Respect Life Events: Life Chain, Pro Life Breakfast This Sunday

October is Respect Life Month: Join us this Sunday morning for the MCCL Respect Life Breakfast and for Life Chain on Sunday afternoon along Highway 19. Details about these and more are below.

RESPECT LIFE BREAKFAST

Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) is hosting its annual Respect Life Breakfast at the St. Albert Parish Center on Sunday, October 22, 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM. They will be serving delicious egg bake, pork sausage, and sweet rolls. Join us to support life from conception to natural death here in Minnesota.

10TH ANNUAL STMA LIFE CHAIN

Life Chain is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing for 60 minutes praying for our nation and for an end to abortion.  It is a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills children and that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of fertilization until natural death.

Stand with pro-lifers throughout the US on Sunday, October 2, 3:00 to 4:00 PM, rain or shine. Gather along County Road 19 between Highway 241 and 57th Street NE. Signs will be provided, proclaiming "Abortion Kills Children," "Adoption - the Loving Option," "Jesus Forgives & Heals," "Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation," "Abortion Hurts Women," "Life - the first Inalienable Right" and "Pray to End Abortion.

We ask that families stand 20 paces or more apart. Do not stand on private property. Water, lawn chairs, umbrellas and strollers are welcome and encouraged! Do not park in front of open businesses. Donations are accepted to cover the costs of the STMA Life Chain. All proceeds after expenses are given to Options for Women | Cornerstone.

RESPECT LIFE FAMILY DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT

Join Knights of Columbus Council 4174 on Saturday, October 29, 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the St. Albert Parish Center, with featured speaker Senator Mary Kiffmeyer.

Social time at 6:00 PM; chicken dinner at 6:30 PM. children ages 3-8 will be entertained during the speaker presentation by the Sacred Heart Homeschoolers. Reservations are required by October 25; call Jim at 763-497-3909 for tickets. Suggested donations: $15 for adults, $10 for students, or $50 for families.