U.S. Catholic nuns join pro-life campaign, mailing Christmas cards to every abortion center inviting workers to leave the industry with ATTWN’s help.
Newsroom (03/12/2025 Gaudium Press ) In a quiet convent tucked away from the digital world, a small community of Capuchin nuns has taken up pens and Christmas cards to reach one of the most controversial workplaces in America: abortion clinics.
The Sisters of St. Clare, a contemplative order without computers, email, or a website, are among dozens of religious communities nationwide participating in a national campaign organized by And Then There Were None (ATTWN), a pro-life ministry dedicated to helping abortion clinic workers leave the industry.
The organization, whose name is drawn from the chilling children’s rhyme in Agatha Christie’s murder mystery And Then There Were None, was founded by Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose dramatic 2009 resignation after witnessing an ultrasound-guided abortion became the subject of the 2019 film Unplanned. Since 2012, ATTWN claims to have assisted more than 700 former clinic workers in exiting what the group describes as “businesses dedicated to ending the lives of the most vulnerable.”
This Advent, ATTWN mailed pre-printed Christmas cards to participating convents with a simple request: write personal messages to abortion clinic staff and mail them to every known facility in the United States.
Sister Christina Nazareth, one of the Capuchin nuns in Williamsport, explained the community’s enthusiastic response. “We received a letter from And Then There Were None asking us to participate,” she said. “Since we live a contemplative life centered on prayer, handwriting and sending cards seemed a perfect way to evangelize.”
Before the cards were sealed and stamped, the sisters placed each one on their chapel altar alongside the Blessed Sacrament. “We pray that our Lord will bless them and send them to those who need them,” Sister Christina said.
The messages inside the cards are gentle but direct. One former abortion worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, still keeps the card that changed her life. “It was handwritten,” she recalled. “It basically said, ‘Are you looking for a way out? We can help you get out of the abortion industry. Call this number.’”
She initially showed the card to a colleague who dismissed it. Yet something—she believes it was the Holy Spirit—compelled her to slip it into her bag and take it home. Days later, she dialed the number printed on the card and reached ATTWN. She soon resigned from the clinic and has never returned.
ATTWN leaders emphasize that the campaign is not intended to provoke confrontation but to extend an invitation to conversion during the Christmas season. “Often a small gesture like this is all it takes for someone to change their life and move toward the right path,” a spokesperson for the organization said.
As Advent progresses, boxes of handwritten cards continue to arrive at abortion facilities across the country—each one carrying a nun’s prayer, a personal note, and an offer of practical and emotional support for any worker ready to walk away. For the sisters in cloistered convents and the former employees who have already answered the call, the initiative is proof that even in the sharpest cultural divides, a simple Christmas card can still carry the power to transform a life.
- Raju Hasmukh with files form Infocatholica
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