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40 Days for Life prayer campaign begins Wednesday, Sept. 24

Sept. 24, 2008 (Denver) - Archbishop Chaput has approved the Archdiocese of Denver’s participation in a nationwide prayer and fasting campaign called “40 Days for Life.”  He encourages all Catholics to unite their prayers with other participants, living in over 170 cities throughout the country.

The 40 days of prayer will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 24 and end Sunday, Nov. 2. Specifically, prayer is to focus on all elected officials, and their commitment to protect and defend all human life, particularly the life of the unborn.

There are three parts to the prayer campaign: a Novena prayer (click here to download), various periods of fasting throughout the 40 days and peaceful prayerful witness at the Planned Parenthood Clinic at 7155 East 38th Avenue in Denver.

Two dozen parishes in the Archdiocese of Denver have committed to formal involvement in the campaign, in addition to Catholic organizations such as Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women (ENDOW), Archdiocesan Catholic Homeshoolers and schools such as Regis University and Machebeuf High School.

Click here to download a form through which people can sign up to participate in the prayer campaign. Please email the completed form to the Respect Life Office at respectlife.office@archden.org.

For more information, please see the article in the Sept. 17 issue of the Denver Catholic Register, located on page 8, or go to the local website at www.40daysforlife.com/denver.