Divine Mercy, and much more!
Children of God for Life
We are A Pro-Life Outreach Source Designed To - Provide Truthful, Accurate and Updated Information- Research Facts For You - Educate The Public- Provide Seminars and Training.Major Current Project: Vaccines Derived From Aborted Foetal Tissue.
The Family & Marriage Counselling Directory
The Family & Marriage Counseling Directory provides therapists and marriage counselors in the US, as well as marriage counseling alternatives, articles, books, and live phone counseling.
Talk About Marriage
Talk About Marriage is a forum to discuss marriage and relationships. Here, we interpret the word "marriage" loosely, recognizing that many different people from different cultures view marriage differently. Chris Hartwell "started Talk About Marriage because I know that there are many people on the web looking for help and support in their relationships. Talk About Marriage provides a unique opportunity for people to anonymously post and provide feedback to others."
How to Get Pregnant
Howtogetpregnant.net is your one stop point to all the information on pregnancy guide, pregnancy symtomps and pregnancy tips. We bring in latest information from all around the web and place it for you over here. If you are wondering how to get pregnant, you are not alone. Women the world over look to online resources for comprehensive information on how to get pregnant, when the time comes that they want to being an addition to their family. Unfortunately, wanting a baby and being able to conceive a baby are not always the same thing; and thus, some solid tips and proven method information is needed to make the dream a reality. This is the purpose of Howtogetpregnant.net, to help women everywhere learn the proven and effective means of getting pregnant, so that they can enhance their existing families with another child.
Pontifical Council for Family
The Pontifical Council for the Family, instituted by John Paul II with the Motu Proprio Familia a Deo Instituta in 1981, substituted the Committee for the Family created by Paul VI in 1973. The Council is responsible for the promotion of the pastoral ministry and apostolate to the family, through the application of the teachings and guidelines of the ecclesiastical Magisterium, to help Christian families fulfill their educational and apostolic mission.
Pontifical Academy for Life
Its objectives are the study, information and formation on the principal problems of biomedicine and of law, relative to the promotion and defense of life, above all in the direct relation that they have with Christian morality and the directives of the Church's Magisterium.
Zenit
ZENIT is a non-profit international news agency comprising a team of professionals and volunteers who are convinced of the extraordinary richness of the Catholic Church's message, particularly its social doctrine. Our objective is to inform about the "world seen from Rome".
EWTN
August 15, 1981, many felt there would be little demand for a Catholic network. Now, in its 26th year, EWTN has become the largest religious media network in the world, transmitting programming 24 hours a day to more than 123 million homes in 140 countries and territories on more than 4,800 cable systems, wireless cable, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), low power TV and individual satellite users.
The Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development
Global Family Matters Information System (FAMIS): As part of its ongoing effort to "reaffirm that the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society" the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development has initiated a unique web-based library of family-supportive research: the Global Family Matters Information System (FAMIS).
Endeavour Forum
Endeavour Forum, based in Australia, was set up to counter feminism, defend the unborn and the natural family. ("A feminist is an evolutionary anachronism, a Darwinian blind alley".) The aim is a society in which married women with children can work or not work in paid employment as they choose.
