VFL email 8.25.2015

Last night Vigil for Life hosted a Protest Planned Parenthood rally and over 220 people showed up to “shine a light in the darkness” and protest the horrific practice of Planned Parenthood harvesting organs from aborted babies and then selling them for profit.

Please keep that light burning and come out to the sidewalk yet this week!

OPEN HOURS

Wednesday, 8/26 – Only 60% filled on this Abortion Day – 1 needed at 8a; 1 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 11a; 2 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 1p and 1 needed at 4p.

Thursday, 8/27 – Just 78% filled on this busy day at Planned Parenthood – 1 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 11a; 1 needed at 4p and 1 needed at 5p.

Friday, 8/28 – 50% filled – 1 needed at 1p and 1 needed at 2p.

To sign up for hours go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545 or e-mail info@vigilforlife.org.

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40 DAYS FOR LIFE

We are in full planning mode for our upcoming 40 Days for Life campaign! This year’s 24/7 campaign starts on Wednesday, September 23rd at 6p and ends on Sunday, Nov. 1st at 5p. We are still looking to fill some of our volunteer positions:

Vigil Day Captain

Ensure that either 12 hours or 24 hours of the same day each week throughout the 40 days has a presence on the sidewalk by calling people to fill any open spots. (A great way for someone who cannot make it to the sidewalk to still be very involved with sharing the Gospel of Life.)

Emergency Prayer Warrior – Day (8a-6p) or Night (6p-8a)

Put your name on the list to fill hours when all other resources have been exhausted. You can give your availability for getting these calls.

If you are able to help us in either of these capacities, please call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545 or e-mail Gwen at info@vigilforlife.org
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40 DAYS FOR LIFE 2015 FALL CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF

Join Vigil for Life Madison as we kick-off our fall 40 Days for Life campaign with a special presentation from Vicki Thorn. Vicki is the foundress of Project Rachel and the Executive Director of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing located in Milwaukee, Wi. This kick-off event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 20th, 2015 at 2 p.m. at the Bishop O’Connor Center in Madison.
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NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE UNBORN MEMORIAL SERVICE

When: September 12, 2015 at 10 a.m.
Where: St. Michael’s Cemetery, 109 S. Military Road, Dane, WI
What: This memorial will be a part of simultaneous services held throughout the nation at the gravesites of aborted children. There are dozens of such gravesites, some of them holding as many as 16,000 bodies. This common act of prayer witnesses to our society that we are truly living amidst a holocaust, and that the abortion debate is not simply about beliefs or viewpoints but about lives that have been lost to abortion.

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Mark your calendars: Pro-Life Wisconsin’s Annual Auction Dinner featuring Abby Johnson at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee on October 17.
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PRAYER TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD By: Priests for Life

Lord of Life and Truth,
Your Providence guides the course of history.
You have conquered death
And have made us the People of Life.
You call us to fight the evil of abortion
And the forces that promote it.
We therefore ask you to grant wisdom and mercy to our nation.
Give our government leaders the courage
To put an end to the funding
Of the largest abortion business in the world.
Give all of us the courage to insist
That public funding only be used
For the protection and promotion of life
Rather than for its destruction.
Give us hopeful hearts and joyful spirits
As we continue to proclaim, celebrate, and serve
The Gospel of Life.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.