Walking with Moms in Need

How Can My Parish Participate?

Click HERE to learn how you can start the Walking with Moms in Need program in your parish.

STEP 1 – PRAY!

  1. A Prayer for Pregnant Mothers:
    • 1/2 page ad – click HERE
    • 1/4 page ad – click HERE
    • Prayer card (4″x5″) – click HERE to print your own cards, or to to order cards in packages of 100, contact Jeanne Berdeaux at Berdeaux@dioceseofvenice.org or at 941-441-1101
  2. Word of Life – Special Edition Intercessions for Life – click HERE
  3. Monthly Prayer Guides – click HERE

STEP 2 – ADVERTISE!

Please include the following basic series of 1/4-page ads in your bulletins, beginning with your next bulletin:

  1. Explanation to parishioners, 1/4 page – click HERE
  2. Invitation to pregnant women (1/4) – click HERE
  3. Regional ad (choose one from list below for your area to show local pregnancy help centers)

REGIONAL ADS:

  1. Region 1 ads: Sarasota and Manatee Counties – click HERE and HERE
  2. Region 2 ads: South Sarasota and Charlotte Counties – click HERE and HERE
  3. Region 3 ads: Lee and Collier Counties – click HERE and HERE
  4. Region 4 ads: Highlands and Hardee Counties – click HERE and HERE

Please also include the following on a regular basis, as often as possible:

  1. Prayer for Pregnant Mothers 1/4 page ad – click HERE
  2. Business card size ad – click HERE
  3. Explanation to parishioners, 1/4 page alternative – click HERE

The following optional sizes are provided for use as space permits:

  1. Explanation to parishioners, full page – click HERE
  2. Invitation to pregnant women (full page) – click HERE
  3. Invitation to pregnant women (half page) – click HERE

Other available resources:

  1. Posters – Click here (11×17) or here (8 1/2 x 11) or to order laminated posters, see link below.
  2. Social media:  Instagram, Facebook

STEP 3 – REACH OUT!

  1. Identify a volunteer to coordinate your parish outreach.
  2. Have the volunteer contact the local pregnancy help center to arrange for a tour and to meet the staff to explore their needs (recruiting volunteers, hosting baby showers or diaper drives, promoting events, connecting clients with parish – especially Catholic clients, etc.)
  3. Decide together what steps the parish will take. Choose one to start.

Note: Please register your parish’s participation by contacting Jeanne Berdeaux, Diocesan Respect Life Director, at 941-441-1101 (office) or 941-374-1068 (cell) or Berdeaux@dioceseofvenice.org

CLICK HERE To Order Laminated Posters, or Quantities of Prayer Cards or Business Cards!