In the United States, the Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month. As Catholics, we are called to preserve all human life, especially those lives that are most vulnerable. Please continue to pray that all human life will be respected from conception until natural death.

The birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on Sept. 8, marks the dawn of our salvation as God begins to prepare a pure vessel for the coming of His Son. Father Donald Calloway, MIC, reflects more deeply on this beautiful feast, one of only three birthdays observed liturgically on the official Church calendar. Then hear the moving story of a couple who faced the heartbreak of infertility, but through prayer, perseverance, and Natural Family Planning, discovered the beauty of cooperating with God's design.