Judy Haag Honored With a 2025 People of Life Award

Judy Haag of Eden Valley, a parishioner at the Church of Our Lady in Manannah, was one of 4 people honored with the 2025 People of Life award for her pro-life activism at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Conference in Arlington, Virginia last month. Haag and her husband, Bob, are pictured on the front page of the September issue of “The Prairie Catholic.”

Judy Haag, who spent 30-years as a long-term care nurse, was honored along with Valerie Washington and the late Rita and Mike Marker during a ceremony on August 11th. Haag has served in the New Ulm Diocese as the chairperson of the Council of Catholic Women Reverence for Life Committee – assisting in public education and advocacy on abortion.

Haag has co-chaired the local 40 Days for Life campaign since its inception 15 years ago and has been active in numerous other pro-life activities. The Haags have displayed billboards on their property with pro-life messages. Judy says there’s a group that travels to St. Paul the first Friday of each month during the legislative sessions to pray especially about pro-life issues.