Building a Culture of Life with Middle & High School Students

The Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry and the Respect Life Office have compiled these resources for those who serve young people.  Please contact life@archbalt.org if you need further assistance or have suggestions.

Click here for a printable consolidation of Building a Culture of Life with Middle and High School Students.

“In this mobilization for a new culture of life no one must feel excluded:  everyone has an important role to play.  Together with the family, teachers and educators have a particularly valuable contribution to make.  Much will depend on them if young people, trained in true freedom, are to be able to preserve for themselves and make known to others new, authentic ideals for life, and if they are to grow in respect for and service to every other person, in the family and in society.”  Evangelium Vitae n. 98.

Respect Life Resources

Respect Life Prayer (printable version)

Tips for Creating a Respect Life Setting (printable version)

Suggested Respect Life Activities for your School or Classroom (printable version)

Guidelines for the March: Preparing & Attending (printable version)

For those students unable to attend the March for Life, the Archdiocese suggests Culture of Life Day. (printable version)

Everyday Respect Life: What I Can Do in My Daily Life (printable version)

Lesson Plans

Fr. Damien, missionary to the leper colony on Molokai, will be canonized on October 11th, 2009.  Here is a lesson plan, Fr. Damien: Recognizing the Value of Every Human Life. (printable version)

For use on January 22nd, Roe v. Wade: Building a Culture of Life in the Face of a Culture of Death. (printable version)

Defending the Truth: A Lesson in Respect Life Apologetics (printable version)

Respect Life Issue Resources

• Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide (printable version)
• Abortion (printable version)
• Poverty (printable version)
• Racism(printable version)
• Domestic Violence (printable version)
• Human Cloning (printable version)
• Stem Cell, Embryo & Fetal Research (printable version)
• Capital Punishment(printable version)
• Human Trafficking (printable version)
• Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (printable version)
• War and Just War (printable version)
• Conservation and the Environment (printable version)
• Unemployment (printable version)
• Homelessness (printable version)
• Contraception, Morning After Pill, IVF, and Reproductive Technology (printable version)
• Nuclear Arms (printable version)

Homily Notes

Notes for a October 10/11 Homily, to recognize the canonization of Fr. Damien. (printable version)

Links to other Archdiocese of Baltimore Resources

Youth and Young Adult Ministry

Adolescent Catechesis

Catholic Schools

Evangelization and Catechesis