JANUARY

• Vigil Mass for Life - National Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
  March for Life - Washington D.C.
• Black Catholic Rosary Across America For Life
  Marking the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision on Abortion
  Sponsored by: National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life
  STAND FOR LIFE - END THE VIOLENCE
  
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

FEBRUARY

• NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
  First Sunday in February
  (Founded 1989 by Fr. Jim Goode, OFM)
• Saint Josephine Bakhita, Universal Sister, Patron of Sudan
  (a Canossian Sister, canonized by Blessed John Paul II during the Jubilee Year 2000)
  www.solidgroundministry.com

MARCH

• Lenten Prayers for the Healing of HIV/AIDS
  

APRIL

• Child Abuse Awareness in the Black Community

MAY

• Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mother of God
  Mother of Perpetual Help, Mother of Life, Intercede for our Mothers and Families

JUNE

• Abortion and All Acts of Violence Awareness Month in the African American and African Community
  
  Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  Jesus meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like unto yours.
  
  Celebrating the Life of Venerable Pierre Toussaint
  Who Valued and Treasured and Celebrated The Lives of Others. "It's all about Life"
  

OCTOBER

• Respect Life Month
  
  Catholic Respect Life Sunday
  (First Sunday in October)
  
  Domestic Violence Awareness in the African American and African Community

NOVEMBER

• Thanksgiving Day

  Celebrating the Life of Venerable Mother Henriette Delille 1812-1847 Servant of Slaves..
  Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family. As a Defender of Life her prayer was:
  “I believe in God.  I hope in God. I love. I want to live and die for God.”

DECEMBER

• God's gift to the World: The Birth of Jesus Christ
  
  "The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy,
   but I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly."
  John 10:10
  
  Kwanzaa for Life
  Let the Nguzo Sabu principles inspire us to choose life and labor for the dignity of human life.

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