Catholic Fire

Here is a group from our parish at the Life Chain this afternoon. A few other parishioners who attended did not make it into the photo. It was a cool, windy, but sunny day with temperatures in the 60's. Approximately 50 people showed up at our location.

The annual Life Chain, a pro-life prayer and witness event, will take place this year in cities across the United States and Canada on Sunday October 4. Life Chain involves an hour of silent prayer and public witness and will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. It is a peaceful, prayerful public witness on sidewalks along major streets in towns and cities, in which participants pray for our nation and for an end to abortion. Participants hold signs reading "Abortion Kills Children," "Abortion Hurts Women," "Jesus Forgives and Heals" and "Adoption: The Loving Option" before passers-by and motorists. If you would like to know the location of the Life Chain nearest you, go to http://www.lifechain.net/ Campaign Life Coalition's 2009 Life Chain poster is available here. Too see the Life Chain locations across North America and find the closest one, visit: http://www.lifechain.net Toronto and area Life Chain locations may be found here.

Today was Life Chain Sunday. Life Chain is a national effort where pro-life citizens stand along a well-traveled route for one hour, holding pre-made signs and praying for an end to abortion. In Kansas alone, there were over 70 Life Chains across the state. Here are a few photos from one of the many Life Chains held in Wichita. It was a beautiful sunny, breezy day in the low 80's -- a great day to be outdoors. This was really cute. This dog had his own combination box stand and sign, which reads: "Bark fur Life." We got a lot of thumbs up and people honking horns and waving at us. We even got into a conversation with a stopped vehicle containing two young adult men, who gave us a thumbs up and then yelled "NO OBAMA!" with thumbs down. At that all our thumbs went down.