Walk for Life West Coast
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2011
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Justin Herman Plaza on Market Street
Speakers include:
•Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood clinic manager
•Mary Poirier, “Prayerbreaks”; abortion testimony
•Denise and Brian Walker, founders of Everlasting Ministries
•Kathleen Eaton, founder of Birth Choice Health Clinics
The following CA bishops will be in attendance: Archbishop George Niederauer, San Francisco; Bishop William Justice, San Francisco; Bishop Robert McElroy, San Francisco; Bishop Ignatius Wang, San Francisco; Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, Oakland; Bishop Daniel Walsh, Santa Rosa; Bishop Rutilio del Riego, San Bernardino; Bishop Stephen Blaire, Stockton; Bishop Jaime Soto, Sacramento; Bishop Tod Brown, Orange.
After the Walk, a Silent No More Gathering will take place where it concludes. Contact Georgette Forney via phone at 800-707-6635 or email here. You must be pre-registered to share your testimony here.
There will be an Info Faire at the end of the Walk at Marina Greens. To exhibit at the Info Faire, please fill out form and email it here.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2011
Time: 6:00 am - 7:00 am
Unborn Jesus Holy Hour
Come join us as we pray the stations of the Incarnation. We will offer the Holy Hour in honor to the Unborn Child Jesus for the end of abortion. We will also pray for the pro-life cause.
The Unborn Jesus Holy Hour has been organized at Saints Peter and Paul since the first Walk for Life. Every year we place the Walk for Life into the Hands of the Unborn Child Jesus and his Mother with the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe. For more information send email.
Location: Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert Street, San Francisco
Time: 8:00 am
Catholic Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral
Location: 1111 Gough St., San Francisco.
All priests are welcome to concelebrate.
Time: Right After the Walk (3:00 - 5:30 pm)
Youth Rally (website)
The realization that so many young people are deeply and inherently pro-life led the Archdiocese of San Francisco to organize a rally that would bring together the young people of Walk for Life in an arena where they can participate in praise and worship, and more importantly networking with one another as the future pro-life leadership. Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Michael Barber. Praise and Worship by Ike Ndolo and Jenna Guizar. For more information, contact Timmerie Millington at (909) 496-9812 or via email.
Location: Fort Mason (at the end of the Walk by Marina Green).
Time: 5:00 pm
Sunday Vigil Mass will be celebrated at the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi. Fr. Francisco Nahoe, OFM Conv., rector of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, NV, will celebrate the Mass in Latin according to the Novus Ordo.
Location: Shrine of St. Francis, 610 Vallejo St., San Franicisco
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011
Interfaith Committee for Life Prayer Service
The 24th Annual Interfaith Service for Life, sponsored by the San Francisco Archdiocesan Interfaith Committee for Life, takes place the evening before the Walk for Life West Coast at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Geary & Gough Streets, San Franicsco. If you’ve never attended, please come this year to participate in prayerful readings, reflections, music and the beautiful Procession of Roses. This year’s speakers include Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life and David Beriet of 40-Days for Life. A reception follows.
Location: St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
Time: starting 8:00 pm on Friday Jan. 21 to 7:00 am on Saturday Jan. 22
Eucharistic Adoration
Location: Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert Street, San Francisco.
The Church has a well-lit parking lot. Please enter through the Church Office. For more information, contact Gibbons at 415-421-0809.
