NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE
WITNESSING THE GOSPEL OF LOVE AND THE GOSPEL OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY
c/o St. Clare Friary
440 West 36th Street New York, N.Y. 10018-6326
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 News Release                                                              News Release

 National Black Catholic Vigil for Life 2009

 

October 1, 2009
   12th Annual National Black Catholic Vigil for Life 2009
 

 

As we begin Respect Life Month (October 2009) “we are reminded as Black Catholics that all human life is sacred and must be protected” stated Franciscan Father James E. Goode, President – National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life, “Our responsibility to protect and defend all human life is not an option but who we are as Catholics”.

 

The theme for Respect Life 2009, presented by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops: Pro-Life Activities Office is:  “Every Child Brings Us God’s Smile”.  Respect Life Month helps us to focus our attention on the sacredness of all human life from the moment of conception to the natural end.

Each year NBCAL gathers in various parishes and institutions throughout the United States as Black Catholics on the vigil of Respect Life Sunday.  Our purpose is to pray for an end to abortion and all acts of violence that destroy the dignity of human life.  It is imperative that as we include in our prayers equal justice and equal health care for all the people of God and not just a select few among us, according to Father James Goode.

 

If you are in the New York area we invite you to join us at the Lady’s Chapel at
St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, October 3, at 2PM.  We will pray the Rosary, offer the intercession for Life and lift up our final prayers at the crypt of our
Venerable Pierre Toussaint. This day is sponsored by the
Office of Black Ministry – Archdiocese of New York and the
National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life.


 

For more information on Respect Life Month
visit the United States Conference of Catholics Bishops website at:


 www.usccb.org/prolife

 

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 John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York and the Archdiocese's Office of Black Ministry.
 

 

 

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 (USCCB:SCDC),
 Rev. Fr. Fred J. Briers. CR (NBCCC), Ms. Therese Wilson Favors, (NABCA), Very Rev. Glenn D. Parker, CSsR (NBCCC),
Supreme Knight Gene A. Phillips, Sr., (KPC), Supreme Lady Geralyn C. Shelvin (KPCLA),
Deacon Paul Richardson  Pres.(NAAACD), Rev. Monsignor Mauricio West, V.G. (NBCCC), Michael Youngblood (NAACYMN),  
Ms. Kathleen A. Merritt, Pres. NABCA (Ex-officio), Sister Roberta Fulton, SSMN, Pres. NBSC (Ex-officio),
Fr.  Anthony Bozeman, SSJ, Pres. NBCCC (Ex-officio)

Partnership: 
National Black Catholic Congress

Xavier University,

          Institute for Black Catholic Studies

Partnership: 
National Black Catholic Congress

Xavier University,

          Institute for Black Catholic Studies

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