DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Join Fellow Pro-Lifers in Praying a “Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion” on Good Friday

On a bleak Friday afternoon nearly 2,000 years ago, our savior Jesus Christ was crucified at Golgotha, “the place of the skull.”
Today, we have our own Golgotha: the abortion clinic, where two thousand years after the Crucifixion, His image is violently destroyed, again and again, by abortion.
That’s why, for the last six years, the Pro-Life Action League has marked Good Friday with a pro-life “Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion” at our local Planned Parenthood.
Last month we put out a nationwide call to pro-lifers to join us in hosting their own “Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion” in their communities on Good Friday, April 18, and the response has been tremendous!
Check out the list below to find a Good Friday vigil near you. Or if you don’t find a local vigil, consider hosting your own Way of the Cross with help from the Pro-Life Action League.

Way of the Cross Locations

Arizona

Tucson: Tucson Women’s Clinic, 2121 N. Beverly Street (Map), 9:00 a.m., followed by a second Way of the Cross service outside Planned Parenthood at Grant Road and Wyatt Drive (Map)

Colorado

Colorado Springs: Planned Parenthood, 3480 Centennial Blvd. (Map) 12:00 noon
Denver: Planned Parenthood of the Rockies, 7155 E. 38th Avenue (Map) 3:15 p.m.

Florida

Jacksonville: A Woman’s Choice of Jacksonville, 4131 University Blvd. South (Map). Stations will be prayed at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 12:00 noon.
Kissimmee: Would-be site of Planned Parenthood, 610 Oak Commons Blvd. (Map). Prayer service begins at 12 noon
Sarasota: Planned Parenthood, 736 Central Avenue (Map). 11:00 a.m.

Illinois

Aurora: Planned Parenthood, New York Street and Oakhurst Drive (Map), 10:00 a.m.
Chicago: Albany Medical/Surgical Center, 5086 N. Elston Ave. (Map), 5:00 p.m. (preceded by the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 4:30 p.m.
Chicago: Blessed Sacrament Parish, 35th St. and Hermitage Ave. (Map), 3:00 p.m.
Des Plaines: Forest View Medical Center, 2750 S. River Road (Map), 10:00 a.m.
Downers Grove: Access Health Center, 1700 75th Street (Map), 10:00 a.m.
Glen Ellyn: Aanchor Health Center, 1186 Roosevelt Road (Map), 9:30 a.m.
Hinsdale: ACU Health Center, 736 N. York Road (Map), 10:00 a.m.

Iowa

Bettendorf: Planned Parenthood, 2751 Tech Drive (Map), 12:00 noon.

Massachusetts

Worcester: Planned Parenthood, 470 Pleasant Street (Map), 12:00 noon

Michigan

Ann Arbor: Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional Drive (Map), 10:00 a.m.
Lathrup Village: Womancare of Southfield, 28505 Southfield Road (Map), 9:00 a.m.

Minnesota

St. Paul: Planned Parenthood, 671 Vandalia St. (Map), 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Missouri

Columbia: Planned Parenthood, 711 N. Providence Road (Map), 10:00 a.m.
St. Louis: Planned Parenthood, 4251 Forest Park Avenue (Map), 24-hour prayer vigil starts at 6:30 a.m.

Montana

Billings: Meet at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 226 Wicks Lane (Map), 12:30 p.m.

Nebraska

Bellevue: Abortion and Contraception Clinic of Nebraska, 1002 W. Mission Avenue (Map), 12:00 noon
Omaha: Planned Parenthood, 3105 N. 93rd Street (Map), 12:00 noon

New Jersey

Marlboro: Memorial to the Unborn at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 100 N. Main Street (Map), 10:00 a.m.

New York

Plattsburgh: Planned Parenthood, 66 Brinkerhoff Street (Map), 10:00 a.m.
Rochester: Beginning at McQuaid Jesuit High School, 1800 S. Clinton Avenue (Map), 9:00 a.m.
Spring Valley: Planned Parenthood, 25 Perlman Dr. (Map), 24-hour prayer vigil starts at 12:00 noon.

Ohio

Cleveland: Preterm, 1200 Shaker Boulevard, (Map), 10:00 a.m.
Columbus: Complete Healthcare for Women, 5888 Cleveland Avenue (Map), 11:00 a.m.
Sharonville: Meet at St. Michael’s Church, 11144 Spinner Avenue (Map), 9:30 a.m.

Oregon

Eugene: Planned Parenthood, 3579 Franklin Blvd. (Map), 5:00 p.m.

Pennsylvania

Greensburg: Planned Parenthood, 125 Nature Park Rd. (Map), 12:00 noon
Philadelphia: Planned Parenthood, 12th & Locust Street (Map), 9:00 a.m.
Reading: Planned Parenthood, 48 S. 4th Street (Map), 9:00 a.m.
Scranton: Planned Parenthood, 316 Penn Ave. (Map), 1:00 p.m.
West Chester: Planned Parenthood, 8 S. Wayne St. (Map), Reading of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John begins at 9:00 a.m.

Tennessee

Nashville: Women’s Center, 419 Welshwood Drive (Map), 12:00 noon

Texas

McAllen: Whole Woman’s Health (Map), 9:00 a.m.

Virginia

Manassas: Amethyst Health Center for Women (Map), 12:00 p.m.

Wisconsin

Madison: Planned Parenthood, 3706 Orin Road (Map), 10:00 a.m.
Milwaukee: Meet at St. Rita Parish, 1601 N. Cass St. (Map), 9:00 a.m.

No vigil in your area? If you don’t see a Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion service scheduled outside your local abortion facility, please consider holding one of your own, even if you’re only able to bring out a small crowd on short notice. All the resources you’ll need are here.
If you would like us to add your Way of the Cross service to this list, please send us an email and let us know the time of your service and the name and street address of the location.