2025 Diocese of Little Rock Mass for Life

Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025

Location: Cathedral of St. Andrew - Little Rock
Contact: Catherine Phillips
Phone: (501) 664-0340, ext. 326

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor will celebrate the annual Diocese of Little Rock Mass for Life at noon, Sunday, Jan. 19, at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock. All are invited to come and pray especially for an end to abortion and for the legal protection of unborn children. 

A free grab-n-go lunch from Tacos Godoy will be offered after Mass. Donations welcome. All proceeds benefit the Respect Life Office. For more information, contact Courtney Menz, in the Respect Life Office, at (501) 664-0340,ext. 393.

On behalf of Arkansas Right to Life, the Respect Life Office invites everyone also to participate in the 47th annual March for Life, at 2 p.m., after the Mass for Life. Join hundreds of Catholics and people of goodwill as we give public witness to our firm belief in the sacredness of life from the very first moment of conception. The march's route is along Capitol Avenue to the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol. For more information, please visit Arkansas Right to Life, call (501) 663-4237 or email artl@artl.org.

In preparation for these events, a Rosary for Life with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered at the Cathedral from 11:20 to 11:50 a.m.

Dioceses of the United States observe Jan. 22 as a day of prayer for the legal protection of unborn children and of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion. Since January 1973, when abortion became legal in all 50 states as a result of the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision, more than 63 million children have died from abortion in the United States.

In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that decision and returned the question of legal protection for unborn children to each state. Since that time, abortion has been illegal in Arkansas and other states. Despite these abortion bans, it is estimated that more than 800,000 babies died from abortion in the U.S. in 2023. This tremendous and heart-breaking loss of life reminds us that great prayer and advocacy for preborn life are still urgently needed.