At her personal request Priests for Life distributes copies of the speech she gave at the Washington Prayer Breakfast on February 3, 1994. In 1997, the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family, which coordinates pro-life activity for the entire Church, asked me to come to Rome to serve as an official of the Council and to spread the work of Priests for Life throughout the world. Priests for Life provides resources for clergy, laity, dioceses, parishes, and pro-life offices. Pamphlets and tapes are available. One of our leaflets gives suggestions about how to encourage priests to be more active in the pro-life movement.
Deacons hold full membership in the association and play a vital role.
Working with the laity is an important concern of Priests for Life. Besides motivating priests, we want to train and encourage the laity, and link up their initiatives and projects with the leadership of the clergy. Lay groups appreciate how important that leadership is, yet often feel they don't have enough of it. At the same time, priests can find it confusing to try to sort out and evaluate the multitude of pro-life groups and activities. Priests for Life provides a bridge.