FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Leslie Palma
917-697-7039
Media advisory:
Priests for Life National Director Frank Pavone, Executive Director Janet Morana, Associate Director Fr. Denis Wilde, OSA, and Street Activism Coordinator Bryan Kemper will be at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., where the organization and its team will host a number of related events January 22-24.
- On Wednesday, Jan. 22, beginning at noon, the 52nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, Priests for Life, the Christian Defense Coalition and Faith & Liberty will hold a prayer service outside the courthouse to mourn the 65 million children killed by legal abortion in our nation.
- On Thursday, Jan. 23, from 9 to 11 a.m. ET, Priests for Life will lead a prayer service and protest outside Planned Parenthood, located at 1225 4th St. NE. A press conference will be held during the event, the theme of which will be the need to de-fund Planned Parenthood and the entire abortion industry.
- On Friday, Jan. 24, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. ET, Priests for Life and the National Pro-Life Religious Council will host the 30th annual National Prayer Service at DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St. NW. The interdenominational service will honor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen for their efforts in defeating pro-abortion ballot initiatives in their states. Also, the winners of a pro-life essay contest sponsored by Priests for Life will be introduced and presented with their awards. The event will begin with a Catholic mass at 7:30 a.m. For a list of organizations co-sponsoring the service, click here.
- Also on Friday, at approximately 2 p.m. ET, women and men of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign will give their abortion testimonies in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
For an overview of what Priests for Life and its related ministries are doing both at the March for Life and at the Walk for Life West Coast, see www.ProLifeMarch.org.
To set up interviews with anyone from Priests for Life, contact Leslie Palma, communications director, at 917-697-7039 or media@priestsforlife.org