Let us prepare ourselves in prayer for the start of 40 Days for Life (in 6 days!), asking for the Holy Spirit to inspire and strengthen us!

Let us pray,

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Thou in toil art comfort sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, solace in the midst of woe.

Come, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the will of the Father; show me the nothingness of earthly things, that I may realize their vanity and use them only for Thy glory and my own salvation, looking ever beyond them to Thee, and They eternal rewards. Amen.

Let us prepare ourselves in prayer for the start of 40 Days for Life (in 7 days!), asking for the Holy Spirit to inspire and strengthen us!

Let us pray,

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Thou, of all consolers best, Visiting the troubled breast, Dost refreshing peace bestow.

Come, O Blessed Spirit of Piety, possess my heart. Enkindle therein such a love for God, that I may find satisfaction only in His service, and for His sake lovingly submit to all legitimate authority. Amen.

Let us prepare ourselves in prayer for the start of 40 Days for Life (in 8 days!), asking for the Holy Spirit to inspire and strengthen us!

Let us pray,

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Come. Father of the poor. Come, treasures which endure; Come, Light of all that live!

Come, O blessed Spirit of Holy Fear, penetrate my inmost heart, that I may set you, my Lord and God, before my face forever, help me to shun all things that can offend You, and make me worthy to appear before the pure eyes of Your Divine Majesty in heaven, where You live and reign in the unity of the ever Blessed Trinity, God, world without end. Amen.

Let us prepare ourselves in prayer for the start of 40 Days for Life (in 9 days!), asking the Holy Spirit to inspire and strengthen us!

Let us pray,

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give!

Almighty and eternal God, Who has vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and the Holy Spirit, and has given us forgiveness from all sins, vouchsafe to send forth from heaven upon us your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen.

“Things have a price and are valuable, but persons have a dignity, they are worth more than things and they have no price. Because of this, attention to human life in its totality has become in recent times a real and proper priority of the Magisterium of the Church, particularly for life which is largely defenseless, namely, that of the disabled, the sick, the unborn, children, the elderly. … They cannot be discarded!” – Pope Francis

We must continue to be a voice for the voiceless and see that these precious babies are not discarded like trash!

OPEN HOURS

Monday, 9/19 – 1 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 11a; 1 needed at 12p; and 1 needed at 1p.

Tuesday, 9/20 – 1 needed at 12p and 1 needed at 2p.

Wednesday, 9/21 – 1 needed at 1p; 1 needed at 2p; 2 needed at 3p and 1 needed at 5p.

Thursday, 9/22 – 1 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 11a; 1 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 1p and 1 needed at 2p.

Friday, 9/23 – 2 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 1p and 2 needed at 2p.

To sign up for hours go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or e-mail info@vigilforlife.org or call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545.
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40 Days for Life Kick-Off (40 Days for Life starts Weds., 9/28 and ends Sunday, 11/6.)

The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will visit the sidewalk outside of Planned Parenthood, 3706 Orin Rd., during the Hour of Mercy (3 p.m.). Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life will lead a Eucharistic Procession along with the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. At 5 p.m. – the event moves to St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Mt. Horeb for Adoration & Confession with a 7 p.m. Mass.
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Mondays – 12 a.m. (midnight) until 8 a.m – 2 needed for each hour and 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour.

Tuesdays – 1 a.m. – 9 a.m. – 2 needed for each hour.

Wednesdays – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour; 2 needed at 2p and 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour.

Thursdays – 12 a.m. – 2 a.m. – 2 needed for each hour; 4 a.m. – 9 a.m. – 2 needed for each hour; 1 needed at 9a; 2 needed at 11a; 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour and 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour.

Fridays – 12 a.m. (midnight) – 4 a.m. – 2 needed for each hour; 1 needed at 4a; 5 a.m. – 9 a.m. – 2 needed for each hour; 1 needed at 9 a.m.; 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. – 1 needed for each hour; 2 needed for 5p and 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour.

Saturdays – 4 a.m. – 6 a.m. – 2 needed for each hour; 1 needed for 6a; 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour and 4 p.m. – 11 p.m. – 2 needed for each hour.

Sundays – 12 a.m. (midnight) – 10 a.m. – 2 needed for each hour; 2 needed at 12p; 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. – 1 needed each hour; 2 needed at 3p; 2 needed at 6p; 2 needed at 9p and 2 needed at 11p.

Please sign up today at: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or e-mail info@vigilforlife.org or call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545.
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Mark your calendars: 40 Days for Life UNITED bus tour will be in Madison at the Planned Parenthood on Orin Rd. for a statewide rally at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 13th!
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Prayer for Respect of Life

Heavenly Father, the beauty and dignity of human life was the crowning of your creation. You further ennobled that life when your Son became one with us in his incarnation. Help us to realize the sacredness of human life and to respect it from the moment of conception until the last moment at death. Give us courage to speak with truth and love and with conviction in defense of life. Help us to extend the gentle hand of mercy and forgiveness to those who do not reverence your gift of life. To all, grant pardon for the times we have failed to be grateful for your precious gift of life or to respect it in others. We ask this in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.

For the first time this September 29th, the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will visit a location that is not a church building or on church property. This amazing exception is being made so that the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima can be present on the sidewalk outside of Planned Parenthood on Orin Rd. in Madison as part of out 40 Days for Life kick-off. (Yes, 40 Days for Life actually begins on September 28th.)

This is how our kick-off event came to be as told by Fr. Richard Heilman:

On Friday morning, August 26, at 6:45 AM, I read an article about the miraculous closing of the Appleton, WI Planned Parenthood. I say “miraculous” because “exactly … to the day” … one year prior, Bishop Ricken offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with the specific intention to close that Planned Parenthood, and then proceeded to the Planned Parenthood site, with many other prayer warriors, to offer special prayers for it’s closing. That’s right … one year, To. The. Day. … and, it happened on the memorial of the Queenship of Mary (August 22). WOW!!

Lila Rose also posted an article about the Appleton Planned Parenthood closing, and added a comment that said, “Now there are only two Planned Parenthoods open in Wisconsin.” Knowing that one of them was in my backyard (my city of Madison), and now “only” offers abortions, the warrior came out in me. I brought it to prayer at my 7:30 AM Mass, asking what God wants us to do.

Like a thunder bolt, it came … “This is what you should do!!! … ”

I recalled that the very powerful (miraculous) International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima is coming to my parish in Mt. Horeb, St. Michael the Archangel Parish “on the Feast of St. Michael” (September 29), and I knew we needed to have the statue of Our Lady out in front of Planned Parenthood for part of that day.

When I got home from Mass, I got into action …

*I contacted Dan Miller, Director of Pro-Life Wisconsin, and he liked the idea, and he said Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for life is going to come to Wisconsin to speak at Appleton about that amazing miracle closing. I said, “Wouldn’t it be great if he could come here on the Feast of St. Michael.”

*I decided to call Fr. Stephen Imbarrato (of Priests for Life) to see if he or Fr. Frank would come. Fr. Imbarrato said he would check with Fr. Frank, but count on him (Fr. Imbarrato) for sure. Fr. Imbarrato asked if there was a parish nearby, so we could do a Eucharistic Procession. I said, “no”, but there is a chapel across the street with the Holy Eucharist and a monstrance … he couldn’t believe it … he said, “Perfect!”

*I called the person who travels the Fatima Pilgrim Statue to see if it would be possible to have Our Lady in front of Planned Parenthood. He started to say, “Churches only,” but then I shared this whole story. He agreed this was “of God,” and is allowing this exception.

* I contacted Laura Karlen of Vigil for Life, and she loved the idea, and said the date was perfect because it was at the very beginning of 40 Days for Life, and this would be a great way to launch it.

*We also knew we should do what Bishop Ricken had done, and offer a special Mass with the specific intention for the closing of Planned Parenthood.

*I contacted Bishop Morlino’s office and he was very enthused about the September 29 plan and he was very sorry he will be out of town and cannot join us.

That’s what happened between 7:00 and 10:00 AM on that Friday morning.

So, this is the schedule …

September 29 (Feast of St. Michael the Archangel) – “Prayer Day to Close Planned Parenthood”

3:00 PM (Hour of Mercy) – Fatima Statue brought out in front of Planned Parenthood, Priests for Life leads Eucharistic Procession, Rosary Prayed, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Talks by Priests for Life and Dan Miller (Head of Pro-Life Wisconsin), and others. We will also have many Knights of Columbus there in full force.

After this, the Fatima Statue is brought to the top of Mount Horeb, WI – St. Michael the Archangel Parish (on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel).

5:00 – 6:30 PM – Fatima Statue present in church, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Adoration, Sacrament of Confession, and conclude with Benediction.

6:30 PM – Talk by Patrick Sabat (Miracles of the Fatima Statue)

7:00 PM – (Candlelight) Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered by Priests for Life, with the special intention to close Planned Parenthood. The Knights of Divine Mercy Schola Cantorum will provide chanting and singing.

PLEASE JOIN US!!

AND, THANK YOU, BISHOP RICKEN FOR YOUR INSPIRATIONAL WARRIOR SPIRIT!!

Thanks to all of you who came out for our events on Saturday, 9/10: National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children and our peaceful witness for life outside of the Planned Parenthood/NARAL event that celebrated the intentional destruction of innocent human life (a.k.a. abortion).

Your witness is still needed on the sidewalk this week!
OPEN HOURS

Tuesday, 9/13 – 1 needed at 9a.

Thursday, 9/15 – 1 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 11a; 1 needed at 12p and 1 needed at 1p.

Friday, 9/16 – 1 needed at 12p and 1 needed at 1p.

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

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40 Days for Life – Madison starts Wednesday, Sept. 28 and ends on Sunday, Nov. 6th. We are in need of the following to keep our campaign alive!

Vigil Captains – Ideally, we need 14 so each Vigil Captain will only need to fill 12 hours every week.

Job Description: Watch the vigil calendar throughout the week leading up to your chosen one day of the week to ensure that each hour is covered. By the night before the start of your day, the hours must be filled. If they are not, you must call volunteers that might be able to fill the hours. If you cannot fill the hours, despite making numerous phone calls during the appropriate phone hours, you can call
someone on the emergency prayer warrior list. If you still cannot fill the hour, you must contact the vigil coordinator who will be watching the schedule as your backup.

Please prayerfully consider signing up to be one of the above needed
volunteers. To volunteer – please respond via e-mail to
info@vigilforlife.org or sign up via our event on Volunteer Spot at:
http://signup.com/go/wKpQoz

Here’s how you sign up in 3 easy steps:

1. *Access the above link to the sign up site.*

2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account
on SignUp.com )

3. Sign up! Choose your spots – SignUp.com
will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!
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40 Days for Life Kick-Off (40 Days for Life starts Weds., 9/28 and ends Sunday, 11/6.)

The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will visit the sidewalk outside of Planned Parenthood, 3706 Orin Rd., during the Hour of Mercy (3 p.m.). Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life will lead a Eucharistic Procession along with the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. At 5 p.m. – the event moves to St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Mt. Horeb for Adoration & Confession with a 7 p.m. Mass.
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Saint Teresa of Calcutta’s Nazareth Prayer for the Family

Heavenly Father,
you have given us the model of life
in the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Help us, O Loving Father,
to make our family another Nazareth
where love, peace and joy reign.
May it be deeply contemplative,
intensely eucharistic,
revived with joy.

Help us to stay together in joy
and sorrow in family prayer.
Teach us to see Jesus in the members of our families,
especially in their distressing disguise.
May the eucharistic heart of Jesus
make our hearts humble like his
and help us to carry out our family duties
in a holy way.
May we love one another
as God loves each one of us,
more and more each day,
and forgive each other’s faults
as you forgive our sins.
Help us, O Loving Father,
to take whatever you give
and give whatever you take with a big smile.

Immaculate Heart of Mary,
cause of our joy, pray for us.

St. Joseph, pray for us.

Holy Guardian Angels,
be always with us,
guide and protect us.

Amen

JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS Saturday, September 10 (that’s tomorrow), 2016, pro-abortion supporters will make abortion a laughing matter with a star-studded event (All Access Event) featuring pro-abortion comedians and entertainers in Cleveland that NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin will live stream at Steenbock’s on Orchard restaurant downtown. Yes, abortion supporters will be celebrating the destruction of unborn babies with an evening of “music, comedy and entertainment” with “good eats, drinks, and awesome company!”

Friends, how will we respond to the most distasteful event imaginable… right here in our backyard? Will we bat an eye?

Please take an hour or more to stand up for the voiceless, for the laughingstock of this event, our preborn brothers and sisters! In addition to personal and group prayer, we will have speakers at 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., including Fr. Rick Heilman.

What: Prayerful protest of the All Access Event
When: Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. so that we are present before the All Access event starts at 6:00 p.m. and remain after the event ends at 8:30 p.m. Come at 5:30 p.m. and stay as long as you can.
Where: Outside Steenbock’s on Orchard (330 N. Orchard Street Madison, WI 53705)
Why: Because abortion is NOT a laughing matter!

Here’s parking information for this event: www.steenbocksonorchard.com/parking/

Also, earlier in the day is the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Babies:

What: National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Babies prayer vigil
When: Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: St. Michael’s in Dane (109 S. Military Road Dane, WI)
Why: Because all babies deserve a dignified memorial

PLEASE join us for one or both events THIS SATURDAY!

THIS Saturday, September 10, 2016, pro-abortion supporters will make abortion a laughing matter with a star-studded event (All Access Event) featuring pro-abortion comedians and entertainers in Cleveland that NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin will live stream at Steenbock’s on Orchard restaurant downtown. Yes, abortion supporters will be celebrating the destruction of unborn babies with an evening of “music, comedy and entertainment” with “good eats, drinks, and awesome company!”

Friends, how will we respond to the most distasteful event imaginable… right here in our backyard? Will we bat an eye?

Please take an hour or more to stand up for the voiceless, for the laughingstock of this event, our preborn brothers and sisters! In addition to personal and group prayer, we will have speakers at 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., including Fr. Rick Heilman.

What: Prayerful protest of the All Access Event
When: Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. so that we are present before the All Access event starts at 6:00 p.m. and remain after the event ends at 8:30 p.m. Come at 5:30 p.m. and stay as long as you can.
Where: Outside Steenbock’s on Orchard (330 N. Orchard Street Madison, WI 53705)
Why: Because abortion is NOT a laughing matter!

Also, earlier in the day is the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Babies:

What: National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Babies prayer vigil
When: Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: St. Michael’s in Dane (109 S. Military Road Dane, WI)
Why: Because all babies deserve a dignified memorial

PLEASE join us for one or both events THIS SATURDAY!

Abortion – “It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.” – Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Please bring your witness for LIFE to the sidewalk this week!

OPEN HOURS

Tuesday, 9/6 – 1 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 1p and 2 needed at 2p.

Wednesday, 9/7 – 2 needed at 12p; 2 needed at 1p; 2 needed at 2p; 1 needed at 3p; 1 needed at 4p and 1 needed at 5p.

Thursday, 9/8 – 2 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 12p and 1 needed at 2p.

Friday, 9/9 – 2 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 10a; 2 needed at 11a; 1 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 1p and 2 needed at 2p.

To sign up for hours, go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or e-mail info@vigilforlife.org or call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545.
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On Saturday, September 10, 2016, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Priests for Life and the Pro-Life Action League will co-sponsor the fourth annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children, calling on pro-life Americans to honor the gravesites of our aborted brothers and sisters.

Solemn prayer vigils will be conducted at these gravesites, of which there are 50 across the United States, as well as at dozens of other sites dedicated in memory of aborted children.

By participating in the National Day of Remembrance, visiting these solemn memorial places at other times of the year, and spreading the word about this prayer campaign, you are helping to humanize our aborted brothers and sisters and deepening your own commitment to ending the injustice of abortion.

Vigil for Life will host one of these memorial services at St. Michael’s Church in Dane, WI. The address is: 109 S. Military Rd., Dane, WI 53529 The service will begin at 10 a.m.
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40 Days for Life – Madison starts Wednesday, Sept. 28 and ends on Sunday, Nov. 6th. We are in need of the following to keep our campaign alive!

Vigil Captains – Ideally, we need 14 so each Vigil Captain will only need to fill 12 hours every week.

Job Description: Watch the vigil calendar throughout the week leading up to your chosen one day of the week to ensure that each hour is covered. By the night before the start of your day, the hours must be filled. If they are not, you must call volunteers that might be able to fill the hours. If you cannot fill the hours, despite making numerous phone calls during the appropriate phone hours, you can call
someone on the emergency prayer warrior list. If you still cannot fill the hour, you must contact the vigil coordinator who will be watching the schedule as your backup.
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Volunteer Callers – We’d like calls to start the week of July 25th.

Job Description: You will personally invite past participants to join 40 Days for Life again this fall by calling them on the phone to encourage and to remind them to sign up.

Events Team

Job Description: You will plan the kick-off, mid-point and closing events with the 40 Days for Life campaign coordinator. While the vigil itself is the bread and butter of 40 Days for Life, events are
important opportunities for bringing in new people and building up vigil participants.

Outreach Team

Job Description: The outreach team will promote 40 Days for Life outside of the current participants and current churches involved. This would include reaching out to pro-life or Christian organizations
for participation.

Please prayerfully consider signing up to be one of the above needed
volunteers. To volunteer – please respond via e-mail to
info@vigilforlife.org or sign up via our event on Volunteer Spot at:
http://signup.com/go/wKpQoz

Here’s how you sign up in 3 easy steps:

1. *Access the above link to the sign up site.*

2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account
on SignUp.com )

3. Sign up! Choose your spots – SignUp.com
will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!
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Prayer of Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen