THE BRONX
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.