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Blessing of a Child in the Womb

 

From video,  "Open Your Hearts to Life!"

The "Rite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb" was crafted to support parents awaiting the birth of their child, to encourage parish prayers for -- and recognition of -- the precious gift of the child in the womb, and to foster respect for human life within society. It may be offered within the context of the Mass as well as outside of Mass.  

 

 Related Resources:

  • Order your 43-page bilingual booklet through USCCB Publishing (Item #7-316).      
  • Learn about and order "The Gift of Joy," a booklet on "The Blessing of the Child in the Womb," co-authored by Archbishop Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville (now the current president of the USCCB) and Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, Associate General Secretary of the USCCB.
Life Issues Forum:
Women's Freedom, Redefined
By Richard Doerflinger

President Obama met recently with Pope Francis and Vatican officials, and said afterwards that he had explained to them his mandate that employers with religious objections provide coverage of contraceptive and abortifacient drugs: 'Most religious organizations are entirely exempt,' he said.  And those not exempt need only 'attest that they have a religious objection' and they are 'not required to provide contraception,' but in their case 'employees of theirs who choose are able to obtain it through the insurance company.'   
 
Every part of this description is misleading. ... 
 
 Read the full article in either English or Spanish.
 
Does the HHS Mandate Include Abortifacients?
  
A federal mandate for "preventive services" is being used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to require most health plans to cover sterilization, all drugs and devices approved by the
FDA for contraception, and related "education and counseling" for females of reproductive age. 
 
Does this mandate include items that can cause an abortion?

Read the latest fact sheet from the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities to find out!

 

April 2014


Quote Corner 
  
"God, author of all life,
bless, we pray, this unborn child;
give constant protection
and grant a healthy birth
that is the sign of our rebirth one day
into the eternal rejoicing of heaven. ..."

~ excerpt from the Prayer of Blessing in the Blessing of a Child in the Womb
 
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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.  
 
 
Visit hopeafterabortion.com if you or someone you know has been affected by an abortion.

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