40 Days for Life Spring Update – Week Five
Contact: Mary Clark
Cincinnati Campaign Leader
513-604-9054/cincy40days@fuse.net
April 4, 2025
Weekly Update – Week Five
DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD RALLY – CLOSING DAY PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Along with at least 80 other locations around the country, we held a Defund Planned Rally on Tuesday, April 2. The rallies were sponsored by Pro-Life Action League of Chicago and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society in Michigan. The national 40 Days for Life campaign encouraged locations to take part. There were between 80 and 90 participants who held “Defund Planned Parenthood” signs as well as other pro-life messages.
Dr. Art Kunath was our MC and he introduced seven different speakers who highlighted various reasons why Planned Parenthood needs to be defunded. A videographer from Channel 12 a local channel spent a good amount of time recording the event, but didn’t speak to anyone. Of course, he had to get the PP director’s side of the story. She gave him the usual “health care” lines.
Here’s the link to the media coverage we got:
CLOSING DAY PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING – SUNDAY, APRIL 13 – 2PM
Starting at Holy Name Church parking lot (you may park there), we process to Planned Parenthood while praying the Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion, concluding the Stations and the rest of the program there. Fr. Matt Cushing will lead prayers and speak. There will be an update on the state of pro-life issues in the tri-state area and nationally and information about continuing prayer witness with 40 Days for Life 365. Seven men will be asked to carry placards of the stations as we process.
Known churches and group affiliations of our participants – Please let me know if your affiliation is not listed (whether you come to pray as an individual or with a group).
All Saints, Guilford, IN (Dearborn County Parishes)
All Saints, Kenwood (St. Paul the Apostle Family)
Archdiocese of Cincinnati Respect Life Office
Blessed Sacrament, Ft. Mitchell, KY
Franciscan Daughters of Mary, Covington, KY
Guardian Angels, Mt. Washington (St. Gregory the Great Family)
Helpers of God’s Precious Infants (Prolife Mass & Rosary Procession at Holy Name Church on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Saturdays)
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Anderson Twp. (St. Gregory the Great Family)
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Burlington, KY
Life’s 5th Quarter (Prolife Mass & Rosary Procession at Holy Name Church on the 5th Saturday)
Mary Queen of Heaven, Erlanger, KY
Mary’s Mantle (Prolife Mass & Rosary Procession at Holy Name Church on the 2nd Saturday)
Old St. Mary’s/Sacred Heart, Cincinnati
Our Lady of Lourdes (Most Holy Eucharist Family)
Our Lady of the Visitation (Divine Mercy Family)
Pregnancy Center Plus staff, board and volunteers
Pregnancy Center West staff, board and volunteers
St. Aloysius Gonzaga (Most Holy Eucharist Family)
St. Andrew, Milford (St. Mary Magdalene Family)
St. Ann, Groesbeck (Mary Queen of Heaven Family)
St. Anthony, Taylor Mill, KY
St. Antoninus (Most Holy Eucharist Family)
St. Barbara, Erlanger, KY
St. Bernadette, Amelia (Stella Maris Family)
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Taylor Creek (Mary Queen of Heaven Family)
St. Catharine of Siena (Most Holy Eucharist Family)
St. Catherine of Siena, Ft. Thomas, KY
St. Cecilia, Oakley (Eastside Parish Family)
St. Columban, Loveland
St. Edmund Campion Academy
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Milford (St. Mary Magdalene Family)
St. Francis De Sales, Lebanon
St. Gertrude, Madeira
St. Henry, Erlanger, KY
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Monfort Heights
St. James the Greater, White Oak (Mary Queen of Heaven Family)
St. John Fisher, Newtown (St. Gregory the Great Family)
St. John the Baptist, Colerain Twp.
St. Joseph, Cold Spring, KY
St. Joseph, Crescent Springs, KY
St. Joseph, North Bend (Divine Mercy Family)
St. Jude, Bridgetown (Divine Mercy Family)
St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, IN (Dearborn County Parishes)
St. Margaret Mary, North College Hill (Mary Queen of Heaven Family)
St. Margaret of York, Loveland
St. Martin of Tours (Most Holy Eucharist Family)
St. Mary of the Assumption, Alexandria, KY
St. Mary, Arnheim
St. Mary, Aurora, IN (Dearborn County Parishes)
St. Mary, Bethel (Stella Maris Family)
St. Mary, Hyde Park (Eastside Parish Family)
St. Paul, Florence, KY
St. Peter, New Richmond (Stella Maris Family)
St. Philip, Melbourne, KY
St. Philip, Morrow
St. Pius X, Edgewood, KY
St. Susanna, Mason
St. Teresa, Bright, IN (Dearborn County Parishes)
St. Thomas More, Withamsville (Stella Maris Family)
St. Thomas, Ft. Thomas, KY
St. Timothy, Union, KY
St. Veronica, Mt. Carmel (St. Mary Magdalene Family)
St. Vincent Ferrer, Kenwood (St. Paul the Apostle Family)
The Oratory of St. John Vianney at St. Anthony, Madisonville (Eastside Parish Family)