What Wouldn’t You Do: a missionary’s reflection
Missionary Amanda reflects on her “why” for defending and celebrating life with Biking for Babies. Amanda is a first-year rider missionary from Massachusetts.
Missionary Amanda reflects on her “why” for defending and celebrating life with Biking for Babies. Amanda is a first-year rider missionary from Massachusetts.
Missionary Joe reflects on his “why” for defending and celebrating life with Biking for Babies. Joe is a second-year rider missionary from Ohio.
When the Celebration of Life returns to St. Joseph’s this July 13, grab your favorite noisemaker, and join the masses who are celebrating the goodness of life the best way they know how—through breaking bread, sharing stories, and encouraging each other to go out, with joy in their heart, to share the news that life is good.
Missionary Josh reflects on his “why” for defending and celebrating life with Biking for Babies. Josh is a first-year rider missionary from Illinois.
Missionary Max reflects on his “why” for defending and celebrating life with Biking for Babies. Max is a first-year rider missionary from Ohio.
Even though our alumni’s time as a National Ride Formation Program missionary may have come to a close, Biking for Babies still offers ways to do great things for God and to experience joy and hope.
If you feel called to equip our missionaries, we’re now accepting donations from our National Ride supplies wishlist!
Life can be hard, and there are real struggles and suffering that will be faced. However, the gift of life far outweighs any difficulty that we may ever have. No one ever said life will be easy, but it is always worth it.
“The Via Lucis is a potential stimulus for the restoration of a “culture of life” which is open to the hope and certitude offered by faith, in a society often characterized by a “culture of death”, despair, and nihilism.” Learn more about this Easter meditation!
“When I was 14, I got a weekend job at a dining and banquet hall called Eddie Whipps. Ten years later, I am still working there on the side. This is not about me or the waitressing job itself. It is about seeing people who have demonstrated how to respect and cherish all lives, offering an invitation to live out prolife values in ordinary and small ways.” Our newest blog comes from Katie, a support crew missionary, who invites us to be pro-life in the “small things.”
Matthew 16:24-25 – “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
Biking for Babies proclaims the dignity of human life by uniting cycling with the formation of young adults into missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.
Young adults undergo transformation by encountering Jesus through a lived experience of sacrificing their time and energy on behalf of the culture of life.
These sacrifices deepen their love for God and neighbor. They discover the spiritual truth that “losing their lives” (loving sacrificially) leads to fulfillment and joy.
Concretely, young adults volunteer for a 6-month, extra-curricular formation program where they:
Young adults volunteer for a 6-month, extra-curricular formation program where they: