For Immediate Release
January 2, 2013
Announcing the National Prayer Service
for 40th commemoration of Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The month of January marks 40
years since the Roe vs. Wade decision, and the national prayer
service to mark the occasion has been announced. The National
Memorial for the Pre-Born and Their Mothers and Fathers promises
to be the largest interdenominational prayer service being held
in conjunction with this commemoration.
A larger venue was chosen this year to accommodate what is
anticipated will be the biggest turnout ever for the service.
“This prayer service always re-energize and re-focuses our
pro-life movement,” said Father Frank Pavone, president of the
National Pro-Life Religious Council, which is organizing the
event along with Priests for Life, the National Pro-Life Center
on Capitol Hill, and Faith and Action. Fr. Pavone will deliver
the sermon at the service.
The National Memorial will take place from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
on Friday, January 25, at Constitution Hall, 1776 D St., NW
(18th and D St.). This is the same day as this year’s March for
Life, which will begin a few hours after the service.
“After 40 years of legal abortion, and the misery it has
brought to untold millions of American women, men and families,
we want to have one of the largest expressions ever of communal
repentance and fervent intercession for an end to abortion in
our nation,” said Father Pavone. “Everyone in D.C. for the March
should make an effort to attend this service.”
A host committee of key religious leaders has been assembled,
and more information about the service can be found at
NationalPrayerService.com.
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life
organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For
more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.
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