Events--Local & National

Help us build our listings below by submitting your March Day of the Unborn Child or Feast of the Annunciation event. Contact us with as much information as possible: the name of the event, date, place, time, phone or website for more info (if applicable).

If there are no listings in your area, contact your church or diocese. If nothing is planned, consult our ideas page, and suggest an event and offer to help organize it, or have a private celebration at home. If you would like to attend a Day of the Unborn Child mass but are unable or cannot find one locally, as the feast draws near the American Life League home page invites prayer intentions for their pro-life Annunciation mass -- from this page they also offer an overview of the Biblical account of the Annunciation, ideas for home, school and parish based celebrations, and an introductory Annunciation page -- these links also feature ALL Annunciation articles on the lower right of each page.

NOTE: For liturgical and other reasons, events may take place several days before or after March 25. Since the feast is movable, the changes are often made to avoid Easter week conflicts. If the date is other than the 25th, it will be noted in the listings. Where contact information is given, it is recommended to call to confirm.

2009 (Click here for International Events and others outside the U.S.)

California

Brawley

March 25 -- St. Margaret Mary Parish, 620 S. Cesar Chavez, Brawley, CA 92227, Tel: 760-344-3571. Solemnity of the Annuciation-Day of the Unborn Child. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Jose Luis Muro @ 6 p.m. -- A special prayer for the unborn will be said during Mass and children will walk in procession with crosses in memory of all the unborn children. Refreshments to follow after Mass.

Delaware

Dover/Smyrna

March 25. St. Polycarp Church, 135 Ransom Lane, Smyrna DE 19977, Tel.: 302-653-8279 -- Helpers of God's Precious Infants will oversee a march at Legislative Hall on the Green in Dover (call for exact time)--and in Smyrna at 5 pm Brother Vincent Council of the Knights of Columbus will serve dinner to the marchers and others who come to St. Polycarp in Smyrna for the rest of the day's events. Mass will follow a 6:30 pm Rosary for Life. For more info please click here.

Florida

Brandon

March 25 -- Adoration in the chapel at Nativity Catholic Church -- 705 E. Brandon Boulevard -- on Wednesday, March 25 -- the Feast of the Annunciation and the Day of the Unborn Child! Please come from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. to pray.

Miami

March 29 -- Sunday -- Concert for Life Luncheon -- special celebration for the Day of the Unborn Child -- 12:00-4:00 pm -- St. Raymond Crystal Palm Ballroom, 3475 SW, 17 St. Miami, FL 33145 -- $20 donation PP. Call Vida Human Internacional for Tickets: 305-260-0525 or St. Raymond 305-446-2427. Click here for more info.

St. Augustine

March 25: The Feast of the Annunciation: Wednesday at Noon, Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine with Bishop Victor Galeone as celebrant. The Mass will be broadcast by EWTN. Seating is limited and available on a first come first serve basis. For information, call (904) 824-2806

Venice (and surrounding area)

NOVENA OF MASSES FOR LIFE 2009

Diocese of Venice, Florida

Laity for Life is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Respect Life Department of the Diocese of Venice in sponsoring a 2008 Novena of Masses for Life.

The term "Novena" refers to the 9-month period of Our Lord's gestation in the womb of His mother - from His Incarnation, which we celebrate as the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord through to His birth celebrated on Christmas Day.

This 9-month period will be specially observed with a series of Masses celebrated around the Diocese

visit the Laity for Life website at www.laityforlife.org

Illinois

Chicago

Iowa

Dubuque

March 25 -- Come join Archbishop Jerome Hanus, O.S.B. and area pro-life groups in a celebration of life on Wednesday evening, March 25th at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Dubuque, Iowa. The evening will open at 6:30 pm with the rosary followed by Mass for the Day of the Unborn at 7 pm. The Knights of Columbus will provide refreshments in Paraclete Hall following Mass.

Kansas

Salina

March 25, 2009 -- Council 601 of the Knights of Columbus in Salina, Kansas is celebrating a Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral for the Feast of the Annunciation

New Hampshire

Dover

The Dover Knights of Columbus Council #807 “Our Lady of the Rosary” wish to invite all parishioners and their families as well as the Clergy to partake in the praying of four Rosaries for the intention of unity at St. George’s Church on Wed. March 25th -- “The Annunciation of the Lord Feast Day”--the Rosary will begin following the 6 pm Mass -- St. George Maronite Church -- 22 Chapel St.

New Jersey

Bergen County/North Arlington

March 22 (Sunday) Day of the Unborn Child Mass -- 12 pm -- Knights of Columbus Council Hall -- Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus of North Arlington: Noon Mass followed by short march to Rachel statue, concluding with a reception at the Council Hall. Click here for more info.

MARCH 22, 2009: Queen of Peace Church: 10 Franklin Place North Arlington, New Jersey 07031

Queen of Peace Parish and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Invite you to join with the members of the Knights of Columbus and Respect Life Ministry To observeTHE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE UNBORN

SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2009. Mass at 12noon in Queen of Peace Church. Celebrant will be Bishop Charles McDonnell. March 22 is the Sunday prior to the Feast of the Annunciation – March 25^th -- We know this to be the day that “Christ the Eternal Word became flesh by the power of the Holy Spirit.” It is a day when all people of good will should rededicate themselves to advocate that societies around the world must include every unborn child as part of the human community. After Mass there will be a Procession from Church, north on Ridge Road to Holy Cross Cemetery. (Approx. 4 blocks) The procession will be led by the Fourth Degree Honor Guard, followed by 49 expectant moms, and grandmothers, carrying blue, white, and pink candles representing the estimated 49 million babies aborted since Roe vs. Wade. We will be reciting the rosary during the procession through an audio system. The Blessed Sacrament will be carried in procession to the cemetery. The group will enter the cemetery through the main gate (Ridge Road), and proceed to the new Mausoleum Chapel. There will be Benediction at the Chapel. After Benediction, the congregation will proceed out of the Mausoleum to Rachael’s monument (Monument to the Unborn), placing the candles at the monument. The Ladies of the two parishes are welcome to join the procession and carry a candle. If you wish to participate, or would like more information, please contact Larry Crawford at (201) 306-3609

Seaside Park and Surrounding Area

Wednesday, March 25: Knights of Columbus Council 8415 in Seaside Park, NJ has the following events planned in recognition of the Day of the Unborn Child:-- 8:00am Mass followed by a procession to the monuments for the unborn children outside the Churches where there will be a wreath laying ceremony & Prayer:

St. Pio of Pietrelcin, Lavallette, NJ

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Seaside Heights, NJ

St. Catherine of Siena, Seaside Park, NJ

For further information:

Bermaid Ernst

732-504-7495

New York

Buffalo (and surrounding area)

March 25 (Wednesday) -- Feast of the Annunciation Mass for the Unborn: March 25, at 7 pm at St. Aloysius Gonzaga in Cheektowaga. Click here for more info.

March 28 (Saturday) The first of 9 consecutive monthly pro-life masses begins on the last Saturday of March. The masses (8 am at St. Rose of Lima Church in Buffalo) continue on the last Saturday of each month through November. Sponsored by the Diocesan Pro-Life Office, each mass of the “Rosary Novena for Life” (is followed by silent praying of the rosary in procession to a local abortion clinic. The church is located at 500 Parker Avenue at Parkside in Buffalo. Click here for more info.

Bronx

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 ~ Pro-Life Solemn High Tridentine Holy Mass ~ Feast of the Incarnation ~ "And the Word was made flesh": Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 627 East 187th Street & Belmont -- Bronx, N.Y. 10458, Tel: (718) 295-3770: 7pm -- The Rosary led by the Sisters of Life, 7:30 p.m. -- Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Rite For the Sanctity of Life -- to end abortion -- with Chant and Polyphony. Fr. James Miara, Fr. Richard Trezza -- Deacon, Fr. Michael Barone -- Sub Deacon.

Ozone Park

March 25, 2009--The Knights of Columbus & Columbiettes of Nativity B. V. M. (Fr. Joseph C. Nosser Council #12675) will be sponsoring a Night of Prayer and Adoration on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 for The Day of The Unborn Child. Location: Nativity of the B.V.M. Church -- 101-41 91st Street, Ozone Park, N. Y. 11416. Service will begin at 7:30pm in the Church. Fr. Bryan Carney, Deacon Edward Guster, & Fr. Paul Palmiotto

will celebrate the Rosary and Benediction. All are welcome. Coffee and cake will follow in the church hall. A limited supply of Rosary Beads will be available. For More Information contact:

Jim Monforte (646) 610-3546

Patricia Kistner (917) 868-1838

Ohio

Dayton

Sunday, March 22, 2009 -- Free Concert followed by Lecture and Refreshments: A Tribute to Mary Concert with Vocalist (soprano) Madelon Kinzig with Dr. Ritter Werner accompanist and violinist John Root. 7:00 p.m. St. Anthony Church--830 Bowen St. (US 35 East to Steve Whalen Blvd.; left on Wyoming, left on Bowen). Followed by a 7:40 p.m. presentation by Al Langsenkamp of the Langsenkamp Family Apostolate on “Our Lady of America--her messages, warnings, and promises.” Refreshments and “Our Lady of America” materials will be available.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 -- “Annunciation and Incarnation of the Lord” Celebration. Our Lady of Mercy Church -- 220 West Siebenthaler Ave. off N. Main St. Dayton (Siebenthaler is 2.4 miles north of I-75 & N. Main St.) 7:00 pm Solemnity Mass of the Annunciation, followed by 8:15 pm talk on “Living a Consistent Ethic of Life” by Fr. Thomas A. Thompson, SM, PhD, Dir. of the Marian Library International Marian Research Institute--Refreshments and displays in the OLOM lower level following Mass.

(For additional information on either of the two events above contact Steve at One More Soul at 937-279-5433)

Pennsylvania

Aliquippa

Rhode Island

East Providence

South Carolina

Fort Mill

Texas

Amarillo

Sun., March 29: The Diocese of Amarillo celebrates the Annunciation annually with a Respect Life Banquet in late March. This year it will be held on Sunday March 29 at the Civic Center Heritage Room. Doors open at 4 p.m. for Silent Auction browsing; banquet begins at 5 p.m. Guest Speaker is Gianna Jessen, Motivational Speaker and Abortion Survivor (Gianna was born alive during a saline abortion). Silent Auction Browsing and Social Hour begin at 4 p.m. Wine and beer will be available. The reception following the banquet will give you an opportunity to visit with Gianna and place last minute silent auction bids. For more info visit the ProLife Amarillo Website contact Stephanie Frausto, 806-678-4673; ts_frausto@yahoo.com

League City

March 25: 7:00 p.m. St. Mary's Church. Address: 1612 E. Walker St. Phone: 281-557-3378. The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a special Mass at 7:00 p.m. on March 25, commemorating the Day of the Unborn Child. The Fourth Degree Color Corps will be present.

San Angelo

Wisconsin

North Fond du Lac

March 25: 12:10 p.m. Presentation Parish and local Knights of Columbus Councils will again be praying a sung rosary with accompanying prayers and spiritual adoption pledge program on Wednesday at Presentation Church, North Fond du Lac, beginning at 12:10 p.m. All pro-life advocates are invited.

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International Events (and others outside the U.S.):

Argentina

For Info on events in Argentina, where the Day of the Unborn Child originated, please click www.forovidafamilia.com.ar -- ConvocatoriaSemanaDelaVida

Australia

Sydney

Click here for info

Canada

Calgary, AB

Date Mar. 25, 2009: Day of the Unborn - Mass with evening prayer at St. Patrick's Church

Time TBA -- You can contact the Knights (Father Albert Newman 8470) by phone at 403-254-6878. Click here for website

St. Mary’s, NL

Prince Edward Island

Cuba

Click here for Adopcion Espiritual -- Spiritual Adoption

Click here for poster

Spain

The bishops in Spain have declared 2009 a "Year of Prayer for Life" with the theme "Blessed be the fruit of thy womb" and they are planning special prayer events in the parishes for March 25, which in Spain they call "World Day for Life."

Cartel -- Posters ("Blessed be the fruit of thy womb" is the title): cartel.pdf

Rosario y oraciones por la vida -- Rosary and Prayers for Life: rosario-y-oraciones-por-la-vida.pdf

Oracion por la vida en los lugares de culto -- Prayers for the Churches: oracion-por-la-vida-en-los-lugares-de-culto.pdf

En la eucaristia y la liturgia de las horas -- Liturgy of the Hours: en-la-eucaristia-y-la-liturgia-de-las-horas.pdf

Estampa -- Prayer Card -- estampa.pdf

Note: The bishops in Spain have declared 2009 a "Year of Prayer for Life" with the theme "Blessed be the fruit of thy womb" and they are planning special prayer events in the parishes for March 25, which in Spain they call "World Day for Life."

U.K./England

Walsingham

Given the nearly one-thousand year history of Walsingham as an Annunciation pilgrimage center, consider honoring the day with a visit to one of its shrines--click here for more info on both the Anglican and Catholic shrines of "Walsingham--England's Nazareth". Consult the shrines’ events and calendar pages for current schedules. For more details on the history of Walsingham as dedicated to The Annunciation, please see Part 3 of the 4 part series The White Dove of Peace that aired on EWTN in 2008. Part 3 of the documentary begins with modern-day pilgrims gathered to pray the Angelus near Walsingham on the millennium Feast of the Incarnation, with the following voiceover: “March the 25th 2000, was the two-thousandth anniversary of the Incarnation--the miracle of God coming down from Heaven and making his home with human beings. The simple house at Nazareth and the room where Mary heard the angel's message and where her son was conceived, have long since vanished from Palestine, but in the Middle Ages a replica of it, which was built near here, brought innumerable pilgrims to this place to venerate Mary and to ponder the mystery of the Incarnation." Later on in the program the narration continues: "The message of Walsingham therefore--is the Annunciation"--"By divine providence, Walsingham was destined to become a reminder of Nazareth, in the heart of the English countryside. It is evidence that England had a unique part to play in the purposes of God."