Vigil of the Two Hearts

The Vigil of the Two Hearts is a new monthly event centered around the First Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the First Saturday devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

For more information read What Are the First Friday and First Saturday Devotions?

The purpose of this event is to pray for the strengthening of families, to offer reparation for the sins of our nation, and to pray for its conversion.

This prayer vigil will be held each month at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Charlotte. It begins with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on First Fridays (8pm) and concludes with Mass on First Saturdays (8am), with all-night Eucharistic Adoration in between.

    • Throughout the night the vigil will include periods of communal vocal prayer interspersed with periods of silent prayer.
    • Please help us fill our slots for Eucharistic Adoration commitments
    • If you would like to receive communication about the monthly Vigil of the Two Hearts, subscribe to our email list.
    • Please spread the word! Print and post our flyers at the link below:

View the schedule and sign up for overnight Adoration times on our Event Page.

We hope to see you there! Questions? Please contact us.

National March for Life in Washington, D.C.

The National March for Life will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019.

 

Schedule

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Ben Shapiro Live Podcast
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Musical opening with Sidewalk Prophets
12:00 p.m. Rally Program
1:00 p.m. March up Constitution Avenue to Supreme Court and Capitol Building
3:00 p.m. After finishing marching:

Silent No More testimonies outside U.S. Supreme Court.
Advocate for life to your Representative or Senators.

Location:

The March for Life Rally will take place at noon at 12th St. on the National Mall, in between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive. Following the Rally, the March will begin on Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets at approximately 1:00 pm.

>> Click here for Rally & March info <<

 

 

Raleigh Prayer Breakfast & March for Life

Find information on the North Carolina Right to Life Prayer Breakfast

Find information on the Rally & March for Life

Charlotte March for Life

9am Mass for the Unborn at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.

Gather at 11am for the march in uptown Charlotte at the Charlotte Diocese Pastoral Center on Church Street.

Find all event details, including the March for Life dinner, here.

MiraVia Annual Banquet

MIRA VIA’S 23RD ANNUAL FUNDRAISING BANQUET

Date: Thursday, October 18, 2018

Location: Crown Ballroom of the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Time: Check-in/Reception begins at 5:30 PM; Dinner starts at 6:30 PM

Click here for online registration information.

Keynote Speaker:  Shawn Carney, founder of 40 Days for Life

Shawn Carney is the co-founder and president of 40 Days for Life, a breakthrough initiative of 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, round-the-clock peaceful vigil outside a local abortion center and grassroots door-to-door outreach that has dropped local abortion numbers by 28 percent. Shawn helped to lead the first 40 Days for Life in 2004 and helped to expand the campaign as a national and international movement by 2007. Today, 40 Days for Life has been done in 769 cities in all 50 states and 47 countries. His efforts have mobilized more than 750,000 pro-life volunteers and have confirmed reports of over 14,600 mothers choosing life and 177 abortion center workers who have had conversions and left their jobs, including former abortion center director, Abby Johnson, who walked into Shawn’s office just next door to her abortion facility.

Shawn is a regular media spokesperson and his work has been featured on hundreds of media outlets including Fox News, The New York Times, USA Today, National Catholic Register, and EWTN Radio. Shawn has also produced and hosted award-winning pro-life documentaries that have aired on EWTN. Shawn is the co-author of 40 Days for Life and lives in Texas with his wife and six children.

For more information, contact Megan Whiteside at meganwhiteside@miravia.org or by phone at 704-525-4673 Ext. 13. 

Rosary Coast to Coast: The Clarion Call to Arms

 

Please join us for Rosary Coast to Coast on Sunday October 7 at 4pm EST

Inspired by Poland and Ireland’s nationwide rosary campaign, Americans are invited to gather and pray the Rosary together to help bring our country back to God.

The event is on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7th, 4:00pm EST.

Locally, St. Mark parish in Huntersville and the Cathedral of St. Patrick in uptown Charlotte are hosting a public rosary.

Visit RosaryCoastToCoast.com for complete details, including listing of all local Rosary locations across the country.

For participation in the Charlotte area, please contact:  Andrea Hines hinesal ( @ ) aol.com.

(Note:  this is in addition to any Respect Life Ministry Life Chain events scheduled for Oct. 7th.)

This notice is sponsored by Carolina Pro-Life Action Network of Charlotte.

Life Chain – Respect Life Sunday

LIFE CHAIN is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing for 90 minutes praying for our nation and for an end to abortion.  It is a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills children and that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception until natural death. It takes place at parishes across the country on Respect Life Sunday.

The 2018 Life Chain is Sunday, October 7th. 

> For Life Chain information, materials, and a complete list of locations visit LifeChain.net.

 

BELMONT – Belmont – Mt Holly Rd from Woodlawn Ave to Central Ave 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Rolando Rivas  704-898-3084

BELMONT – Main St at Central Ave, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.; Tom Carey  904-728-4300  Pics 2010  2015 

BREVARD – Broad St at Main St, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Janice Castevens  828-273-0275

BRYSON CITY – Everett St at Main St, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Elizabeth Kelly  828-488-5461

CHAPEL HILL – E Franklin St at Henderson St, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.; Carolina Students for Life

CHARLOTTE – 8451 Idlewild Rd at Cresthill Dr at St John Neuman Church, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Sam Casey  703-624-4092

CHARLOTTE – Arboretum – Providence Rd at Windbluff Dr, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Susan Lerch  704-907-3076

CHARLOTTE – Ballantyne Commons Pkwy at Rea Rd, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Liliana Salas  704-293-5001  Pics 2012

CHARLOTTE – East Blvd at Scott Ave, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Tina Witt  704-301-2531

CHARLOTTE – Hillside Ave at Park Rd, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Peg Scheible Sorge

CHARLOTTE – Pineville-Matthews Rd (Hwy 51) at Rea Rd, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.; Deborah Ware  704-650-6095

CHARLOTTE – Park Rd at Old Reid Rd at St Vincent dePaul Church, 12:45 to 1:45 p.m., Susan Collis

CHARLOTTE – Providence Rd at Sharon Lane, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; James Lashua  704-366-4362

CHARLOTTE / MINT HILL – 13700 Lawyers Rd at I-485, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; Bob Hayes 386-478-9137 or 704-545-1224

CONCORD / KANNAPOLIS – Hwy 29 Concord Pkwy for several miles, signs at Chick-fil-A, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Leigh Ann Loyd  704-575-8714

DENVER – 537 NC-16 Business at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; Jeff DiCosmo  704-489-9756

GASTONIA – E Garrison Blvd from Union Rd to New Hope Rd, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Linda Mooney 704-589-3930

HICKORY – US Hwy 70 at 16th St SE, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Rick Timmons 828-781-4887

HUNTERSVILLE – Stumptown at Ranson Rd, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Michael FitzGerald  704-992-1702

KANNAPOLIS – Cannon Blvd (Hwy 29) at First St near overpass, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Timothy Brennan  704-938-7393  Pics 2012

LINCOLNTON – E Main St (Hwy 150 / 27) at Hwy 321 Business, Sun, Oct ?, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Alan Hoyle  704-732-3011

MOORESVILLE – Hwy 150 at Williamson Rd, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Terri Geraci  704-493-8439   Pics  2016

MOUNT HOLLY – Main St at Catawba Ave, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.; Sue Pruett  704-965-5260

SALISBURY – Main St at Innes St at the Square, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Barbara Franklin  704-223-1973

SHELBY – Gidney St at Dekalb St in lower lot of Bethel Baptist Church, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Ingeborg Collins

STATESVILLE – Glenway Drive at Crossroads, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Geraldine Houston 704-657-9197  Pics 2014

SYLVA / JACKSON COUNTY – Main St at old Court House, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Carla Haire  828-828-342-4655

WAXHAW – designated areas along Rt 16 and Rt 75, 2:15 to 3:30 p.m.; Peggy Dvorak  704-843-3495

WINSTON-SALEM – Hanes Mall Blvd. west of Stratford Rd, Sunday, Oct 28, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.; Samantha Hogan  757-777-4205

Our Brother’s Keeper: Pray a Rosary Novena for Ireland Ahead of Abortion Vote

Our brother’s keeper: Can you join us for a Rosary novena for Ireland beginning this Wednesday May 16 – Thursday May 24?

Ireland is set to vote on whether to retain or repeal it’s 8th amendment which protects the unborn.  The vote is Friday, May 25, 2018.  We know that the effort to repeal Ireland’s pro-life law is a serious threat to all humanity and serves as a warning for all mankind to pray – to pray especially the Rosary.

That’s where you can help. 

Can you join us in helping the Irish by praying a Rosary novena starting this Wednesday May 16 and ending Thursday May 24? 

Rosary novena: Pray 1 Rosary each day (5 decades) for the intention that the Irish people will retain their pro-life amendment.

Duration: Pray each day from Wednesday May 16 and ending Thursday May 24th (the day before the vote).

Referendum Day, Friday May 25: Please consider attending Mass, fast, offer an Adoration Hour or a visit to the Blessed Sacrament to pray for Ireland as they head to the polls.

Can you help us be our brother’s keeper?

Priceless: Movie Night & Trafficking Discussion

You are invited to attend a free movie and speaker event to learn more about human trafficking in our local community and in North Carolina.

The event will be held at St. Gabriel Catholic Church Ministry Center, 3016 Providence Rd., Charlotte, from 6:30pm-9pm. The movie being shown is Priceless, a rousing film about human trafficking (see movie trailer below). Following the film, a short talk will be given on the plight of human trafficking in our local community.

The event is free, and donations will be accepted to benefit victims of human trafficking. Seats are limited. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Please RSVP to Tammy Harris via email >> redeemingjoy [at] gmail.com.

St. Mark’s Parish Pro-Life Day

St. Mark parish will be hosting its Pro-life day at 40 Days for Life Saturday October 21. The parish and its ministries will be adopting hours during the day to peacefully pray for an end to the abortion and the healing of women affected by abortion. Please join us!