Here's a last minte message about today, from Chris Slattery, and below a portion of today's note from 40 Days for Life
Chris Slattery sent a message to the members of 40 Days for Life in Abortion Capital-9/23-11/1/09.
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Subject: Fri. Nite Meet Ntl. 40 Days for Life Directer Shawn Carney
Please come and meet Shawn Carney!
Friday, October 23rd from 4:00PM-5:30pm join EMC's 40 Days for Life team at our 89-22 Roosevelt Ave. double abortion mill site for evening prayers for Life, just south of the 90th St. station on the #7 Train.
We will go for dinner afterwards. Learn about the action from the hundreds of nationwide sites of 40 Days for Life, and be inspired. Hope to meet you!
Chris Slattery (914) 224-5773
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This is from the 40 Days daily email letter -
Well, it's Friday, and 40 Days for Life campaign
director Shawn Carney is on the road headed to New
York City -- a location described as "the abortion
capital of America."
That phrase is the title of a New York Magazine
article. It was published a few years ago, but the
story still paints an accurate picture of the uphill
battle pro-lifers face in the nation's largest city.
More than 100,000 abortions are performed in New York
City every year. There are almost three dozen
abortion facilities there.
To quote from the magazine article:
"In absolute terms, there are more abortions
performed on minors, more repeat abortions, and
more late abortions (over 21 weeks) in New York
City than anywhere else in the country. In parts of
the city, the ratio of abortions to births is one
to one."
Fortunately, people are willing to do something about
it. One of those people is Chris Slattery, who runs a
group of pregnancy resource centers and a variety of
other pro-life outreaches.
Chris is also helping lead 40 Days for Life campaigns
in two of New York's boroughs, Queens (where there
are two abortion clinics side by side) and The Bronx.
The New York City team just posted a marvelous slide
show of 40 Days for Life in action on the sidewalks
of America's abortion capital.
To see the slide show, visit:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=431
In each of the past 40 Days for Life campaigns in New
York City, through God's blessings, dozens of lives
have been saved from abortion through these sidewalk
efforts.
One New Yorker, who is known for his strong pro-life
stand, headed west this week -- and he stopped at the
40 Days for Life vigil in Kalispell, Montana.
Fr. Benedict Groeschel had traveled to Montana for
speaking engagements.
Karen in Kalispell said Fr. Groeschel's detour to the
vigil there was "unexpected and much appreciated."
Fr. Groeschel is a Franciscan friar who is familiar
in Catholic circles through his regular appearances
on the EWTN network.
To see a photo of Fr. Groeschel with 40 Days for Life
vigil participants in Kalispell, go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=431
While the abortion toll in New York City almost
defies belief, Fr. Groeschel's trip to the clinic in
Kalispell underscores the fact that abortion would
still be a tragedy even if it only claimed one life.
Great work Chris
Posted by: tomfaranda | October 24, 2009 at 11:06 AM