40 Days for Life Ottawa, Closing Rally, Sunday, November 4, 2018

We are coming to the conclusion of the 2018 – 40 Days for Life campaign

If you want to join the prayer vigil at Queen and Bank streets one more time before we end for this year, you can still come out to pray on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7 am to 7 pm.

This weekend we have a time change. Remember to fall back one hour.

Please join us for the closing rally on Sunday, November 4. We are gathering on Queen St. at Bank St. at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.

We are pleased to have as our guest speaker, Rev. John Counsell, a dynamic leader in Ottawa’s Christian community. 

At 7:30 pm we will have a candle light procession to St. Patrick’s Basilica for a reception. And we will conclude at 9:00 pm.

Come out and meet your fellow prayer warriors and share your experiences over the last 40 days.

Yours for Life,

Wanda

Wanda Hartlin

Co-ordinator

40 Days for Life, Ottawa

wanda40daysforlife@clife.ca

Life Chain Sept 30, 2018 - Montreal Rd. and St. Laurent Blvd.

There were approximately 47 participants in the Life Chaim today 

at the Saint Laurent Blvd. and Montreal Rd Intersection 

in Ottawa's East End. 

The majority were from the Annunciation of the Lord Parish 

and included our two priests 

Father John Likozar and Father Rob Arsenault, 

Thanks to all who came out

The Yearly Life Chain is Sponsored by

 Campaign Life Coalition 

Today at Bank and Queen

 I arrived at Queen and Bank around 10:30  and prayed silently with Helena from Saint Mary Parish . Shortly after I arrived Mimi from St Patrick Basilica came by. By the time I was about to leave for 12:15 mass at St. Patrick Basilica there were 6 faithful souls praying on this corner. Thank you Lord for your Goodness and your Mercy and for such a peaceful time with you

 Lunch with my sister Barb after Mass at St. Pat's

Croatia Honors Life to be Born

 

Thinking out loud as we celebrate Canada Day

I love Canada. I think we have one of the most beautiful countries in the world . That being said I
I don't like the direction our leaders are taking us. We all know that abortion is legal in Canada for the full nine months of pregnancy for any reason or no reason. We care more for unhatched bird eggs than pre born babies. What the heck is wrong with us anyways???

When I saw the Irish people gleefully jumping up and down with tears of joy streaming down their faces celebrating their new found right to abortion in Ireland a few weeks ago, it literally made me feel sick. They are turning into us.

What can we do? Well we just  have to keep on doing what we have always done: peacefully tell the truth.  We will continue to be vilified by our mainstream media  and our politicians as being intolerant and hateful. It's depressing actually because it's just the opposite. It's slanderous really.

The Peaceful  March for Life on Parliament Hill attended by about 20, 000 is just one example of the goodness and stamina of the second  most persecuted person in Canada. The Pro lifer. The most persecute person in Canada is the child in the mother's womb.  A handful of shrieking crude abusive protesters that don't even know what it means to be Pro Life, blocked our route for the third year in a row while the police did nothing. I can't imagine any other group of people that would have to change their route in the manner that we were forced to.

I could go on and on but there's no point. We all know of the numerous negative ways that  that the pro life  person has been treated in our country during the past year. There is no question about it; this is persecution. I heard a lawyer say not long ago say that Christianity is the most persecuted Religion in  the entire world and that includes Canada. I believe this to be true

What else can we do?  Pray Pray and  Pray some more! This is a spiritual battle.

As A Catholic I pray the rosary each day for a change in the hearts of our political leaders.

A holy priest once told me that the Rosary is the weapon against Satan

click here for the Joyful Mysteries for Life from USCCB

At one time the Knights of Columbus of our Parish of the Annunciation of the Lord in Ottawa, ON led us in this rosary at least a couple of times during the year. I think we should start praying these prayers again

O Canada We Stand on Guard for Thee

 

March for Life, Ottawa Canada, May 10, 2018

Again this year we had counter protesters. If they want to protest the March so be it, but I don't believe they should be allowed to block our route which they have done for the last three years and the police do nothing about it. There seems to be as many police as those protesting the March.

If you use twitter let Mayor Jim Watson, the Ottawa Police, Charles Bordeleau and your councillor know your thoughts on this

@OttpoliceMedia @ChiefBordeleau @JimWatsonOttawa

And It’s obvious that they don’t have a clue of what it means to be pro life.  Pro life  means loving all persons: the unborn child and his or her mother and father, the elderly, the disabled, persons of all ages, Faiths and Creeds and Colour. It means ensuring the dignity of all human life because life is sacred.

 

They have a one track mind and it’s sad actually. “My body my choice"  is their main slogan but they have other nonsensical ones too like “this is what democracy looks like” yeah right, and of course the good anti Catholic one that we are all familiar with

“keep your rosaries off my ovaries” They get away with this one because it’s ok in Canada to be anti Catholic.

I wonder if these protesters know that that there is no legal recognition for a "woman’s choice" when she becomes the victim of a violent crime.

 

And I'll bet they are completely unaware that there is no Constitutional Right to Abortion in Canada

 

What a sad uninformed group of people and this is largely due to the lies that are fed to them by the majority of our politicians  and  the mainstream media and the Universities.  

I would take a guess that the majority of these protesters will have a change of heart someday especially if they loose a child to abortion or they see firsthand the grief suffered by someone they love who regrets their abortion . I can't lie, they do make me angry but what they need is our prayers

Birthright of Ottawa
http://birthright-ottawa.org/about/about.htm

Adoption Information
http://www.adoptionincanada.ca/

Counter Protesters

See also from
Run With Life Blog

March for life 2018 - the real reason the police do nothing
and

March for Life 2018

 

Excellent Article by  Jonathon Van Maren

click here

 

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My Photos and Videos

VIDEOS
Mass at St. Patrick Basilica
Homily by Cardinal Collins  


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Mass at Saint Patrick Basilica
Blessing and Dismissal

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Tanya Granic Allen
On Parliament Hill

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More Speeches

Felicia's Story and MP Harold Albrecht 

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Short scenes from the March

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PHOTOS

 Inside Saint Patrick Basilica

Some of the Youth outside the Church

 

 

Having Lunch