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Thousands of pro-lifers stood outside in all kinds of weather Sunday to pray for unborn babies and their mothers. People gathered in about 1,600 communities in the United States and Canada for the annual Life Chain, according to organizers. The event brings pro-lifers together in their local communities to pray for an end to abortion and peacefully witness to the truth about life in the womb. In West Reading, Pennsylvania, about 75 people stood on the sidewalks in the rain, holding signs encouraging mothers to choose life, the Reading Eagle reports. “We got rained on quite well but people stayed...

We went to the Life Chain today. About 55 people showed up. We spread ourselves around the Court Square. A welcome from the president of the county Right to Life chapter, then an hour of silent prayer. Some friendly honks from passing cars. No hostile comments or gestures. I hope it did some good.

I want to comment on Jonathan Hayes' letter of Sept. 13: "Wants all to love all their neighbors as themselves" In good spirit you critique Mrs. Jane Brown's "Contends there is a fight between good and evil" letter of Sept. 10. Your statement of "...what you described was completely out of touch" leaves me thinking that there is no current "fight between good and evil going on." I'm sure you did not mean that. Of course good and evil have been part of our lives from the beginning. It is the reason for baptism to cleanse us from original sin....

Citizens Concerned with Human Life Mifflin-Juniata, Inc. Box 191 Milroy 17063 cchlprolife@embarqmail.com 667-9334 LIFE CHAIN PRESS RELEASE Life Chain Sunday is October 6, 2013. check and find your nearest location to pray. National Life Chain Sunday 2013 – October 6 For the updates, time, and location in each city, see www.LifeChain.net Will include 1500 cities and towns in U.S. and Canada Chains in several other nations are held at different times of the year Contact: Royce Dunn, Director of Life Chain Royce@NationalLifeChain.org www.NationalLifeChain.org Phone: 530-674-5068 www.LifeChain.net

Life Chain Returns to Share Pro-Life Message on Abortion At more than 1,800 locations throughout the United States, pro-life advocates will join together in the annual Life Chain to peacefully, prayerfully, and quietly hold signs conveying the message “Abortion Kills Children.” http://www.lifenews.com/2011/09/26/life-chain-returns-to-share-pro-life-message-on-abortion/

Life Chains will be staged across the country. Maybe you can host one or fine one near you. See: LifeChain.Net -- Information on LifeChains for 2011 Check the LifeChain.net webpage ( http://lifechain.net/ ) for a location near you. Also, 40 Days for Life will be staging 24 hour by 7 days a week prayer vigils starting September 28, 2011 going through November 6, 2011. Check for a location near you on the 40 Days for Life website. Go to: http://www.40daysforlife.com/location.cfm Both 40 Days for Life and Life Chains are peaceful, prayer events.

Respect Life Sunday set for October 3Catholic parishes in western Oregon will celebrate Respect Life Sunday on October 3. That Sunday will mark the beginning of a month long observance of promoting respect for life from conception to natural death. The theme for this year is “The measure of love is to love without measure.” Archbishop John G. Vlazny will mark the occasion with a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, October 3 at 11:00 am. The Respect Life Program was adopted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1972. It promotes the...

 We are His hands, we are His voice3209 Colusa Highway Yuba City, CA 95993 (530) 674-5068 Royce@NationalLifeChain.orgPRESS RELEASENational Life Chain Sunday 2009 – October 4For the Life Chain time and location in each city see www.LifeChain.net Contact: Royce Dunn, Director of Life ChainOn Sunday afternoon, October 4, National Life Chain Sunday 2009 will occupy sidewalks in over 1400 U.S. and Canadian cities, as earnest defenders of human life seek God’s divine help to end the legalized killing of preborn fellow citizens. Participation will rely heavily on pastors who deem abortion perilous to any nation and who, with humility and boldness,...

Washington, DC -- Millions of Americans will be reminded of the pro-woman, pro-life perspective when they take to the streets on Sunday, October 4. That's because thousands of pro-life advocates in cities and towns across the country will be there to share the message with them.

The traditional Life Chain is held on the first Sunday in October. But should there be only one Life Chain per year -- especially if Congress addresses F.O.C.A. before next October? One solution is to have Life Chains as a semi-annual event. The 40 Days for Life is now a semi-annual event. The next problem would be if we have life chains twice a year, then when would be the most suitable time. It is my personal belief that the weekend before the Annunciation or the weekend after the Annunciation would be a great time. After all, that is the...

National Life Chain Sunday 2008 – October 5 For the Life Chain hour and location in each city, see www.LifeChain.net Contact: Royce Dunn, Director of LifeRoyce@NationalLifeChain.org   www.NationalLifeChain.org Phone: 530-674-5068  For how long will the destroyer kill and disgrace as innocent blood begs for mercy and justice? When will the churches awaken and “plead the case of the fatherless to win it [Jere. 5:28]”? Which pulpits in each community will rise up and lead? And how eminent is God’s Judgment against America and Canada? Those and related questions accompany National Life Chain Sunday 2008, a peaceful public prayer witness to be...

Friday Five: Jill Stanek by Jennifer Mesko, associate editorA life-changing event catapulted her into the pro-life movement, and now she's obsessed with it. (Editor's Note: This is the second in our series of Friday interviews with people of interest to family advocates. The format is simple: five questions every Friday.)When Planned Parenthood tried to sneak an abortion clinic into suburban Chicago this year, it forgot to do its homework on local life advocate Jill Stanek. She, along with thousands of other pro-lifers, helped to delay the opening of the nation's largest abortion clinic for 14 days.Eight years ago, Stanek...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorOctober 8, 2007Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Millions of pro-life advocates lined the streets of hundreds of communities across America on Sunday braving cold winds or heat and humidity to tell their neighbors an important message. The annual LifeChain is an opportunity to let people know that abortion kills children and hurts women.Demonstrators pray and stand silently as cars passed through the busy intersections. Some honk and wave in support of the pro-life message while others give participants rude gestures.Some 200 people joined the event in Roanoke, Virginia, including 59 year-old Barney Arthur."We want to reach out to...

US National Life Chain Sunday 2007 - October 7 - Life Chain's 20th Year WASHINGTON, DC, October 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On National Life Chain Sunday, October 7, pro-life Americans will, for the 20th year, line sidewalks in over 1,300 cities and towns to seek God's forgiveness and His help to end abortion and related evils in our culture. Participants will hold signs that include Abortion Kills Children; Adoption: The Loving Option; Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation; and Abortion Hurts Women. Royce Dunn the Director of Life Chain calls it a "a peaceful witness against a violent public enemy...

Young Pastor's Powerful Sermon Encourages Parishioners to Take Part in Life Chain By Steve Jalsevac MANOTICK, Ontario, October 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Sunday, Sept. 23, a week before Canada's Life Chain Sunday, Fr. Geoff Kerslake gave what was seen as a powerful sermon encouraging his parishioners to take part in the local Life Chain the following Sunday. Fr. Geoff is the young pastor of St. Leonard's parish in Manotick, Ontario, located on the fringe of Canada's capital city of Ottawa. Fr. Geoff's sermon so encouraged one couple who heard it that they had the text re-printed in the bulletin...

The annual Canadian Life Chain took place this past Sunday at hundreds of locations around the country as silent pro-life witnesses held signs along busy streets and prayed that those passing by would consider the reality and harm of abortion. Next Sunday, Oct. 7 Life Chain will take place across the United States. In many locations participants have once again reported surprisingly strong support from passersby who honked their horns or gave a thumbs up to the supposedly politically incorrect message on the Life Chain signs. In Toronto such support was especially noticeable in regions with high levels of recent...

National Life Chain Sunday 2006 October 1 (2:30 – 3:30 in Each Time Zone) Contact: Royce Dunn, Director of Life Chain 3209 Colusa Highway Yuba City, CA 95993 www.NationalLifeChain.org www.LifeChain.net With the word “terrorism” embedded today in America’s psyche, National Life Chain will line sidewalks in over 1150 North American cities and towns Sunday afternoon, October 1 (2:30 – 3:30 PM in each time zone). Committed to the sanctity of human life, participants will stand silently and pray, while holding signs that include Abortion Kills Children; Adoption: The Loving Option; Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation; and Abortion Hurts Women....

Evangelical, Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Leaders Endorse Sept. 30 Canadian Life Chain By Elizabeth O'Brien TORONTO, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-life organizations, media and Christian groups as well as Canadian religious leaders have endorsed this year's Life Chain, the hour-long pro-life prayer and witness event that drew over 30,000 participants last year. The list of the event's official supporters includes Roman Catholic Bishop Nicola De Angelis of the Peterborough diocese, Archbishop Brendan O'Brien of the Kingston diocese and Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast. The president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Bruce Clemenger, has also endorsed the event. In...

Oct. 1 is the day for pro-lifers across the country to gather to declare that "Abortion Kills Children."This year's National Life Chain - Life Chain Sunday is set for Oct. 1, 2006, with pro-life activists expected to gather in more than a thousand cities.   Sharron Albertson, state director for Life Chain efforts in Texas, said the purpose of the event is not picketing or protest. It's a prayer event, where people give feet to their faith. "Tens of thousands of people," she explained, "will line major streets for one hour, praying for our nation and for life to once again...

National News Story Thousands gather at shrine to pray, dedicate statue for life By Regina Kelly 10/7/2005ASHINGTON, N.J. (CNS) -- More than 3,000 people united in prayer at the National Blue Army Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the New Jersey town of Washington on Oct. 2, a day celebrated as both Respect Life Sunday and Worldwide Fatima Sanctity of Life Day. Thousands more at other U.S. sites and in Switzerland, India, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia and other countries observed the day of prayer for respect toward life. Gathered at the shrine under a clear blue sky, people...