Respect Life Month Activities in the Archdiocese

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Cardinal Spellman High School: Spanish Pro-Life Congress: “Congreso Pro Vida”, Saturday, Oct. 11, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., keynote address, Alejandro Bermudez, $10, registration: Daniela Adames, (646) 794-3184.

 

Holy Rosary: Holy Hour Mondays, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of Solace-St. Dominic’s: Eucharistic Adoration, Thursdays in Spanish, 7- 9 p.m., St. Dominic’s Chapel, for restoration of a culture of life; Eucharistic Adoration, Fridays in English, 7-8:30

p.m., Our Lady of Solace, St. Joseph’s Chapel, 731 Morris Park Ave., for restoration of a culture of life; Our Lady of Fatima Garden, 1739 Unionport Road, recitation of the Rosary, Saturdays at noon, with Pro-life intention.

 

St. Benedict’s: Respect Life Table, Saturday, Oct. 4 and displayed in October

with information from pre-natal development to the dangers of birth control.

Respect Life Information, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12, Respect Life

Ministry will educate parishioners on life issues after all Masses. 4th annual Spiritual

Adoption Program, Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 18, 19 and 25, 26, sign up at Masses.

 

St. Clare of Assisi: 16th annual collection for babies and their mother, Saturday

and Sunday, Oct. 25 and 26, in the lower church. All donations will go to

pregnancy centers and pro-life organizations. Information: (718) 863-8974.

St. Margaret of Cortona: Cenacles of Life meets Thursdays at 6:20 p.m. to pray

two Rosaries for an end to abortion and euthanasia. Holy Hour follows, 7-8 p.m.

Respect Life committee meeting, Monday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. in rectory meeting

room. Spiritual Adoption Program began Sunday, Sept. 14, at all Masses to pray for

a baby in danger of abortion, culminating on Mothers’ Day with a baby shower to

support pregnancy care services. St. Thomas Aquinas: Respect Life Table

in October at Sunday Masses offering information for free services. Collection

of baby items for “Newborn Care Kits” benefiting the Sisters of Life. Respect

Life committee meeting, Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. and every third Thursday

of the month. Rosary for unborn children, every Saturday, 9:40 a.m. in the Holy

Sacrament room.

 

DUTCHESS COUNTY

St. Christopher’s, Red Hook: Holy Hour for Life with Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament on Friday, Oct. 3, 5-6 p.m. Life Chain on Route 9 in front of

church on Saturday, Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m.- noon. Faithful Citizenship presentation

by Kathleen Gallagher, director of the Catholic Action Network and Pro-Life Activities,

New York State Catholic Conference on Sunday, Oct. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

in the school gym, 30 Benner Road.

 

St. Columba’s, Hopewell Junction: Voter registration after Masses Saturday

and Sunday, Oct. 4 and 5.

 

St. Denis, Hopewell Junction: Voter registration will be held after all Masses

Saturday and Sunday Oct. 4 and 5.

 

St. John the Evangelist, Pawling: Special blessing for new and pregnant

mothers after all Masses on Respect Life Weekend, Oct. 4 and 5. Pins and prayer

cards, and refreshments in parish center.

 

St. Mary, Mother of the Church, Fishkill: Voter registration will be held after

Masses Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5.

 

St. Mary, Wappingers Falls: Voter registration will be held after all Masses

Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4 and 5.

 

MANHATTAN

 

Our Saviour: Walk for Life fund-raiser in memory of Bishop George Lynch, Saturday,

Oct. 11. Msgr. Philip Reilly will celebrate the 8:30 a.m. Mass, to be followed

by a procession to a local abortion clinic. Walk benefits pro-life organizations. Information:

Nivene, (212) 307-1254.

 

Epiphany: Voter registration after Masses Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 4, 5.

 

Our Lady of Good Counsel: Eucharistic Adoration to pray for a culture of life,

Friday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m.-noon in the chapel.

 

St. Brigid-St. Emeric: Nocturnal Adoration Society, Friday and Saturday, Oct.

3 and 4, 9 p.m.-midnight concluding with Midnight Mass in reparation to the Immaculate

Heart of Mary for sins against life; Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Saturday,

Oct. 4, 6 p.m., with intention to restore a culture of life; Divine Mercy Chaplet for

Life, Sunday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. Mass. Collection to benefit women and children

served by the Sisters of Life during October. Gifts for mothers and babies will be

collected and offered at Sunday Masses, Oct. 26. Cenacles of Life, Tuesdays in October,

6 p.m.

 

ORANGE COUNTY

 

Middletown: Orange County Right to Life 41st Annual Banquet, Kuhl’s Highland

House, 12 Highland Avenue Ext: Sunday, Oct. 19, 2- 6 p.m. Speaker, Christopher

Bell, co-founder of Good Counsel Homes. $35 before Oct. 10. Contact: Ella

Mae Hedgepeth, (845) 386-3731.

 

Sacred Heart, Monroe: Display of 58 crosses that symbolize the 58 million

babies aborted since Roe vs. Wade. Rosary for Life, Saturday, Oct. 11, front lawn

after 9 a.m. Mass. Prayer Vigil Wednesdays, through Oct. 29, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in

front of the abortion clinic on Rt. 208 in Blooming Grove. Information: Rich Strobel

(845) 783-2964.

 

St. Anastasia, Harriman: Display of  58 crosses on front lawn that symbolize

the 58 million babies aborted since Roe vs. Wade.; Rosary for Life, Saturday, Oct.

25, on front lawn after the 9 a.m. Mass.

 

Immaculate Conception/St. Mary, Port Jervis: Pasta Dinner, Saturday, Oct.

4, in the church hall, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and Respect Life

Committee to raise money for a bus to Washington, D.C., for 2015 March for

Life.

 

NORTHERN WESTCHESTER/ PUTNAM COUNTIES

 

Holy Name of Mary, Croton-on-Hudson: Cenacles of Life, Saturdays, 8:20

a.m., before the 9 a.m. Mass. Respect Life Collection, Respect Life Sunday, Oct.

4 and 5, at all weekend Masses, with proceeds going to pregnant women in need

and Christians persecuted in the Middle East. Expectant Families’ Mass and Blessing,

Sunday, Oct. 19, at 10:45 a.m., reception to follow. Information: Tom or Brigid

Faranda, (914) 271-4598.

 

Our Lady of Loretto Church, Cold Spring, and St. Joseph’s Chapel, Garrison:

Collection for Emmanuel House Crisis Pregnancy Center and Respect Life

Projects at all Masses on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4 and 5. Voter registration

all Masses Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4 and 5. Adoration and Benediction for the

unborn, Monday, Oct. 6, 7-8 p.m.

 

St. Augustine, Ossining: Voter registration at Masses Saturdays and Sundays,

Oct. 4, 5.

 

St. Columbanus, Cortlandt Manor: Holy Hour and Rosary, Monday, Oct. 6,

7-8 pm. Latin Mass, Sunday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. Collection for Birthright Pregnancy

Center, Peekskill.

 

St. John the Evangelist, Mahopac: Cenacles of Life, Thursday evenings, 7-8

p.m. before the Blessed Sacrament with Benediction. 10th Annual Baby Bottle

Campaign, bottles available in October. Proceeds to Emmanuel House International

pregnancy center and Touching Tiny Lives of Lesotho, Africa, a ministry helping babies and children with AIDS.

 

St. Joseph, Croton Falls: Mass for Expectant Parents, Sunday, Oct. 26, noon.

Mass and blessing to honor families who are pregnant or adopting, reception to

follow in Parish Room 1, to register: Fran Monti, (914) 277-8964 or Marina Rojas,

(914) 232-2910. Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, First Fridays, 4:30

p.m. before Benediction to pray for life.

 

St. Lawrence O’Toole, Brewster: Forty Hours Devotion begins on Respect Life

Sunday, Oct. 5, at 3:30 p.m., until Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Tuesday, Oct.

7, 7:30 a.m., in the Parish Center Chapel. Prayer at Planned Parenthood in

Brewster on 2nd Saturday each month following 9 a.m. Mass for 1 hour. Contact:

Peg at loveisthechoice@comcast.net. Volunteers will travel to 40 Days for

Life in White Plains Wednesday, Oct. 8, and Saturday, Oct. 18. For a ride, contact

Brigid at luzarraga@comcast.net.

 

ROCKLAND COUNTY

 

Marian Shrine, Lomagno Hall, Stony Point. Rachel Ministry, every third Monday

of the month, Oct. 20, 7 p.m., free and confidential help for those who have

lost a baby at or prior to birth. Information: (845) 492-6709.

 

Sacred Heart, Suffern: Baby Bottle Campaign for Good Counsel Homes, Saturday

and Sunday, Oct. 4 and 5. Distribution of Respect Life literature and bracelets

for kids. Sisters of Life will greet parishioners after Masses.

 

St. Francis of Assisi, W. Nyack: Mass, Monday, Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m. to restore a

culture of life.

 

Sisters of Life: Day of prayer and Healing for Women suffering the loss of a

child through abortion, Saturday, Oct. 11, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: Sisters

of Life, (866) 575-0075 or hopeandhealing@ sistersoflife.org.

 

STATEN ISLAND

 

Our Lady of Good Counsel: Baby Drive, during October to benefit Cross

Road Foundation. Collecting food, formula, clothing, blankets, and gently used

items including strollers, car seats and high chairs.

 

Our Lady of Pity: Spiritual Adoption Program at Masses, weekend of Oct. 25

and 26. Pro-life items for sale at Masses, weekend of Oct. 25 and 26. Proceeds

will benefit Good Counsel Homes.

 

Our Lady, Queen of Peace: Rosary and Altar Societies pray Rosary, Divine Mercy

Chaplet, Litany of the Precious Blood of Jesus, Chaplet of the Most Precious Blood

of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Pro-Life Prayer at Election Time, and Election Prayer to

Mary for the intention of life, after the 8:30 a.m. weekday Mass.

 

St. Joseph’s Church, Rosebank: Visits to parishioners and friends who are

homebound or in nursing homes, Monday, Oct. 13 and 20, by members of Confraternity

of Christian Mothers. Christian Mothers’ Meeting. Baby Shower for the

Cross Road Foundation.

 

St. Sylvester’s: Baby Bottle Campaign, Respect Life Weekend, Oct. 4 and 5, at

Masses. Pro-life Prayer at Election Time, distributed at Masses, Respect Life

Weekend, Oct. 4 and 5.

 

SULLIVAN COUNTY

 

St. Mary’s, Obernburg: Spiritual Adoption Program at Masses, Respect

Life Weekend, Oct. 4 and 5.

 

St. Peter’s, Monticello: Spiritual Adoption Program, Saturday and Sunday, Oct.

11 and 12.

 

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

 

Annunciation Crestwood: Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. The procession will begin

with a Marian celebration and crowning of a Eucharistic statue of Our Lady and

the Child Jesus. The statue will bear the title, “Queen of the Clergy and Queen of

Families.”

 

Holy Family, New Rochelle: Holy Hour dedicated to the protection of human

life, Friday, Oct. 4, 1-2 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Rosary for protection

of human life, Thursdays after 8 a.m. Masses. Prayer vigils at Planned Parenthood,

New Rochelle, Thursday, 9 a.m.

 

Holy Name of Jesus, New Rochelle: Spiritual Adoption Program, Sunday, Oct.

5. Collecting new baby clothing, toys, car seats, and paper products for Providence

House and Pregnancy Care Center in New Rochelle. Items can be dropped

in the church lobby on Saturdays 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. in October. Prayer Vigil

at Planned Parenthood on Thursdays, 9 p.m.-10 p.m., Fatima First Saturday Devotions

for Life, after the 8:30 a.m. Masses on Saturdays, October-February.

 

Holy Rosary Church, Hawthorne: Cenacles of Life, Mondays, throughout

the year, following 8 a.m. Mass. Exposition, Rosary to end Abortion, Chaplet of

Divine Mercy, Benediction, Wednesdays throughout the year, 9 a.m.-noon.

 

Immaculate Conception, Tuckahoe: Cenacles of Life, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

 

Our Lady of Fatima, Scarsdale: Cenacles of Life, Wednesdays, following the

9 a.m. Mass, incorporates the prayer for religious liberty.

 

Our Lady of the Rosary, Port Chester: Overnight Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament,

Friday, Oct. 24, 9 p.m. to Saturday, Oct. 25 ending with the 8 a.m. Mass

at the Adoration Chapel, 23 Nicola Place. Blessings for Children, Sunday at the 1:30

p.m. Mass (Oct. 12), and for pregnant women, 1:30 p.m. Mass (Oct. 26). Rosary

for Life, every day in October, 6:45 p.m. at the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, Central

Ave., and 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

 

Resurrection, Rye: Afternoon of Prayerful Remembrance and Intercession,

Sunday, Oct. 26, 2-5 p.m. Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and the Sacrament

of Reconciliation. Information: Lumina (877) 586-4621.

 

St. Gregory the Great, Harrison: Rosary Rally, Saturday, Oct. 11 at noon in

front of the Harrison Knights of Columbus building, corner of Halstead Ave and

West St., sponsored by America Needs Fatima.

 

St. John the Evangelist, White Plains: Rosary for pro-life intentions, Saturdays at 5 p.m.