2026-08-21
From now through the end of October, the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities is inviting Catholics to join a focused effort of prayer and action to STOP the spread of abortion pills.
Please take action below to send a message to pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies that are involved.
Take Action!
Thank you for your prayers and actions to protect innocent children and their vulnerable mothers from the evil of abortion. St. Joseph, Defender of Life, pray for us!
Please share this invitation with others!
(Learn more about the abortion pill, this nationwide invitation to prayer and how you can share the message with your parish by visiting respectlife.org/abortion-pills.)
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Join Us in Prayer!
A Prayer to St. Joseph, Defender of Life
Dearest St. Joseph, at the word of an angel, you lovingly took Mary into your home.
As God's humble servant, you guided the Holy Family on the road to Bethlehem, welcomed Jesus as your own son in the shelter of a manger, and fled far from your homeland for the safety of both Mother and Child.
We praise God that as their faithful protector, you never hesitated to sacrifice for those entrusted to you. May your example inspire us also to welcome, cherish, and safeguard God's most precious gift of life.
Help us to faithfully commit ourselves to the service and defense of human life -- especially where it is vulnerable or threatened.
Obtain for us the grace to do the will of God in all things.
Amen.