Pro-life advocates join together in National Night of Prayer for Life

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Many Catholics around the country are joining together in prayer for the National Night of Prayer for Life next week, such as this young adult praying at a recent spiritual event in the archdiocese.

Many parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis will participate in the 22nd annual National Night of Prayer for Life next week.

They will join others around the nation in a period of eucharistic adoration and prayer for the unborn, praying for an end to abortion and protection for the sanctity of human life.

The evening prayer spans the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday, Dec. 8, and the anniversary of Our Lady of Guadalupe's first apparition to St. Juan Diego on Friday, Dec. 9.

According to Mary Beth Bettag of the United Apostolates of Jesus and Mary, "The National Night of Prayer for Life bridges the feasts of the Immaculate Conception and St. Juan Diego to honor Our Blessed Mother, to pray through her intercession for the establishment of a Culture of Life and to ask Our Lord to revive our land."

Parishes with eucharistic adoration from 9 p.m. Dec. 8 until 1 a.m. Dec. 9:

• Holy Infant, 627 Dennison Drive, Ballwin (in eucharistic adoration chapel)
• St. George, 4980 Heege Road, Affton (Mass for unborn at midnight)
• St. Joseph, 106 N. Meramec Ave., Clayton

Parishes with eucharistic adoration from 8 p.m. to midnight Dec. 8:

• St. Anselm, 500 S. Mason Road, Creve Coeur
• St. Dominic Savio, 7748 Mackenzie Road, Affton (Huhn Center chapel next to parking lot behind church)
• St. Ferdinand, 1765 Charbonier Road, Florissant (in eucharistic adoration chapel)
• St. Joseph, 138 St. Joseph Lane, Apple Creek
• St. Maurus, 10198 Hwy. B, Biehle
• St. Mary Magdalen, 2618 Brentwood Blvd., Brentwood
• St. Paul, 2267 St. Paul Road, St. Paul, (adoration chapel)
• St. Peter, First Capitol Drive at South Third Street, St. Charles
• St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, 2650 Parker Road, Florissant

Parishes with eucharistic holy hour from 11 p.m. to midnight Dec. 8

• Annunziata, 925 Cella Road, Ladue (in eucharistic adoration chapel)
• Assumption, 4725 Mattis Road, Mattese
• St. Ann, 7851 Hwy. YY, Clover Bottom

Parishes with eucharistic adoration at specified time in union with the National Night of Prayer for Life intentions:

• Good Shepherd, 703 Third St., Hillsboro, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration holy hour 8 to 9 p.m.
• Immaculate Conception, 2300 Church Road, Arnold, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration 9 p.m. to midnight, pro-life rosary hourly
• Our Holy Redeemer, 17 Joy Ave., Webster Groves, Dec. 8, 7 p.m. Mass, eucharistic adoration holy hour until 9 p.m.
• Our Lady of Lourdes, 1014 Madison Ave., Washington (in adoration chapel); Dec. 8, pro-life prayers 9 p.m., Benediction 10 p.m., continued silent prayers through night
• Queen of All Saints, 6603 Christopher Drive, Oakville, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration 8 p.m. with pro-life rosary, prayers, silent reflection, ending with 10 p.m. Benediction
• St. Alban Roe, Hwy. 109, Wildwood, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration 9 p.m. to midnight (in chapel)
• St. Clement of Rome, 1510 Bopp Road, Des Peres, Dec. 8, 7 p.m. to midnight (in eucharistic chapel)
• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 2 Seton Court, St. Charles, Dec. 8, Mass 7 p.m. followed by rosary and chaplet of divine mercy
• St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1420 S. Sappington Road, Crestwood, Dec. 8, 7 p.m. Mass, eucharistic adoration ending at midnight with Benediction
• St. Francis of Assisi, 4556 Telegraph Road, Oakville, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration 9 p.m. to midnight with pro-life prayers
• St. Gabriel the Archangel, 6303 Nottingham Ave., south St. Louis, Dec. 8, Mass 7 p.m., followed by rosary, pro-life prayers ending with sung Compline
• St. Gianna Molla, 8676 Orf Road, Lake St. Louis, Dec. 8, pro-life rosary 7:30 a.m., Mass 8 a.m., eucharistic adoration until Benediction at 6:30 p.m., Mass 7 p.m., Dec. 9, pro-life rosary 7:30 a.m.
• St. Joseph, 1355 Motherhead Road, Cottleville, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration 9 p.m. to midnight (in adoration chapel)
• St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 4900 Ringer Road, Oakville, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration 10 p.m to midnight (in adoration chapel) rosary, litany, chaplet of divine mercy, Benediction
• St. Theodore, 5051 Highway P, Flint Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 6, eucharistic adoration after 8 a.m. Mass, ending with pro-life prayers and Benediction 8:30 p.m.
• Ste. Genevieve du Bois, 1575 N. Woodlawn Ave., Warson Woods, Wednesday, Dec. 14, eucharistic adoration holy hour 7 to 8 p.m.
• Sts. Joachim and Ann, 4110 McClay Road, St. Charles, Dec. 8, eucharistic adoration 8 to 11 p.m.