Only 20% filled on Wednesday - an abortion day

"If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it!"  1 Corinthians 9: 16

As baptized members of the Body of Christ, we have all been commissioned to preach the gospel.  Come and fulfill your obligation and preach the Gospel of Life this week by adding your peaceful, prayerful witness to the sidewalk.

OPEN HOURS

Tuesday, 2/10 - Only 50% filled on this Abortion Day - 1 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 1p; 2 needed at 3p and 2 needed at 4p.

Wednesday, 2/11 - Just 20% filled on this Abortion Day - 1 needed at 9a; 2 needed at 10a; 2 needed at 11a; 2 needed at 1p; 2 needed at 2p; 2 needed at 3p; 1 needed at 4p and 1 needed at 5p.

Thursday, 2/12 - Only 39% filled on this busy day at Planned Parenthood - 2 needed at 9a; 2 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 11a; 2 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 3p; 1 needed at 4p and 2 needed at 5p.

Friday, 2/13 - 75% filled - 1 needed at 2p.

To sign up for hours go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or e-mail info@vigilforlife.org or call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545.

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 VIGIL CAPTAIN needed for 2nd week of each month during 365 for Life campaign.  Vigil Captain is responsible for ensuring that vigil hours are filled for assigned week.  If interested in volunteering your services for this essential position, please call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545.

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Jennifer Dunnet's 2015 March for Life Experience

Arriving in Washington D.C. with Pro-life Wisconsin for the 42nd March for Life, I was happy that our first stop was the Planned Parenthood on 16th St NW in D.C. I have prayed and counseled outside this abortion center many times while attending the March for Life. This time my happiness was due to the fact that the Servants of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the group for which I volunteer, was able to bring the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the site for the first time during a March for Life. This Image has been touched to the actual tilma in Mexico. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Unborn and she was definitely there interceding for the women inside.  While we were there praying a woman came out of the abortion center and said she was keeping her baby. What a wonderful way to start our time in D.C.

Later that evening we attended the opening Mass for the March for Life at the Basilica of Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.  This Mass is packed with pilgrims who arrive early to get a good seat. It was the same this year only I feel there were more attendees there than ever. The procession of cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, and seminarians took at least 30 minutes. It was a beautiful Mass and a wonderful homily by Cardinal O'Malley.  Some of the things he said was, “Indifference is our biggest enemy. We must learn to look on people with love. Not judgmental. To change people’s hearts we must love them. Mother Teresa is the model of the pro-life movement."

The day of the March, on the anniversary of Roe v.Wade, the weather was perfect for marching. You could sense the crowd was big.  The pre-march speakers were motivating the crowd from the stage set up in the library mall. Those of us marching with Pro-life Wisconsin were ready to go! Soon we were on our way with the St Ambrose Academy group marching with us for a time.  After we were on our way Peggy Hamill, Will Goodman, and Dan Miller led the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet until we were almost finished marching.  As we moved further up the hill, I looked back and saw thousands and thousands of people young and old marching for the end of abortion. I have heard there were at least 600,000.  As we reached the Supreme Court building where the March ends we could hear the women and men from Silent No More giving their testimonies on how abortion has affected them.  Next to them was the biggest banner I have ever seen that said “Personhood for All”.  The March for Life is always a whirlwind of days and events but I definitely left the March that day feeling full of hope that we will one day see the end of abortion.  If you haven't attended the March for Life, I recommend attending. It is one of the most moving and powerful events you will participate in.

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Discipleship Prayer


Loving God,

I thank you for choosing me to be your disciple

and for the gift of your Son, Jesus.

Help me proclaim and bear witness to the Gospel

by word and by deed today and every day.

Open my heart to the outcast, the forgotten,

the lonely, the sick and the poor.

Grant me the courage to think, to choose and to live as a Christian,

joyfully obedient to God.

Amen.