St. Therese parish will be praying at 40 Days for Life from 8am – 4pm Saturday March 27.
St. Mark Pro-Life Day
St. Mark Respect Life will be praying at 40 Days for Life from 8am – 4pm.
40 Days for Life Spring 2021 Campaign
40 Days for Life will take place beginning Ash Wednesday February 17 and ending Sunday March 28. Please join for a peaceful, prayerful and law-biding vigil to end abortion.
Location: In front of Planned Parenthood, 700 S. Torrence Road, Charlotte.
All participants can sign up here:
https://www.40daysforlife.com/vigil-hours-signup.aspx?id=3168
Vigil of the Two Hearts – December 2020
Join us on each First Friday through First Saturday of the month in an overnight vigil to honor the Hearts of Jesus & Mary, to pray for our families, to offer penance for our sins, and to pray for the conversion of our nation.
All families & parishes invited to participate!
- 8pm First Friday Mass (12/4)
- 9pm—8am nocturnal Adoration
- 9pm Holy Hour of Reparation
- 8am Saturday Mass (12/5)
Please sign up for Eucharistic Adoration times at: ProLifeCharlotte.org/two-hearts
Vigil of the Two Hearts – November 2020
Join us on each First Friday through First Saturday of the month in an overnight vigil to honor the Hearts of Jesus & Mary, to pray for our families, to offer penance for our sins, and to pray for the conversion of our nation.
All families & parishes invited to participate!
- 8pm First Friday Mass (11/6)
- 9pm—8am nocturnal Adoration
- 9pm Holy Hour of Reparation
- 8am Saturday Mass (11/7)
Please sign up for Eucharistic Adoration times at: ProLifeCharlotte.org/two-hearts
MiraVia Banquet
Annual MiraVia Banquet “Path to Life” (Virtual) – Thursday October 29, 7pm:
MiraVia, will be hosting its 26th annual fundraising banquet virtually this year with Michelle Ohden, who survived a saline abortion, and now heads the Abortion Survivors Network. Registration is required:
- Registration link: https://miraviabanquet.lpages.co
- Link where video will play from: https://miraviabanquet.lpages.co/banquet
- Cost to attend: It’s free! Registration is required though.
- Speaker: Melissa Ohden, survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion.
- For more information please visit: http://mira-via.org/news-and-events/annual-banquet/
Evangelium Vitae – 25th Anniversary Reflection
Pope St. John Paul II wrote the encyclical Evangelium Vitae–The Gospel of Life–twenty-five years ago.
To commemorate this great encyclical that has inspired our efforts to defend life and build a culture of life, we have planned an evening of prayer and catechesis at St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday, October 23, at 7 p.m.
Fr. Matthew Kauth and Fr. Peter Ascik will be teaching and preaching on the importance of Evangelium Vitae and the definitive teaching it contains.
The event will be held in the church. At this time, St. Thomas Aquinas Respect Life is working on arranging Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, or the Rosary and Divine Mercy chaplet possibly before the reflection/talks.
This encyclical was promulgated on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25; this event will take place the day after St. John Paul II’s feast day.
“Human life is sacred and inviolable at every moment of existence, including the initial phase that proceeds birth. All human beings, from their mother’s womb, belong to God who searches them and knows them, who forms them and knits them together with his own hands, who gazes on them when they are tiny shapeless embryos and already sees in them the adults of tomorrow whose days are numbered and whose vocation is even now written in the ‘book of life’ (cf. Ps 139:1, 13-16). There too, when they are still in their mother’s womb–as many passages of the Bible witness–they are the personal objects of God’s loving and fatherly providence.” (EV 61) – St. John Paul II
Rosary Procession to Planned Parenthood
Saturday October 17 – Mass & Rosary Procession to Planned Parenthood: Carolina Pro-Life Action Network (C-PLAN) and St. Patrick Respect Life Ministry invite you to the Saturday 8am Mass at the Cathedral of St. Patrick (1621 E. Dilworth Road, Charlotte) followed by a special peaceful Rosary procession and vigil over to Planned Parenthood.
Immediately after the Mass, we will walk over to Planned Parenthood (700 S. Torrence Road, Charlotte) and pray before returning to the Cathedral. Those unable to walk are welcome to pray a Holy Hour in the Cathedral until 10am. The walk is approximately 20 minutes one-way.
40 Days for Life
The fall 40 Days for Life campaign started September 23 and runs thru November 1. It’s a period of peaceful prayer, public witness, and penance. This fall’s campaign will be held in front of Planned Parenthood in Charlotte (700 S. Torrence Road, Charlotte). Please consider spending time there to pray during the day.
54 Day Rosary Novena for our nation
C-PLAN is joining the 54-day Rosary Novena for Our Nation and are inviting all Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte to participate. The novena was first organized in 2016 by Fr. Richard Heilman in Wisconsin and now in its 5th year.
The Rosary will begin Saturday August 15 and conclude on Wednesday October 7 (Feast of the Holy Rosary). To participate, please pray 1 Rosary daily from Saturday August 15 until Wednesday October 7th.
If one already prays a daily Rosary, please pray an additional Rosary, specifically for this novena/intention: to heal our country and return it to holiness
54-Day Rosary FAQs
How do I pray the Rosary?
To learn how to pray the Rosary please click here.
What is a 54-day Rosary novena?
It’s a series of 6 novenas of Rosaries (each novena 9 days) first introduced by Our Lady in 1884 to a young girl in Italy. The first 27 days are done for the petition, followed by another 27 days in thanksgiving. Please see Fr. Richard Heilman’s website for more background/explanation on the 54-Day Rosary novena (click here).
How do I pray a 54-day Rosary novena?
It’s simple, begin the 1st day of the novena with the Joyful Mysteries, 2nd day, Sorrowful mysteries, and the 3rd day the Glorious Mysteries. Then on the 4th day, repeat sequence again. See chart below.
Download the chart by clicking on this image below:
