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        December 1, 2015      News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 

National Day of Prayer

for the African American and African Family 2016

As we prepare to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy we are grateful to God
to present to you the
27^th Annual National Day of Prayer for the
African American and African Family 2016.
Celebrated on the first Sunday of Black History Month February 7, 2016.

Our theme is GOD'S MERCY PULLS US THROUGH

"This is the heart of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy declared by
Pope Francis.
The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy will be a major event in the 
Catholic Church, held from the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8), 2015 to the 
Feast of Christ the King (November 20), 2016.

We will use social media to send resources and start a conversation as we move toward celebrating the
27^th Annual National Day of Prayer.

To get started please Download the
2016 Annual National Day of Prayer
attached. (Click here)

NDPAAAF 2016 Commission

Dr. Beverly A. Carroll

Rev. Rey V. Culaba, CSsR

Ms. Therese Wilson Favors

Very Rev. Glenn D. Parker, CSsR

Sr. Mary Greta Jupiter, SSF

Rev. James E. Goode, OFM

National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life
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.