28 December 2007


TO: ALL PARISH PRIESTS, SHRINE RECTORS, CHAPLAINS AND SCHOOL HEADS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA

RE: CELEBRATION OF PRO-LIFE MONTH

Dear Monsignori/Fathers/Brothers and Sisters:


Greetings of Peace in the Lord Jesus!


February is Pro-Life Month and it is ushered in our liturgical calendar with the celebration of Pro-Life-Sunday on February 3, 2008.  The theme for this year’s celebration is Life for Generations to Come.


I call on you to celebrate this Pro-Life Month in a sincere and creative fashion.  Let it truly be a highlight of our belief in Life, our love for Life, our dependence on Life.  The Family and Life Ministries in the Archdiocese and in the Parishes can take the lead in organizing programs and projects geared towards long-lasting and consistent activities on respect for life in all its forms.  I hope, too, that special attention to the young be given in these efforts.  The youth personify life and our hope for the future.  In keeping with the theme, the youth are the generations of our future; from them will spring forth more generations.


Let us celebrate a Pro-Life Month this February with purpose and commitment.  And let us pray and work so that Pro-Life celebration is not just a month but everyday of our lives.


Thank you and God bless!




In Jesus and Mary,

(signed)
+GAUDENCIO B. CARDINAL ROSALES
Archbishop of Manila