Respect Life/40 Days for Life

The annual Respect Life Program is a year-round, nationwide effort to help Catholics understand, value, and become engaged with building a culture that cherishes every human life. Although sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Respect Life Program is essentially comprised of the efforts of leaders throughout the Church- priests, staff, and volunteers; teachers and school administrators; diocesan leaders; and so many others.

Surround them with love, support, and companionship that are "anchored in unconditional respect for their human dignity, beginning with respect for the inherent value of their lives."
-To Live Each Day with Dignity, USCCB

40 Days for Life is the largest internationally coordinated pro-life mobilization in history, helping people in local communities end the injustice of abortion through:

• Prayer and Fasting:  Knowing that “with God, all things are possible,” people of faith and conscience unite for 40 days of prayer and fasting.
• Peaceful Vigil:  Stand for life during a 40 day peaceful public witness in the public right-of-way outside the Red River Women’s Facility at 512 1st Ave N in Fargo
• Community Outreach:  Bring a positive pro-life message to every corner of our state through media efforts, advocacy and public visibility. 

40 Days for Life is an international event with over 1,000,000 prayer volunteers worldwide having saved 16,004 lives from abortion, led to the conversion of 191 abortion workers and has seen 104 abortion centers close since 2007.

40 Days for Life – North Dakota starts Sept. 23!
40 Days for Life North Dakota will begin at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23, in front of the abortion facility, 512 1st Ave. No., Fargo. Our campaign will provide a peaceful, prayerful presence on the sidewalk 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.  Please go to 40daysforlifend.com to register and sign up for an hour of prayer. You may also contact the Pregnancy Help Center at 701-284-6601, or in Fargo 701-356-7979 or email us:  phc@polarcomm.com  Please join us as your prayers are needed now more than ever!

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.  Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:6,7

Remember that each Wednesday abortions are being performed in Fargo and over 1140 children die each year at this facility. And yet due to your prayer and fasting and peaceful vigil 92 lives have been saved in North Dakota alone since 2007.  We have reports from moms who have shared with us their personal stories and pictures as well as words of gratitude for the lives of their babies that have been spared death by abortion here in Fargo.

“You formed me in my inmost being; You knit me in my mother’s womb.  I praise You, so wonderfully You made me; wonderful are Your works!”     -Psalm 139:13-14

September 23 ǀ 12:15 p.m.
The Diocese of Crookston has assigned each parish a day to pray the rosary. St. Joseph’s assigned day is the first day of 40 Days for Life.