Wednesday, August 11 - Saturday, August 14  RARTL Garage Sale!  Lots of STUFF. Come shop!  2148 Norton St., Rochester 14609.  9 - 6:30 W, Th, F. 89 - 3 Sat.  Details call RARTL at 621-4690 or see the poster.  A very big "Thank You" to our knife sharpeners, to all who helped set up and take down each day, and to all who came and shopped! We earned over $100 with the sharpening and over $1,100 for the items we sold.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Friday, August 27.  Seussical the Musical  to benefit Bethany Adoption Services. 7:00 PM.   Call  (585) 586-3653 for questions or to buy tickets. For details see www.nextgentheatre.com

Saturday, August 28.  Seussical the Musical  to benefit Bethany Adoption Services. 2:00 PM.  Call  (585) 586-3653 for questions or to buy tickets.  For details see www.nextgentheatre.com

Saturday, September 11  NYSRTL Convention in Albany.  Best Western Airport Inn, 9 AM - 5 PM.. Adult tickets $50, includes lunch.  Student and clergy tickets are $30. Information on speakers, registration information, etc. at www.nysrighttolife.org  Interested in going?  Want a ride or able to offer a ride?  Call RARTL at 621-4690.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010.  40 Days for Life Kick-Off Rally. Potluck supper and sharing 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM at the Focus Pregnancy Center. 

September 22 - October 31   40 Days for Life prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil, and community outreach.  For additional information or to sign up for vigil hours, go to http://www.40daysforlife.com/rochester/   Questions?  Contact Rick Paoletti at
ROC40DFL@gmail.com

Friday, October 8  LHHL Banquet honoring James Harden.  5:45 PM Reception  6:30 Dinner.  For more information call Dorothy 342-4175 or Cathy 381-4927 or e-mail info@lhhl.org.   Details are at www.lhhl.org

Saturday, October 9  Natural Law Symposium. Does it limit the powers of government and the judiciary?  Presentations by Ronald Buttarazzi, J.D., Kenneth Deutsch, Ph.D., Joseph Fornieri, Ph.D., Peter Colosi, Ph.D. and James Michael Valenti, J.D., LL.M.  Sponsored by the St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester and the Campus Ministry at St. John fisher College.  The public is invited.  Basil Auditorium, St. John Fisher College, 10 AM to 12:30 PM, registration at 9:30 AM. Questions?  Cal Jennifer Lockemeyer, Esq, at 266-7780 (day), 323-2804 (eve) or e-mail jen.lockemeyer@yahoo.com

Sunday, October 10  Walk for Life on the St. John Fisher campus from 1 - 3 PM.  This is a fundraiser for Birthright of Rochester.  Call 385-2100 for forms or questions. 

Tuesday, October 26  Rochester Area Right to Life Annual Meeting.  5:30 PM potluck supper and surprises (bring a dish to share if you wish); 7:00 PM business meeting and presentations. The featured speaker is Professor Nicholas DiFonzo, the faculty advisor for the RIT pro-life student club.  He will be speaking about college attitudes toward the pro-life movement.  Please RSVP if you can by calling RARTL at 621-4690 or e-mailing at RARTL@righttoliferoch.org .  And if you cannot RSVP, please come anyway.  Everyone is invited.  Holy Name of Jesus Church in Greece, on St. Martin's Way off Bonesteel Street.

Already-Enjoyed Events

Monday, August 9.  Eggsploitation.  A documentary on the health hazards to egg "donors." 5:00 PM one showing ONLY.  For young women and those who care about them.  Presented by Feminists Choosing Life.  For details check www.feministschoosinglife.org.  For advance tickets call Hannah Murphy at (585) 478-6134 or Email info@feministschoosinglife.org

Saturday, June 12  Pro-Life Procession and Rosary.  St. John the Evangelist Church to Planned Parenthood, both on West Ridge Road.  9:00 AM. (St. John's has an 8:15 AM Mass for those who might be interested in attending.)

Thursday, June 3 - Saturday, June 5  LEAH Convention for Home Schoolers.

Saturday, May 29 and Saturday, June 5  Scissors Sharpening benefit for RARTL at the garage sale at Our Lady of Mercy Church 9 AM - 3 PM.  Bring your scissors and knives in a sturdy box or wrapped in canvas.  Maxim Sharpening Service.  You shop while they sharpen.  Thank you, Joyce and Max!

Thursday, May 20  Scissors Sharpening Benefit for RARTL at Holy Name of Jesus Church garage sale, 10 AM - 3 PM. Bring your scissors and knives in a sturdy box or wrapped in canvas.  Maxim Sharpening Service. You shop while they sharpen.   Thank you, Joyce and Max!

Wednesday, May 19  Special Mass celebrating the life, death, and canonization of Thomas More, in memory of Avery Cardinal Dulles and Msgr. William B. Smith.  Sponsored by the St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild.  12:10 noon at Our Lady of Victory - St. Joseph's Church at 210 Pleasant Street, Rochester.  Contact person: Bill Mcginn at 327-5043 or mcginnesq@gmail.com.

April, 2010, and other times.  Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat.  A healing weekend for those who have been impacted by abortion.  Specific dates available on request.  Call Betsy at (585) 328-0648 or e-mail her at eamac@frontiernet.net.

Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24.  Maxim Sharpening is again doing a benefit for Rochester Area Right to Life, donating half of their profits to us.  Joyce and Max will be at the Quilt Show, Spring Into Color, sponsored by the Lake to Lake Quilt Guild Friday and Saturday, April 23d and 24th. 

Saturday, April 10  RARTL Oratory Contest 2010.  11 AM.   Participants will be notified of the place.  Call 621-4690 for additional information.

 Friday, April 2.  Stations of the Cross in Reparation for Abortion.  Gather at McQuaid Jesuit High School Chapel, 1800 S. Clinton Ave. for prayer service at 9 AM. Stations outside at a nearby abortion facility, led by priests, deacons, and religious.  Peaceful, prayerful, lawful.  Call Amy Dorscheid (467-8341) for questions.

 Tuesday, March 30. Co-founder of the National Silent No More Awareness Campaign, Georgette Forney, will be speaking at Rochester Institute of Technology at 8PM on Tuesday, March 30th. Life Right RIT, a new student club on campus at RIT, is hosting the event, and it is being co-sponsored by Feminists Choosing Life.

Saturday, March 27.  Pro-life march  at 1:00. Assemble in the parking lot of Our Lady of Victory Church, 210 Pleasant St.  The march will proceed down Main St. and and end at Planned Parenthood on University Ave.  After the march, there will be food, beverages and desert at the Focus Pregnancy Center.  Sponsored by the 40 Days for Life group.

Saturday, March 27.  Feast of the Annunciation.  A day to spend with others who support the Gift of Life.  Opening Mass at 9:00 AM celebrated by Fr. Tony Mugavero.  Testimony by Dr. Paul Schenck, currently the director of the Respect Life Office for the Diocese of Harrisburg.  For information call Bob or Amy Dorscheid at 729-8585 or 732-8994.

Saturday, March 27  Deadline for applications for the RARTL Oratory Contest 2010, to be held Saturday, April 10 at 11 AM.  $300 prize for the winner, who is eligible to participate in the NY State Right to Life contest. 

Monday, March 1.  Deadline for applications for the October 17   Rochester Pure Fashion Show. - A Celebration of Style and Virtue

February- applications due, but still accepting them - National Right to Life Academy, a six-week summer training class in Washington, D.C., for college students. Has received rave reviews from all the students who have attended.  See the NRLC website http://www.nrlc.org/Academy/Academy.html for details. Applications are due February 15.  Scholarships are available.  Contact NRLC for admissions informations and procedures; contact Rochester Area Right to Life (621-4690) regarding scholarships.

Sunday, January 17.  Third Annual Sanctity of Life Celebration  Guest speaker is Joe Askins.  You do not need tickets; for additional information call (585) 743-7722.  Bethel Christian Fellowship at 321 East Avenue, 6 – 9 PM.

Sunday, December 6.  Yahweh Ballet Presents An Original Christmas Ballet Called "Savior."   Christmas is the quintessential pro-life story of “yes” to life.  Tickets are $8 Adult/$6 Children or Seniors.  At 5 pm at The Finney School, 2070 Five Mile Line Road, Penfield, NY 14526      (585) 442-7196 or www.yahwehballet.org

November 27 – 29.  Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat.  A healing weekend for those who have been impacted by abortion.  Call Betsy at (585) 328-0648 or e-mail her at eamac@frontiernet.net.

Tuesday, October 27  "P.A.C.E. Post-Abortion Healing Program and Personal Testimony" by  Jennifer Burch.  Potluck Supper and pro-life dance entertainment at the Annual Meeting hosted by Rochester Area Right to Life.  6:00 PM, doors open at 5:35. Free.  Public invited. (Click here for details. Or here for a printable PDF.)  RSVP if you can by calling RARTL at 621-4690 or e-mail RARTL@Righttoliferoch.org 

NOTE: The meeting is in the old school cafeteria, now renamed Beacon Place.  Come in the brick red door on Lighthouse Avenue.

Wednesday, October 28  Jann Armantrout speaking on “End of Life Issues” in celebration of Respect Life Month at St. Charles Borromeo.  Held in the library in the school building, 7:00 – 8:30 PM.

Saturday, October 31  The Silent No More Awareness Campaign will have a local Gathering at the 40 Days for Life Victory Celebration at 3:00PM on Sat. Oct 31^st at Susan B Anthony Square off  W. Main St. on Madison St. in Rochester.  All are welcome.  Questions?  Contact Kathy at (585) 266-3337 or silentnomorerochester@frontiernet.net . 

Saturday, October 31  40 Days for Life Victory Celebration. 
1:00   Blessing by Fr. Bush in the sanctuary of Ss. Peter and Paul Coptic Church, 720 W. Main St.
1:00 - 1:30   March for Life to Susan B. Anthony Square on Madison St.
1:30 - 2:30   Christian music/refreshments
2:30 - 3:00   Yaweh Ballet will perform "Destinies Lost"
3:00 - 3:45   Witness talks from Silent No More Awareness Campaign members.
All are invited.

Saturday, November 7, 2009    Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, hosted by the Women’s Care Center  www.RochesterWomensCare.com   Fr. Pavone will be here for TWO programs:

Saturday, November 7  Pro-Life Workshop for Priests and Deacons
11:00 AM to 1 PM at the Diplomat Party House on Lyell Ave.
There will be no charge, but reservations are required.  For further information, contact the Women’s Care Center at 865-0360. 

Saturday, November 7  Fundraiser Banquet at the Diplomat Party House on Lyell Ave.
5:00 PM  Social Hour
6:00 PM  Dinner
Reservations needed.  Tickets are  $35.  For further information, contact the Women’s Care Center at 865-0360

Wednesday, October 14  Jann Armantrout speaking on “Beginning of Life Issues” in celebration of Respect Life Month at St. Charles Borromeo.  Held in the library in the school building, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. 

Friday, September 18  LHHL Award Dinner honoring Joan Rohr of Birthright. Details at www.lhhl.org.

Tuesday, September 22   Kickoff Celebration for 40 Days for Life at Our Lady of the Americas. The public is invited.  It's a potluck supper (bring something to pass) and speakers.  Doors open at 5:30. Questions? E-mail: ROC40DFL@gmail.com or check http://www.40daysforlife.com/Rochester/

Wednesday, September 23   40 Days for Life prayer vigils begin outside Planned Parenthood on University Avenue. Sign up at the Kickoff Celebration or at http://www.40daysforlife.com/Rochester/   Questions? E-mail: ROC40DFL@gmail.com

Sunday, September 27  "A Call to Catholic Responsibility in a Hostile Government," a talk by Professor Joseph Pearce, hosted by St. Thomas More Lawyer's Guild and other sponsors.  1:30 PM St. John Fisher College - Basil #135. Free.  Contact person: Marie Polito at 872- 5337 or wpolito3 at rochester.rr.com. 

Sunday, October 4  Life Chain 2 - 3 PM starting in front of Our Lady of the Americas and stretching to Our Lady of Victory.  Come to Focus Pregnancy Help Center, 86 University Ave beginning at 1:30 to pick up sign and route map. Questions:  Mary Jost at 218-4051 or marybailey@rochester.rr.com

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