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This week, America memorializes the 57 million innocent lives lost to abortion since January 22, 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court imposed abortion on all 50 states through the unjust Roe v. Wade decision. We also remember the many mothers — and fathers — whose lives have been devastated by abortion. In the following video, National Director of 40 Days for Life David Bereit shares the Top Three Reasons to ‎March for Life‬. Be sure to share this with others. Thank you! Here is a listing of all the places 40 Days for Life will be.

Starting tomorrow, and continuing through November 1, tens of thousands of faithful people in 212 cities -- across 45 American states, five Canadian provinces, and Denmark -- will conduct a unified 40-day campaign of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, peaceful vigils outside abortion facilities and Planned Parenthood offices, and grassroots community organizing," said David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life. 40 Days for Life is a pro-life initiative that burst onto the national scene just two years ago and has already mobilized more than 215,000 people in 240 cities across all 50 American states and several other countries during four previous coordinated campaigns, saving 1,561 lives from abortion. This fall's 40 Days for Life campaign, the group's largest to date, will be the most widespread and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history. Dozens of the largest pro-life and pro-family organizations and many prominent religious leaders, in...

What the Church Says Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 1438: “The seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church’s penitential practice. Fridays, Lent and Year Round Canon 1250: “All Fridays through the year and the time of Lent are penitential days and times throughout the entire Church.” U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Penitential Practices for Today’s Catholics: “Fridays During Lent — In the United States, the tradition of abstaining from meat on each Friday during Lent is maintained. “Fridays Throughout the Year — In memory of Christ’s suffering and death, the Church prescribes making each Friday throughout the year a penitential day. All of us are urged to prepare appropriately for that weekly Easter that comes with each Sunday.” Ash Wednesday, Good Friday Canon 1251: “Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference o...

40 Days for Life begins tomorrow, on Ash Wednesday. There are 135 cities that will be participating from February 25 - April 5. Most are in the United States, five are in Canada, two are in Northern Ireland and one is in Australia. In addition, there are similar prayer campaigns going on in Central and South America. The campaign for human life involves: prayer, fasting, and a peaceful presence at abortion mills. To learn more, visit the 40 Days for Life website . This is a wonderful project to take part in this Lent!

Washington, D.C. (30 December 2008) – David Bereit, director of the nation-wide 40 Days for Life campaign that has reinvigorated the grassroots pro-life movement, will be speaking at American Life League's Personhood Conference Jan. 23, 2009. Bereit's revolutionary campaign, combining prayer, fasting, constant vigil and community outreach touched 204 cities across 49 states. He is part of an exceptional group of speakers taking part in the Ninth Annual Training and Activism Week in Washington, D.C. "David Bereit is a hero in the pro-life movement," said Marie Hahnenberg, project director for the 2009 Training and Activism Week. "His dedication to ending abortion through regular, peaceful presence outside of Planned Parenthood facilities and other abortion clinics has sparked a passion in thousands of people for protecting and defending the preborn." Reports from around the country say that at least 1,100 lives have been spared from abortion thanks to th...

Christine at A Catholic View is this week's hostess and she has done a terrific job! Here are a few of my favorite posts there: Loretta from Island Breezes shares "Father Elijah" - Prophetic? , --which contains an article from American Thinker that proposes what changes Americans and the world may be in for and she suggests that "Father Elijah", the novel by Michael O'Brien , discusses the same theme. Seth from Catholicland! reminds us that 40 days for Life is still going on. He shares his reflections after praying at the 40 DFL vigil. Seminarian Matthew from A Catholic Life give us some good information for the election and reminds us to Vote November 4th . Sarah from just another day of Catholic pondering shares two wonderful posts: Big Day , which is a reflection on marriage in preparation for a family wedding and from Behold your Mother, Mary Moments: Rosary Edition , which is The October Mary Moments carnival focused on the rosary, and is a compi...

PTL! Just look what our prayers and fasting can do! The situation I reported on yesterday at Tiller's and requested prayers for has resulted in saving the life of the baby and the soul of the mother (and perhaps her life, too.) Kansas Coalition for Life shares the story here . Thanks be to God for our wonderful prayer warriors and sidewalk counselors, who are allowing God to work through them.

I received this information via email, which was sent to me late last night, from Mark Gietzen, Kansas Coalition for Life: On October 1, at 6:20 pm, KCFL on-site volunteer, Brandi Lozier, called from the gate of the Tiller Late-term abortion facility in Wichita, KS, and said that Edna Roach, an employee of Abortionist Tiller, came into Tiller's parking lot at a high rate of speed, carrying a distressed abortion client. According to Brandi, as Edna slowed down enough to make the corner at Tiller's gate, she, Brandi, could see a Caucasian lady - laying-back in the front seat on the passenger side of Edna's car. (This client was likely being transported from a hotel room, where she was waiting to deliver an already-dead baby. Routinely, late-term babies are killed by injection on Tuesdays at Tiller’s late-term abortion facility – but usually do not deliver until Thursday or Friday.) Edna proceeded to the front door of Tiller's building, and began blowing her car horn repea...

From CNA : Eduardo Verastegui, the Mexican actor who starred in the movie “Bella,” joined pro-life sidewalk counselors and prayerful demonstrators at a Los Angeles abortion clinic on Saturday as he counseled women to turn away from aborting their unborn children. Many of the demonstrators were present at the Family Planning Associates abortion clinic as part of the 40 Days for Life campaign. Acording to John Anthony, Coordinator of 40 Days for Life in L.A.: Verastegui spent time in prayer and counseled and encouraged women to keep their babies, acting with “love, tenderness, humility and compassion.” “Five babies were saved that morning!” “Prayer and love in action were key and beautifully exemplified by all present.” From LifeSite News : He (Eduardo) said, "You wanna hear something really, really funny? Here's what happened at the end. All the nurses from the clinic - some were African Americans, some were Latinas - came outside." The next thing Eduardo Verastegui knew...

For information about the 40 Days for Life campaign that will take place outside abortion clinics in Overland Park and Wichita, and the annual Life Chain that will take place in MANY Kansas towns, go to the Kansans for Life web site at www.kfl.org . Click on the "Calendar of Events" tab in the menu list on the left side of the home page, and then select either 40 Days for Life or Life Chain for information on these events. 40 Days for Life is 40 consecutive days of prayer outside Planned Parenthood in Overland Park and George Tiller's abortion clinic in Wichita. The dates are Wednesday, Sept. 24th through Sunday, Nov. 2nd, and consist of standing outside those clinics in prayer. For more information on how to sign up to participate, see the website as directed above. Life Chain, on the other hand, consists of one hour of silent prayer/witness on heavily traveled thoroughfares while holding one of five pre-printed signs. It will take place in MANY Kansas cities/towns on e...

Forty Days for Life , a community-based pro-life group, kicks off their campaign of prayer, fasting, and presence today. According to the group’s website: Forty Days for Life takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families. It puts into action a desire to cooperate with God in the carrying out of his plan for the end of abortion in America. The 40-day campaign tracks biblical history, where God used forty-day periods to transform individuals, communities . . . and the entire world. From Noah in the flood to Moses on the mountain to the disciples after Christ’s resurrection, it is clear that God sees the transformative value of his people accepting and meeting a forty-day challenge. PRE-KICKOFF INTENTION: For God’s blessing upon all participating in the fall 2008 40 Days for Life campaign. Find More from Musings from a Catholic Bookstore. Marcel LeJeune from Texas A&M has a...

On Wednesday, September 24 -- 40 Days for Life will kick-off in 177 cities in 47 states, commencing the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history... ...And this weekend an exciting development will help build on this unprecedented momentum! This Sunday night, a brand-new world-premiere documentary about 40 Days for Life -- filmed by an Emmy-award-winning director -- will be airing in 128 million homes around the world! It's the latest installment of the "being HUMAN" series and it's airing on the EWTN global television network. Details: WHAT: "Being Human: 40 Days for Life II" DATE: Sunday, September 21 TIME: 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific) WHERE: Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) -- available in most markets

THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW The Road To Lourdes (1 hr) Loretta Young portrays a terminally ill woman who finds her faith on a surprise visit to Lourdes. Wed 7/23/08 10:00 PM ET & 7 PM PT Sat 7/26/08 5:00 AM ET & 2 AM PT BEING HUMAN: 40 DAYS FOR LIFE II This episode highlights the success stories and lives saved from abortion during the national 40 Days for Life campaigns that have now been done in 139 cities in 44 states including Ireland, England, Brazil and Peru. Fri 7/25/08 3:00 AM ET & 12 AM PT Fri 7/25/08 6:30 PM ET & 3:30 PM PT