On February 5, 2023 we celebrated the World Day of Life with the theme “Death is never a solution. “God fashioned all things that they might have being, and the creatures of the world are wholesome, and there is not a destructive drug among them.” (Wis. 1:14)  The bishops’ hope is that this annual remembrance will “renew Catholics’ adherence to the ‘Gospel of life,’ their commitment to unmask the ‘culture of death,’ their ability to promote and support concrete actions in defense of life, thereby mobilizing ever greater energy and resources.”On February 5, 2023 we celebrated the World Day of Life with the theme “Death is never a solution. “God fashioned all things that they might have being, and the creatures of the world are wholesome, and there is not a destructive drug among them.” (Wis. 1:14)  The bishops’ hope is that this annual remembrance will “renew Catholics’ adherence to the ‘Gospel of life,’ their commitment to unmask the ‘culture of death,’ their ability to promote and support concrete actions in defense of life, thereby mobilizing ever greater energy and resources.”This is the goal of the “Help for Life Center” project dedicated to Sr. Serafina Cinque, ASC, which was inaugurated on March 14, 2023 at the “Cittadella Sanguis Christi” run by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ community located in Trani.  The work team, composed of Sr. Mimma Scalera, community animator and project coordinator, Sr. Anna Grazia Di Liddo and Sr. Lucia Volpi, social workers, Sr. Liana Campanelli, psychologist, Dr. Giuditta Cippone, psychotherapist and project supervisor, and Dr. Filomena Labriola, pedagogue, is committed to raising awareness of the issue of the protection of Life and to publicize the work done in the center on behalf of families, young couples and single women who for various reasons are in doubt or thinking about an abortion.It is also a coordination center that will collaborate with local agencies, professionals and people that a mother may need, providing free services with confidentiality. Specifically, the team is committed to accompanying women and families during pregnancy with individualized approaches in order to promote knowledge and attention on the experience of motherhood to the people in this area.  In the future it will offer the opportunity to participate and volunteer to those who share our values.It is a small sign of openness, a commitment for us and the city to women facing difficult pregnancies for various reasons, and it is a symbol of gratitude and acceptance of life in all its stages in the belief that “every life is worth the Blood of Christ!”

Sr Anna Grazia Di Liddo, ASC