Life Chain to Be Held Across North America
on Sunday October 4, 2009
The annual Life Chain, a pro-life
prayer and witness event, will take place this year in cities across
the United States and Canada on Sunday October 4.
Life Chain involves an hour of silent prayer and public witness and
will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. Participants stand in witness for one
hour on sidewalks along major streets in towns and cities, peacefully
and prayerfully holding signs reading "Abortion Kills Children,"
"Abortion Hurts Women," "Jesus Forgives and Heals" and "Adoption: The
Loving Option" before passers-by and motorists.
Suresh Domenic, past Canadian co-ordinator for Life Chain at the
national headquarters of Campaign Life Coalition in Toronto said Life
Chain "is for anyone who cares about the sanctity of life, of whatever
faith or no faith."
"It's also to increase public awareness of the abortion issue and to
support, through our prayers, women who have undergone abortions and
their babies. We are a voice for the victims and we pray for the
conversion of those who promote abortion and that those who have been
hurt by it will be consoled," Domenic noted.
This year's Life Chain marks the 22nd year that thousands of pro-lifers
throughout the USA and Canada have stood for one hour in peaceful and
prayerful public witness, praying for their countries and for an end to
abortion.
Mary-Ellen Douglas of Campaign Life Coalition told LifeSiteNews.com,
"Life Chain is a peaceful and prayerful event. It gives people the
opportunity to stand up for what they believe in with a sign that gets
a message out there. It's a nice opportunity for people to pray for the
victims of abortion, the babies, the parents, the nurses, and the
doctors, everyone who's involved."
"It's a very spiritual event. We do encourage everyone to come out.
It's only for an hour. Even if it's not a nice day we don't care. Come
out anyway."
Endorsers of this year's Life Chain in Canada include: Most Reverend
Thomas C. Collins - Archbishop of Toronto, Most Reverend Terrence
Prendergast - Archbishop of Ottawa, Most Reverend Brendan Michael
O'Brien - Archbishop of Kingston, Most Reverend Nicola De Angelis,
CFIC, DD Bishop of Peterborough Diocese, His Eminence Metropolitan
Archbishop Sotirios - Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto, Most
Reverend Michael Mulhall - Bishop of Pembroke Diocese, Most Reverend
James M. Wingle D.D. - Bishop of St. Catharines Diocese, Bruce
Clemenger - Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Rabbi Jack Farber -
Congregation Melech Yisrael, Habeeb AlIi - Secretary Islamic Council of
Imams Canada, Equipping Christians for the Public Square, National
Campus Life Network, Niagara Region Right to Life, Teachers for Life,
Toronto Right To Life, and Salt & Light TV.
Click
here for the Campaign Life Coalition's 2009 Life Chain poster.
Click here to find Life Chain
locations across North America and find the closest one to you.
Contact: Thaddeus M. Baklinski
Source: LifeSiteNews.com
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Date: September 18, 2009
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