Miraculous Marian icon beloved by women struggling with infertility, difficult pregnancies

A miraculous Marian icon will be placed at St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Trumbull, CT, November 13–27. It is especially beloved by women who struggle with infertility or difficult pregnancies.

Several miraculous births have been attributed to this icon in the Byzantine Catholic community of Albuquerque, NM, where a copy has been venerated for years.

St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic parish welcomes all Christians to honor the Mother of God, to join in the worship service of Psalms and Scriptural readings that will be offered in the parish: special services on Tuesdays November 15 and 22 at 6pm, or on Sunday Divine Liturgy, Nov 13, 20, and 27 at 9.30am.

Please visit the parish website for more details on the services www.stjohntrumbull.org or call the parish office at 203-377-5967.

40 days for life in Connecticut

40 Days for Life is a Pro-Life initiative with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion. It is “an ecumenical, internationally-coordinated 40-day peaceful Pro–Life campaign to end abortion.”

The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion. Join a 40 Days For Life campaign in CT:

On the sidewalk outside of
Planned Parenthood
1030 New Britain Avenue
West Hartford, Connecticut

The 2022 campaign was held from September 28 through November 6, 2022.

Please contact Coordinator Teresa Wells via Text at 203-745-7300 or email twells@prolifeministry.org.

Prayer Vigil for Life 2020

Prayer Vigil for Life

St Ambrose Parish at St Monica’s Church (Northford)

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
the 47th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
5pm – Holy Hour before the Most Blessed Sacrament
6pm – Holy Mass celebrated by Fr Robert L. Turner

The Church has designated January 22nd – the anniversary of Roe v. Wade – as a day of prayer for the protection of the unborn and penance for sins against the dignity of the human person. Join us at St. Monica’s for a vigil of prayer on behalf of life. All are welcome and no RSVP is necessary.

“A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer.”

– Pope Saint John Paul II, The Gospel of Life

St Gianna Benefit Dinner 2018

Join us for the St Gianna Benefit Dinner

St. Gianna Pregnancy Resource Center will host its third annual benefit dinner on Sunday, April 29 from 1-5 p.m. at Amarante’s Sea Cliff (62 Cove Street) in New Haven. Tickets are $45 and include appetizers, a buffet dinner, dessert and soft drinks.

Our speaker and honoree, Christian Slattery, is the organizer of the first pregnancy crisis center in NYC. This is the busiest center in NY at this time. Also being honored, is the pro-life Choose Life at Yale (CLAY) organization that founded the Vita et Veritas Conference to bring a bigger message of pro-life to Yale.

For more information, TO ORDER tickets, or to make a donation (no donation is too small) please visit  www.giannacenter.org.

Reserve your place by April 20th.