Convert-to-Life

As often as you did it for one of the least among you, you did it for Me.

– Matthew 25:40

The six abortion centers in Dallas, where an estimated 50 babies die each day, are places of unspeakable violence and sorrow. Christians are called to be present there, as Mary and the apostle John stood at Calvary. Like them, we must bravely face the suffering of the innocent.

The Convert-to-Life Ministry of the CPLC is present to women in two ways: prayer and sidewalk counseling. Prayer events include a quarterly Mass and Rosary Procession to an abortion center, Operation Project 100 and the 40 Days for Life and Eucharistic Adoration. Each parish is asked to pray and fast for the conversion of a particular abortion center, its staff, and all who come there. Team Leaders organize prayer support from individuals, who pray at the centers and elsewhere.

Sidewalk counselors, including those from the Summer Intern Program, are trained to lovingly offer alternatives to women coming to the centers, and referrals for post-abortion healing to those leaving. Over 30 counselors ensure an almost daily presence at the centers. Since its beginning in 1997, Convert-to-Life has helped more than two thousand mothers choose life for their babies, and two abortion centers have closed.

Every pro-life ministry is essential to convert the culture. Education, legislation, and supportive services — each has its place and is critical. But Convert-to-Life is truly the front lines of the campaign, the most urgent opportunity we have to help a mother and save her child.

Operation Project 100 Prayer Needs

Story from the Street: Yedera

One rainy day in September 2001. A young woman who had been abandoned by her husband with two young children was facing a difficult decision. She had made an appointment at an abortion clinic and yet she was still looking for a sign from God. Her sign was a sidewalk counselor outside praying in the pouring rain. She decided she could not go through with the abortion and came out to get help from the woman from the CPLC. She now has a beautiful baby girl named Lourdes and is being helped to finish her school work at El Centro College.

Check out the CPLC blog for more Street Stories.

For more information about the Convert-to-Life ministry, please contact Director Antoinette Wilson at convert@prolifedallas.org.

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