PRO-LIFE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

July 7-9: Rachel’s Vineyard Leadership International Training Conference & Retreat at Malvern Retreat House in Malvern, PA.  Speakers will include: Fr. Frank Pavone, Janet Morana, Jim & Joy Pinto, and Fr. Victor Salomon.  July 10 will be a retreat day for participants.

July 13-22 Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity 16th Annual Conference on Bioethics, Chicago, Illinois.  Click here for more information and registration.

July 15-22: OSA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV

July 15-17: National Institute of Family and Life Advocates National Conference (location TBA)

July 24-25: Pro-Life Counseling Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.  Hosted by International Life Services.  Fr. Frank will be speaking at this event.

August 7-9: Midwest Catholic Family Conference, Wichita, Kansas.

August 8-9: EWTN Family Celebration in Birmingham, AL.  For more information see http://www.ewtn.com/familycelebration/

August 10-12: Priests for Life Co-Sponsors & Janet Morana to Speak at World Congress of Families V, Amsterdam.  As part our ongoing commitment to responding to the Holy Father’s call to action around the world, Priests for Life is pleased to Co-Sponsor the 5th World Congress of Families in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is honored to have PFL Executive Director Janet Morana speak at the event. The Congress is expected to draw more than 3,500 pro-family leaders from every continent and will be held at the RAI Convention Centre. Fr. Denis Wilde, O.S.A. will lead the PFL delegation and Janet Morana will speak on the panel entitled "How Life Issues Affect Women" on August 12 from 11:30 to 13:00. (The full program is available on the congress website.) Additionally, Priests for Life / Missionaries of the Gospel of Life will operate an exhibit booth at the international event offering pro-life educational materials in multiple languages. Learn more about the World Congress of Families V by reading the flyer.  The World Congress of Families (WCF) is an international network of pro-family organizations, scholars, and leaders of public opinion that seeks to restore the natural family as the fundamental social core unit and the ‘seedbed’ of civil society.   Click here for a flyer about this event. (PDF format)

September 11-13: Totus Tuus / Catholic Familyland Conference, Bloomingdale, Ohio

September 9-12: Care-Net Conference, Baltimore, MD.  James Pinto, M.E.V., Jr, Pastoral Associate and Director of the Missionaries of the Gospel of Life, Lay Association

September 18-20: Family Research Council Values Voters Summit, Washington, DC.

October 6: National Right to Life Proudly Pro-Life Dinner, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.  This year they will honor Mary Ann Glendon in recognition of her inspiring courage and steadfast support for the sanctity of human life.

October 10-12: International Week of Prayer and Fasting Conference – “God’s Healing Plan for Life and Love”, Washington, DC

December 8: National Night of Prayer