Co-Sponsored by:
New Mexico Knights of Columbus ● Project Defending Life ● Immaculate Heart of Mary Men’s Fellowship
Church of the Incarnation Men’s Fellowship ● Our Lady of Sorrows (Bernalillo)
St. Peter’s Men’s Ministry (St. Thomas Aquinas) ● Brothers of St. Joseph (San Clemente)

I am very pleased that the Catholic Men’s Group is standing strong against abortion and having the 3rd Annual Men’s March for Life. I encourage you and all those who will be involved in the overnight Adoration Vigil on Friday evening and the departure Mass at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday followed by the walk to the abortion mill.
– Archbishop Michael Sheehan

The seven leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, all forms of cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. Put together these take approximately 1,159,000 lives each year. People fight for, raise money and awareness for these diseases … but abortion, which is the number one cause of death in the U.S. (approximately 1,300,000 abortions performed in the United States per year), gets none of these benefits. Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI states, “This direct destruction of an innocent human life can never be justified…”

The third annual Men’s March for Life will be held during the weekend of Father’s Day for the men of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. This is a Men’s March because our society needs to see that men are not afraid to stand up for those who are the most defenseless among us and that men are proud to be fathers. Other members of families are asked to go to their local parish and pray for their men as they march for the safety of the unborn.

The event will begin on Friday, June 15th, at 8:00 p.m. with fellowship, praise and worship Music at Our Lady of Fatima in Albuquerque, and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, which will be followed by Eucharist Adoration throughout the night. The school gym will be open overnight for the prayerful who wish to stay (gym opens at 7pm – please bring a sleeping bag or air mattress)

At 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 16th the men will begin with a departure Mass and “march” west on Lomas to the abortion mill of Dr. Curtis Boyd. At the abortion mill there will be prayers for the end to abortion. This is where the walk will conclude.

All men are encouraged to stand up and voice that enough is enough when it comes to abortion in this country and around the world. Our late Holy Father, Pope John Paul II calls us to action when he states “We will stand up every time that human life is threatened. When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, we will stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.”

Print flyer for handout.

Contact:
Deacon Mark Leonard at 505-453-5116
or e-mail: mtl@dycoda.com

Men’s March for Life – Tentative Schedule

Friday, June 15
7:00 pm Registration – Our Lady of Fatima School Gym
8:00 pm Opening: Fellowship, Praise & Worship Music
9:00 pm to 7:00 am (Sat) Adoration Vigil at Our Lady of Fatima

Saturday, June 16, 2011
6:00 am to 9:00 am Registration
7:00 am Benediction
7:30 am Mass – Our Lady of Fatima
8:45 am Send off Announcements
9:00 am to 10:00 am March from Our Lady of Fatima to the Abortuary (west on Lomas)
10:00 to 11:00 am Silent Prayer at Abortuary
11:00am Return to Our Lady of Fatima via City Bus or Other Transportation (rides, walk back, etc.)