March for Life, Walk for Life, Blogs for Life 2007

Next week is the 34th Anniversary of what I consider the greatest infamnia in the USA since slavery, the US Supreme Court rulings of Roe v Wade & Doe v Bolton that legalized abortion with no restrictions accross the USA. There are several events over the next few days for people to come together to mourn for all those victims of abortion, to pray for a change in our laws & to make a statement to our elected officials & the world that this evil cannot stand. Some of the major events will take place in Washington DC.

The 2007 March for Life will take place in Washington DC on Monday 22 January at Noon. This year's theme is "Thou Shalt Protect the Equal Right to Life of Each Innocent Human in Existence at Fertilization. No Exception! No Compromise!" The March is just part of of a series of events going on in Washington DC sonsored by March for Life. Here is the schedule (complete March info here):

20-21 January 2007

March for Life Convention

22 January 2007

9:00 am "Say it with the Roses" messages delivered to all members of Congress

Noon Rally on the Mall followed by a March to the Supreme Court

6:00 pm Rose Dinner

National Prayer Vigil for Life

January 21 - 22, 2007

This takes place at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC on 21 - 22 January 2007. The events take place before & after the Noon Rally & March for Life. The schedule is:

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2007
8:00 pm Solemn Vigil Mass for Life
10:30 pm Rosary for Life
11:00 pm Confessions

MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2007
6:00 am Morning Prayer
7:30 am Solemn Mass for Life
11:30 pm Night Prayer
12 Midnight Holy Hours

For more details go to the National Prayer Vigil for Life page on the Shrine website or USCCB Vigil Info site.

The 3rd Annual Walk for Life West Coast takes place in San Francisco on 20 January 2007. The schedule of events includes:

19 January 2007

7:30 pm Annual Ecumenical Prayer Servive for the Sanctity of Life

8:00 pm All Night Eucharistic Adoration

20 January 2007

8:00 am Catholic Mass

1:00 am Walk for Life

7:00 pm 1st Annual (Catholic) Pro-LIfe Saturday Night Social

21 January 2007

7:00 pm Lights for Life

(Complete Event info here)

(Drawing by Dan Lacey, faithmouse)

The 2nd Annual Blogs4Life is taking place before & after the March for Life in Washington DC on 22 January 2007. It is an opportunity for Pro-Life bloggers to get together the help bloggers to usie weblog technology to communicate the pro-life message via the internet. It takes place from 9:00 am to 11:30 am & 2:30 pm to 5 pm at the Family Research Council headquarters. (Conference schedule here)

There are also many other local events sponsored by various Right to Life groups the next few days. Here in DBQ Dubuque County Right to Life is sponsored a Walk for Life starting at 10:30 am in Washington Park. There will be pray & speakers. After that there will be a march to the DBQ County Courthouse & then onto the KC Hall for a Chili luncheon sponsored by the Loras College Right to Life group to raise funds for them to go to the DC March for Life.

Monday has also been declared a National Day of Prayer and Penance for Life by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. So even if you can't make any of the above events (or find any near you) you can still take part by setting aside part of the day for prayer & doing some sort of an act of penance as a means of repenting for the sin of abortion in the USA.

(This is post # 250!!!!!)