Promotional Resources - Week of September 2 (TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT)

23 WEEKS OLD

Reach out to thousands with this project by using these promotional resources.

Messages

Materials for pastoral outreach and education, so that people may learn about the development of the unborn child.


Messages

National pro-life groups continue this week to follow the development of “Baby Chris” (see www.BabyChris.org). This project enables people to learn about – and see – the development that every human being undergoes in these first nine months of life.

Survival rates continue to increase for babies born prematurely at this stage.

Developmental facts and striking images and video are provided each week, along with a prayer and social media tools.



Developmental Facts
The baby is now 23 weeks old, since fertilization, weighs 1 and a half pounds, and is 13 inches in length.

The heart has beat over 31.7 million times.

Breathing motions are now seen around 14% of the time.

Survival rates are increasingly good if the baby is born at this time.

5 months Five Month Face: Download larger image

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5 months Five Months: Download larger image .

Prayers

Prayer is the foundation of all we do in the pro-life movement.


The Breath of Life

Lord, you give to all humanity the breath of life.

Even in the womb, we practiced breathing,

While we received our oxygen directly from our mother.

At every stage, you, O Lord, are the one

Who breathes life into us,

Wills us to exist,

And keeps us from falling back into nothingness.

Lord, unite us to your will,

So that just as you give life to every unborn child,

So we will defend those lives,

And be in our world the voice they do not yet have.

We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Social Media

Reach out to thousands with this project by using these social media resources.


Tweets
Baby Chris is now 23 weeks old, since fertilization, weighs 1 and a half pounds, and is 13 inches in length. See more at babychris.org #facts #prolife
In the 24th week of a developing baby the heart has beat over 31.7 million times. See more at babychris.org #facts #prolife
In the 24th week survival rates are increasingly good if the baby is born at this time. See more at babychris.org #facts #prolife
In the 24th week of development breathing motions are now seen around 14% of the time. See more at babychris.org #facts #prolife
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VIDEOS

5 months with explanation

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