CHARLOTTE — Faithful across the Diocese of Charlotte are encouraged to gather on Sunday, Oct. 4, to kick off Respect Life Month and form Life Chains as a public witness to the dignity of all human life.
“Our united prayers, sacrifices and efforts to protect human life and heal the wounds inflicted by abortion remain as important as ever,” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas – Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities – earlier this year. “Let us remain steadfast in our commitment to ensure that every human life may be protected in law and welcomed in love, and that abortion may be unthinkable.”
Life Chains will take place in these communities Oct. 4. For details about these and other Life Chain events, go online to www.lifechain.org.
CHARLOTTE
8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., 2-3 p.m.
CONCORD
800 block of South Union St. in front of Food Lion, 2-3 p.m.; Joe Andruzzi, 704-796-0075
GREENSBORO
Battleground Ave., 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Mark Shelly, 336-312-4810
HUNTERSVILLE
The sidewalk in front of St. Mark Church, Stumptown Road, 2-3 p.m.
MOCKSVILLE
Event is moved to 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 11.
St Francis of Assisi Parish, 862 Yadkinville Road; David Taylor, 226-406-1089
MOORESVILLE
St. Therese Parish will be joining St. Mark Parish in Huntersville
NEWTON
Meet at the Catawba County Museum of History, 30 N College Ave. They will start in prayer and walk around downtown, 1-3 p.m.
WAYNESVILLE
On the corner of Russ Ave. and Howell Mill Road on the side of the street facing Burger King, 2 p.m.
WINSTON-SALEM
Home Depot parking lot on Haines Mall Blvd., 2 p.m.; Joe Rogers, 419-944-5375
— Catholic News Herald and OSV News