Day of Prayer and Fasting Scheduled!

Please mark your calendars for next Tuesday, July 30th!  In preparation for our Volunteer Meeting on Wednesday, July 31st, we are asking you to join us in a day of prayer and fasting, petitioning Our Lord to provide the volunteers needed to make our fall 40 Days for Life a successful and fruitful campaign.  

What specifically can you do to participate in this day?

Below are two different kinds of fasting options:

Sacrifices	Prayers
No TV No coffee Foregoing buying unnecessary things and giving the saved money to charity Eating only bread and water for one meal a day No sweets No radio/CDs No internet No video games No eating between meals Offering up all inconveniences or ‘thorns’	1/2 hour listening to Praise and Worship and praying Stations of the Cross Making a Holy Hour A Rosary Daily Mass An extra 20 minutes of Bible reading and Meditation a Chaplet of Divine Mercy Prayer for the conversion of hearts to Life Silent conversation with God

You get the idea!  Give up your favorite thing or activity for ONE DAY and pray, pray, pray!

"There is a commandment laid on us to fast.  For fasting helps to destroy sin, and to raise the mind to thoughts of the spiritual world.  Each man is then bound, by the natural law of the matter, to fast just as much as is necessary to help him in these matters.  Which is to say that fasting in general is a matter of natural law." - St. Thomas Aquinas

Reminder:  Volunteer Meeting!

WHEN:  Wednesday evening, July 31, 2013 at 7:00pm

WHERE:  Bishop O'Connor Center  (702 S. High Point Drive Madison, WI 53719)

WHO: Our guest speaker will be Jim Ball, a veteran 40 Days for Life leader from Green Bay, who will speak about his successful program.  With YOUR help, we can fill our calendar hours before the campaign starts!

WHY:  To unite as professed believers in the sanctity of life and, through our volunteer efforts, do what we can to change the culture.

Many Open Hours This Week!  

Monday, 7/22/13:  1 needed at 9:00am

Tuesday, 7/23/13:  1 needed at 11:00am; 2 needed at10:00, noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm  13 hours open!  Only 19% filled!

Wednesday, 7/24/13:  1 needed at 9:00 and 11:00am;  2 needed at 8:00, 10:00, noon, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, and5:00pm  16 OPEN HOURS!!  Only 20% filled!

Thursday, 7/25/13:  1 needed at 3:00, 4:00, and 5:00pm

Friday, 7/26/13:  1 needed at 1:00pm; 2 needed at 2:00pm

Bring your prayers, compassion, and love to the rescue of mothers and babies!

Go to vigilforlife.org or email info@vigilforlife.org to sign up for one of these hours or a recurrent hour. 

Announcements:

• Sidewalk Counseling Training Session? - If there is enough interest, we will conduct a sidewalk counseling training before 40 Days for Life begins.  Please contact me at info@vigilforlife.org if you'd like to participate.
•  Fortnight for Freedom - Please join Fr. Rick Heilman in prayer at the State Street steps of the Capitol EVERYTHURSDAY to pray for life, family, and religious freedom.  Invite friends and bring your family as we pray the Rosary together!