YOU can help save lives!
The 9th 40 Days for Life Prayer Campaign is dedicated to all the babies that were aborted through, chemical, medical and surgical abortions and their families, nation & world for conversion and healing.
Resources
Missionaries of the Gospel of Life - www.missionariesofthegospeloflife.org
Physicians For Life - www.physiciansforlife.org
Learn why the student pro-life movement is crucial to ending abortion in America and what Students for Life of America is doing to help inspire and train this generation of pro-life activists and leaders.
180 Movie is a must see!
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This Spring 2012, from Feb. 22, 2012 - Apr. 1, 2012, our community will be one of more than locations in TBD states,
40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life effort that consists of:
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40 days of prayer and fasting
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40 days of peaceful vigil - Hours 8:00am to 8:00pm
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40 days of community outreach
We are praying that, with God's help, this groundbreaking effort will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in our city -- and throughout America.
Get on board with 40 Days for Life. Save lives in your community where you live. Some call it the the PRO-LIFE event of the 21st Century, 40 Days For Life
Results of Past Campaigns
In the past 5 campaigns nationally coordinated 40 Days for Life mobilized people of faith and conscience in 240 cities across 50 states and beyond. Results for national campaign are shown below:
- 4,313 babies saved, that we know of
- 63 clinic workers quit their job
- 16 abortion clinics have completely shutdown
Take a stand for life
95% of Vigil participants surveyed report that they personally grew spiritually as a result of their involvement: "I didn't think I could pray in front of an abortion facility. Now I feel that I must."
While all aspects of 40 Days for Life are crucial in our effort to end abortion, the most visible component is the peaceful prayer vigil outside Collegeville Planned Parenthood facility.
By speaking and witnessing about human life in love, we can help build a society that protects and respects every human life, born and unborn, and better reflects our status as children of God.
You can help make a life-saving impact by joining our local vigil at:
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
78 Second Avenue, (ROUTE 29)
Collegeville, PA 19426
Please park across the street at the Collegeville Shopping Center where there is plenty of parking. You may also park on Chestnut Street same side as PP.
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Elie Weisel ~
Bishop Julian Porteaus of Sydney Australia
How can we make such a bold claim that an end to abortion is within our grasp? Because Our Lord is with us and we know it is within His grasp to make this hope a reality. If it is within His grasp then what is he waiting for? Our repentance. Our Conversion. Our participation in his suffering and death.
For many years now after the shining example of Msgr Phillip Reilly of New York, the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants have taken this prayer to end abortion right to the front gates of the chambers of death themselves – the abortion mills. These typically small bands of faithful have held aloft the light of Christ at these places of darkness, week in and week out. If you speak to any of them, they will tell of an engagement in a spiritual battle rather than of flesh and blood. I dare say they are more acutely aware of the real nature of this battle than those who choose the comfort of being pro-life from a distance. Of course it is not only darkness that they perceive from their vantage point but light, as they experience first-hand Christ winning the battle for life through prayer and penance.
The 40 Days For Life campaigns are in essence the same as the mission of the Helpers although intensified over a non-stop 40 days of prayer. It gives an opportunity for those who are not willing or able to make the weekly or monthly commitment of the Helpers to place their drop in the bucket and come to a prayer vigil during the fall season – and every drop counts. It is also an opportunity to create a more intensive community outreach and awareness - it is not easy for our communities to ignore the continual presence of prayer on the streets for the duration of 40 days!
Contact us
To learn more, sign up for specific vigil hours, or let us know how you feel called to serve God in this effort, please contact the local 40 Days for Life leadership team:
Rita Smith M.E.V. (Missionaries of the Gospel of Life)
Campaign Director
(610) 489-1929
ritavsmith@gmail.com
Pina Augustine-McLaughlin
Outreach Coordinator & Vigil Calendar Coordinator
(484) 632-1420
pinajeff2008@aol.com
Theresa Leitold, M.E.V. (Missionaries of the Gospel of Life)
Media Coordinator
(610) 489-0265
tepeyac93@hotmail.com
Get the latest updates
Please sign-up for the 40 Days for Life updates from the Leadership Team and prayer devotionals using the form at the top right of this page, and browse through the rest of this site to find out how YOU can help make a lifesaving impact as part of our local 40 Days for Life campaign.
Learn more about the national 40 Days for Life campaign.
