Coming Up: Seminar on Sidewalk Counseling - FREE in College Park, MD, on 9/8/2012

Dear Friends of 40 Days for Life Alexandria,

The College Park 40 Days for Life Coordinator, Janice Oliver, has invited us to participate in a free training session on sidewalk counseling.  On September 8 from 1-4 p.m., Msgr. Phillip Reilly, founder of Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, will conduct a sidewalk counseling/prayerful presence seminar in the Breen Room at St. Mary of the Mills Catholic Church, 14 St. Mary’s Place, Laurel, MD 20707.

If you have any questions about the training session, please contact Janice Oliver at 40daysforlifeMD@gmail.com or 301-518-3874.

In the interim, you may also view Msgr. Reilly’s pro-life training video "Seminar on Sidewalk Counseling" online in the Helpers video archive at http://helperslibrary.info/node/82.

The video is about two hours long and was filmed in 1998, but the principles remain the same. Many thanks to Janice Oliver for the invitation to take advantage of this opportunity.

40 Days for Life Alexandria Gears Up for its Fall Campaign and Welcomes its Leadership Team

Dear Friends of 40 Days for Life Alexandria,

As summer winds down, 40 Days for Life Alexandria is gearing up for the fall 2012 campaign. The campaign begins September 26 and will run through November 4. Forty Days for Life Alexandria will be running two vigils throughout the campaign. The first vigil will take place at the Alexandria Medical and Professional Plaza in the 2800 block of Duke Street. The second vigil will take place at 101 S. Whiting St. at the Alexandria Women's Health Clinic at Landmark Towers.

There are three separate offices providing abortions in the Alexandria Medical and Professional Plaza. However, the Alexandria Women's Health Clinic at 101 S. Whiting St. performs more abortions in Alexandria in one year than the three providers at Duke St. combined.

We can make a difference. Please visit our website for more information on 40 Days for Life Alexandria and come take a stand for life by signing up for one or more of our vigils.

I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce the 40 Days for Life Alexandria leadership team. Please feel free to contact any of us if you have questions or would like more information.

• Sara Dina, 40 Days for Life Alexandria Campaign Director (sara.40days@cox.net, 703-971-0678)

• Tom and Mary Ellen McElfresh, Vigil Coordinators (maryellen.40days@verizon.net, 703-780-2922)

• Jacinta Whittaker, Financial Coordinator (jacinta.40days@gmail.com, 540-304-0480)

• Melissa Allen, Communications Coordinator (melissa.m.40days@gmail.com)

• Melissa Allen and Tim McGhee, Media Co-Coordinators (melissa.m.40days@gmail.com and tim@timmcghee.us)

• Susan Pawlukiewicz, Outreach Coordinator (susan.40days@yahoo.com, 
571-228-3571)

We hope to see you all during this fall's 40 Days for Life campaign!

Coming Up: Organizational Meeting for Alexandria National Right to Life Committee Chapter

A meeting will be held at St. Mary's Lyceum, 313 Duke Street in Alexandria, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 23, to reorganize the Alexandria local chapter of the VA Society for Human Life, which is the state branch of the National Right to Life Committee. This organization seeks to build a culture of life on the local level through grassroots pro-life activities focused on education, legislation, and politics, etc. The guest speaker and meeting facilitator will be National Right to Life field coordinator Jonathan Rogers. All are invited to attend. For more information, contact Jacinta Whittaker at jacinta.40days@gmail.com.