Inspirational Saint of the Day

Today is the feast day of St. Maximillian Kolbe.  Ordained at 24, he saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day.  And that was 1918.  His mission was to combat it.  He had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of good life, prayer, work, and suffering.  The 40 Days for Life campaign has the same aim: to fight evil by our witness out on the sidewalk at Planned Parenthood.  But the evil of abortion cannot be defeated without your  prayer, work, and sacrifice.  Your help is needed!

  
40 Days for Life volunteers needed, especially vigil captains, volunteer callers, and emergency vigil hours contacts

• We are still in need of 40 Days for Life volunteers. In particular, we need more vigil captains. Vigil captains have one day of the week each week of the 40 Days for Life campaign in which they monitor the online vigil calendar and make calls to fill last-minute vigil hours. This is an ESSENTIAL position. It is mid-August and we still have NO captains for Monday, Thursday, or Friday. Can you help?
• Volunteer callers invite past 40 Days participants to come back this fall for the campaign. This is a short-term volunteer opportunity. Can you help? 
• Emergency contacts is an important list of prayer warriors who can step in when last minute hours need to be filled. We especially need those who can be called on for night time hours.  Can you help?
  

Please contact us at info@vigilforlife.org.

Praise God!  All hours for the 365 for Life vigil have been filled this week.  Thank you to all you dedicated prayer warriors for your "yes" to sacrifice.

Did you know you can sign up NOW for 40 Days for Life hours? 
Just go to vigilforlife.org to the 40 Days for Life calendar or send an email to info@vigilforlife.org to schedule.  Plan ahead!  This will lessen volunteer phone calling and reserve your preferred day and time slot.  Do you have a group, e.g. family, friends, church group, who could sign up for a block of time?  This too would help tremendously!


Courtesy Announcements:

• Rosary Rally: Thursday 7:00pm State St. steps of the Capitol and every Thursday, ending Nov. 1st
• Pregnancy Helpline is holding a training session this fall for phone volunteers who would assist women and men with the issues that can surround a pregnancy and a family.  The training process is very thorough.  Visit their website for more information: www.pregnancyhelpline.net.  Contact Alissa Hirscher at mahirscher@yahoo.com