preggallel Life Chain Committee of Sacramento, California

Davis Life Chain:
Sunday, October 25, 2009
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Life Chain -- What is it?

The Life Chain is a call to Christian churches to mobilize against an abortion holocaust that, through surgical abortions alone, each year claims over 1.2 million American lives and over 60 million lives wordwide. Abortifacient deaths will far exceed even those grim numbers.
 
The Life Chain commonly occupies both sides of a downtown street, where the traffic is slow and heavy. Life partners, standing or kneeling on the sidewalk out of the way of both foot and vehicular traffic and 50 to 100 feet apart, silently and prayerfully hold signs urging an end to abortion. The chain lasts for one and a half hours.

Where and When Can I Join the Next Life Chain?

National Life Chain Sunday was October 4, 2009, when most of the Sacramento area Life Chains were held, but there is still one more chance to join a Life Chain this year on Sunday, October 25 in Davis.
Davis Life Chain on Sunday, October 25
Find a Life Chain Near You or Near a Prolife Friend. There's a national directory of Life Chains at http://lifechain.net.

Start a Life Chain in Your Own City. If you don't already have Life Chain where you live, you can get a free comprehensive guide including step-by-step instructions, sample letters and brochures, and a video introduction to the life chain at the website of National Life Chain.

Sign Up for Our Email List and Participate in the next Life Chain. If you join our email list , you can get announcements of Life Chain activities and other prolife information, including the times and places of Life Chains in our area.

What Else Can I Do?

Join 40 Days for Life.  The 40 Days for Life prayer campaign will run from September 23 through October 31 this year at Choice Medical Group, 2322 Butano Drive in Sacramento.  Vigil hours are from 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.  On Thursday evenings there will be an all-night Gethsemane Prayer vigil from 6:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, 4123 Robertson Ave., Sacramento.  Holy Mass will be offered at 7 p.m. and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and all-night Eucharistic adoration will follow.  Adoration will conclude with a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament just prior to the 6:30 a.m. Mass on Friday. For more information please visit http://www.40daysforlife.com/sacramento or call Karen at 916-712-3706.

Support Prolife Political Candidates.  Millions of us are prolife in this country.  In fact, a solid majority of Americans are opposed to the current system of unlimited abortions at any time for any reason.  So why do we have so little political clout?  The answer is simple--few prolifers are taking an active part in politics.  There are some good prolife candidates out there, but they often don't get to the general election because prolifers don't contribute their money, time, and enthusiasm to them in the critical early stages of the campaign before the primaries.  Right now, in California, the early race for governor is already on.  The Democratic nominee is certain to be a radical proabort, but the Republican nomination could go either way.  We could get a solid prolife nominee to vote for in the general election, a proabort like the current governor, or a question mark.  Which it is depends on whether you, me, and the other prolifers in this state wake up and get involved now, while there is still time to influence the process.

Join Us in Prayer at the Clinics.  Most women who choose abortion say they do so because they feel they have no other choice. Many lack emotional, moral, and other support they need to say yes to life. You can help by joining us at the clinics. You can receive training to become a sidewalk counselor or simply join us in prayer. Babies are being saved, and you can be a part of it right now.  Prayer is generally scheduled for times at when women are arriving at the clinics and abortions are actually being performed.  If you like, you can download an informational brochure that is distributed by sidewalk counselors at the clinics.
 Join a Prolife Prayer Team.  Members of the prolife prayer team sponsored by Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Auburn are asked to pray specifically for life at least once a week, and are given several suggestions for both private and group prayer.  For more information or to join the team, contact Vic at vicalb@starstream.net

Come to a Prolife Mass.  The churches below all have ample parking space. 
If you know of any other regular Pro-Life Masses being held in our area, please e-mail us at info@sacramentolifechain.org

Pray the Prolife Rosary.  A prolife rosary is prayed on the first Monday of each month at Saint James Church in Davis after 5:30 p.m. Mass.
 Subscribe to Prolife Newsletters. The following newsletters will keep you informed about prolife news and issues.
  1. Lifenews.com is a daily email newsletter that is the best national publication for timely stories and comment on a variety of prolife issues. If you want to subscribe, you can do at their website.
  2. Wynette Sills Sacramento Area Prolife Newsletter.  Wynette is a local pro-life advocate, who offers a newsletter about prolife events in the Sacramento area.  You can subscribe at wsills@succeed.net.
  3. Sacramento Life Chain Email List gets prolife information and announcements from the sponsor of this page with a focus on events in our region.  To be added, email a request.
  4. California Prolife Council's weekly email newsletter covers California legislation and news, including alerts to contact your legislators when important legislative action is pending in this state, as well as national and worldwide news. Handy voting guides. You can subscribe at the Prolife Counsel's website.
Support the Prolife Organizations in Our Area listed below with your prayers, time, and money.
Terry Schiavo Videos & Information

Terry Schiavo was a handicapped but otherwise healthy and apparently conscious woman who was starved to death by being deprived of food and water, which she got by means of a feeding tube, since she was unable to swallow. You might have seen statements in the press about her allegedly vegetative state. You may think otherwise after seeing the streaming videos and visiting the links on this page.

Sacramento and California Prolife Organizations and Resources

We would like to recognize and present very briefly some of the Prolife organizations in the Sacramento area so that you would be aware of them, pray for them, and support them as you can. This is not necessarily a complete listing. If you know of others, please send them along.
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