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Janet Morana, P.D.
Associate Director, Priests for Life
Co-Founder, Silent No More Awareness Campaign

Janet A. Morana serves as the Associate Director of Priests for Life, and assistant to the National Director, Fr. Frank Pavone.

Mrs. Morana was born in Brooklyn, NY. She attended Catholic schools there and received her B.A. in foreign languages from St. Francis College. In 1990, she was awarded a Masters degree in Education from the College of Staten Island. In 2000, she received a Professional Diploma in Reading from St. John's University, graduating with several awards for academic excellence.

For eleven years, Mrs. Morana served as a full-time public school teacher in Staten Island New York. During that time, she spearheaded numerous literacy, science, cultural and educational programs and won many awards and financial grants for her school district.

Mrs. Morana is a certified CCD teacher, an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and a former member of the executive board of the Staten Island Right to Life Committee. In 1993, she ran for the New York City Council on the Right-to-Life Line and received the largest percentage of votes of any Right to Life candidate in the Party's history.

Since 1989, Mrs. Morana has devoted an enormous amount of time to pro-life activities. In addition to assistant to Fr. Pavone since his ordination in 1988, she has also traveled extensively throughout the country, giving pro-life training seminars for the laity, and representing Priests for Life at various local and national pro-life conferences. In her position as Associate Director for the organization, she oversees several important departments, including pro-life resources, correspondence, priest travels, and Media Productions. She is featured on Fr. Pavone's Defending Life Series seen on EWTN. She is the Co-host and Producer on the Gospel of Life series seen on Sky Angel Network, a weekly guest on Teresa Tomeo’s radio show and she gives numerous media interviews. She serves as a co-founder of the "Silent No More" Awareness Campaign, a national effort to assist women who have had abortions to share their testimonies.

In 2003 she addressed the Pro-Life Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives on life issues.