Day 1 - Join the Procession & Kick-Off Rally

Join the Procession & Kick-Off Rally

Table of Contents

• National Campaign Daily Intention
  • That we may use these 40 Days for Life to plead for God’s mercy and grace upon all those involved in the sin of abortion..
• National Campaign News
  • Take a Step of Faith and Join This Prayerful Effort
• Local Campaign News
  • The Schedule, while filling, Needs Your Help!
  • Coming Events
  • Fall Campaign Procession & Kick-Off Rally – Weds September 23rd
  • Life Chain Sunday – Oct 4th, 2 – 3:30 pm
  • First Saturday Rosary, Oct 3, 9:00 am
  • Allow us to announce your prayer gathering here
• 40 Days through Scripture
• Day 1: Matthew 1 – 7
• International News
  • Vienna Cardinal Forbids Famous Pro-Life Bishop to Attend Pro-Life Rally
• National News
  • Media Analysis Says Pro-Life Group Right, Baucus Health Care Bill Funds Abortions
• Video Vignette
  • The Miracle of Life
  • Abortion at Issue
• Get Involved
  • Stop the Abortion Mandate
• Campaign Materials
  • Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items
  • Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More

National Campaign Daily Intention

That we may use these 40 Days for Life to plead for God’s mercy and grace upon all those involved in the sin of abortion..

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. On this rock I will build my church; the gates of hell will not prevail against it. — Matthew 16:18

Pray that the witness of 40 Days for Life bears abundant fruit, and that we begin again each day to storm the gates of hell until God welcomes us into the gates of heaven.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life and
President, National Pro-life Religious Council

National Campaign News

Take a Step of Faith and Join This Prayerful Effort

Whether you've participated in 40 Days for Life before, or you're along on this journey for the very first time, thank you taking the step of faith to join this prayerful effort.

What is 40 Days for Life? Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, Maine offered about the best one-sentence answer I've yet seen: "40 Days for Life is the work of the Holy Spirit, a divine inspiration in the ongoing effort to end the plague of abortion."

And how does the Holy Spirit work? Often, in the hearts of those who join this effort to pray for others. When it comes to 40 Days for Life, expect the unexpected! That message is clear in what people are saying about 40 Days for Life.

A blogger just posted: "As I sit here tonight awaiting the kickoff rally tomorrow, while holding my precious sleeping infant, I praise God for the gift of life." But she writes with mixed emotions. Six years ago, she became pregnant as the result of rape. She chose life for her son, and arranged for a loving couple to adopt her child. "Six years later," she writes, "I still know and feel I made the right decision, but I miss him. So, tonight as I write this, I think about the women who go in for an abortion and wonder how I can make a difference. I realize that I can make a difference by being there praying for them, praying to God that their mind changes away from abortion." She is thankful for 40 Days for Life "because I believe it truly touches the hearts of the women who come there for an abortion. I am eagerly anticipating the Lord's goodness in this fall's campaign."

Then there's Val in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who expressed her thoughts in a letter to the editor of the local newspaper: "Last spring I volunteered in the 40 Days for Life campaign. For 40 days I joined other volunteers to pray for the unborn in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic. We didn't pray only for the unborn. We also prayed for the women facing unplanned pregnancies. We prayed that those facing these circumstances would consider other alternatives such as adoption. My family adopted a child whose mother once faced an unplanned pregnancy. After making an appointment to end her pregnancy, she changed her mind when she encountered volunteers who were present the day of her appointment, praying on behalf of the unborn. This child has been such a blessing to our family. God has a plan for each one of us, and I'm seeing that, especially in the case of this child."

This fall from September 23 to November 1, another 40 Days for Life campaign will take place. I hope many will come and join us as we pray. Miracles really do happen."

Local Campaign News

The Schedule, while filling, Needs Your Help!

Day 1 – We have more churches involved in the campaign than ever before, preachers are addressing the subject from the pulpit and the media is even interested in what we’re doing for the first time since we started with a small campaign in the Fall of 2007.   But this campaign requires that all Christians come forward, and declare the truth we all know, that Abortion Kills Children and we can no longer look the other way.   Please join us as we Pray to End Abortion on the sidewalk of the darkest corner in our community, the sidewalk at the abortion site.   We come to bring the light of truth to those caught in the web of lies.   Be a witness to Christ, come and share His Love through prayer.

Coming Events

Fall Campaign Procession & Kick-Off Rally – Weds September 23rd

We will kick-off the Fall campaign by spiritually following the path of the young women, who frightened by an unexpected pregnancy, receive a referral for an abortion and then proceed from the Planned Parenthood facility to the abortion site.   We will gather at 6:15 at the sidewalk in front of 4385 Neal Rd., Reno NV and walk in procession the 1.1 miles to the abortion site, to cover this path in prayer.   Join us as we Pray to End Abortion.   For a map of the route, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/Procession Afterwards, join us as we gather at the abortion site on Wednesday, Sept 23rd, at 7 pm to kick-off what will be the best campaign we’ve had yet!   We will be gathering across the street from the West End Abortion Site, located at 5915 Tyrone Rd, Reno.   For a map to the location, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/WestEnd  

Life Chain Sunday – Oct 4th, 2 – 3:30 pm

On Sunday, Oct 4, from 2 – 3:30 pm we will join hundreds of Life Chains across the nation, as we hold signs at the corner of S. Virginia and McCarran, proclaiming the truth that Abortion Kills Children.   We make this statement with a prayerful attitude, asking all who participate to remember that we come to share the Truth of Christ in Love.   Join us as we call all to appreciate the precious nature of the innocent unborn.

First Saturday Rosary, Oct 3, 9:00 am

Calling all Pro-Life Catholics (and others who are interested) to pray the Rosary at the abortion site on Saturday, May 2nd at 9:00 am. Join us as we pray the Gospel. This monthly rosary continues year round, as the faithful gather to Pray to End Abortion.  We will continue our prayerful faithful witness until this clinic is closed for good!

Allow us to Announce Your Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion! When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

40 Days through Scripture

Day 1: Matthew 1 – 7 (including: Matt 6:19)

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroys, and thieves break in and steal.  But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroy, nor thieves break in and steal.   For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

Consider the heavenly treasure that awaits those who do God’s will, for they have their eyes on heaven.

To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.   It’s never too late to start reading the bible.

International News

Vienna Cardinal Forbids Famous Pro-Life Bishop to Attend Pro-Life Rally

(LifeSiteNews.com VIENNA, September 22, 2009 By Hilary White) - When pro-life demonstrators in Vienna marched to City Hall earlier this month to protest the hosting by the mayor of a celebration for a notorious local abortion facility, one prominent member of Austria's pro-life world was not present. Bishop Andreas Laun, an auxiliary of Salzburg, told marchers at a Mass prior to the event that he had been forbidden to attend the demonstration by the cardinal archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Schönborn.

Bishop Laun is one of the recipients of the Von Galen Award, an honor given by Human Life International "to a Catholic prelate who has been a voice of conscience for his society." He said at the Mass that preceded the rally, "Cardinal Schönborn has told me on the phone that he does not want that I participate in the demonstration. I replied to him, 'This topic can hardly be discussed on the phone,' and [thought] that I will not be able to convince him. Since Schönborn is the archbishop of Vienna, I have to respect his decision according to canon law."

Bishop Laun said he respected the cardinal's decision and added, "There is a blessing on all legitimate forms of obedience in the Church." He had been scheduled by rally organizers to speak at the demonstration and to lead prayers outside City Hall.    Read the entire article on LifeSiteNews.com

National News

Media Analysis Says Pro-Life Group Right, Baucus Health Care Bill Funds Abortions

(LifeNews.com, Washington, DC) -- A new media analysis is verifying the contention of a pro-life group that says the new Baucus health care bill funds abortions. As is the case with HR 3200 and the Kennedy bill in the Senate, National Right to Life says the Baucus bill also contains massive abortion subsidies and mandates. The Pulitzer-prize winning PolitiFact web site, operated by the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, is respected as a web site that looks into political claims. In a new analysis released on Monday, it verifies as true the National Right to Life take on the Baucus bill that it "contains provisions that would send massive federal subsidies directly to both private insurance plans and government-chartered cooperatives that pay for elective abortion." PolitiFact says the NRLC view of the bill "get[s] to the heart of the rhetoric on both sides of the debate."   Read the entire article at Lifenews.com …

Video Vignette

The Miracle of Life

Watch and share this 4 minute video of the developing life in the womb.

Abortion at Issue

Watch and share this 6 minute video regarding President Obama’s claims for abortion coverage in the proposed Health Care Reform.

Get Involved!

Stop the Abortion Mandate

Get involved in the process through http://stoptheabortionmandate.com.   And remember are strongest weapon in the battle of good vs. evil, Prayer!

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

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