NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE
WITNESSING THE GOSPEL OF LOVE AND THE GOSPEL OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY
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 News Release           October 5,  2013                  News Release


 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 

2013 National Black Catholic Vigil for Life

 

October 5, 2013

 

 

16th Annual National Black Catholic Vigil for Life 2013
 

Saturday October 5, 2013 (First Saturday) marks the 16th year that the
National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life has sponsored the “National Black Catholic Vigil for Life” on the eve of Respect Life Sunday. The Vigil for Life affords us as African American and African Catholics an opportunity to gather in our various Archdioceses/Dioceses/Neighborhoods to pray for
an end to abortion and all acts of violence that destroys the dignity of human life. 
The National Black Catholic Vigil for Life is also our prayer-preparation time for the
Eucharistic Sacrifice on Respect Life Sunday, stated Father James E. Goode, OFM,
President of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life.

 

Archdiocese of New York

 

Activities for the Black Catholic Vigil for Life 2013 in the Archdiocese of New York will be coordinated by Brother Tyrone A. Davis, CFC, Executive Director of the Office of Black Ministry Archdiocese of New York - the Venerable Pierre Toussaint Guild and Founding Member of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life.

 

Respect Life Sunday
 

Open your hearts to life
is the theme for
October 6, 2012
Respect Life Sunday presented by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops:
Pro-Life Activities Office.
 


 

For more information on
Respect Life Sunday go to:

USCCB:

  Respect Life Program
 

www.blackcatholicsforlife.org  


 
 

The National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life was inaugurated in the fall of 1997, with the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and the
Franciscan Solid Ground Ministry as sponsors and with the support of the late John Cardinal O'Connor, then Archbishop of New York and the Archdiocesan Office of Black Ministry - Brother Tyrone A. Davis, CFC, Executive Director.  Since then, NBCAL Affiliates
have been established throughout the United States.

 

 

NBCAL Board of Consultants

 

Most Rev. J. Terry Steib, S.V.D., DD Episcopal Advisor,
 Rev. Fr. James E. Goode, OFM, Ph.D President - NBCAL, Dr. Beverly A. Carroll (Former, USCB:SAAC, NBCAL Senior Advisor),
 Rev. Monsignor Mauricio West, V.G. (NBCCC), Very Rev. Glenn D. Parker, CSsR (NBCCC),
Ms. Donna Toliver Grimes, (USCCB-SCDC)A.D. AAA, Sister Callista Robinson, OSF, Pres. NBSC (Ex-officio),
Rev. Fr. Kenneth Taylor, Pres. NBCCC (Ex-officio), Deacon Arthur L. Miller, Pres. NABCA (Ex-officio),
Deacon Joseph Connor,  Pres.(NAAACD),  Rev. Fr. Fred J. Briers. CR (NBCCC), Ms. Therese Wilson Favors, (NABCA), 
Supreme Knight Fredron DeKarlos Blackmon (KPC), Supreme Lady Vertella A. Kenion (KPCLA),
Partnership: 


 
National Black Catholic Congress
Valerie E. Washington, Exec. Director
www.nbccongress.org

Xavier University,

            Institute for Black Catholic Studies
        Dr. Pamela R. Franco, Ph.D
      Interim Director