FR. JAMES E. GOODE, OFM Joins The Faithful In Prayer

NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE
WITNESSING THE GOSPEL OF LOVE AND THE GOSPEL OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY
c/o St. Clare Friary
440 West 36th Street New York, N.Y. 10018-6326
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News Release June 13, 2012 News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

FATHER JAMES E. GOODE, OFM JOINS THE FAITHFUL IN

PRAYER AT THE SHRINE OF THE UNBORN

HOLY INNOCENTS CATHOLIC CHURCH

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK

CELEBRATING

JUNE IS ABORTION AND ALL ACTS OF VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN COMMUNITY 2012

Father James E. Goode, OFM, President of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life headquartered in the Archdiocese of New York, will lead the faithful in the
“NBCAL Prayer for Life” to end abortion and all acts of violence, at the Shrine of the Unborn immediately following the 12:15 Mass at the Church of the Holy Innocents on
Thursdays June 21 & 28 2012. This ceremony will mark the
15^th Annual June is Abortion and All Acts of Violence Awareness Month 2012 in the
African American community established by the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life.
The faithful will be invited to write the names of unborn in the “Book of Life” at the Shrine.
Father Thomas Kallumady, Pastor of Holy Innocents Catholic Church welcomes all to this Historical Church in Midtown Manhattan.

Historical note: John Cardinal O’Connor blessed the Shrine of the Unborn on
December 28, 1993. Cardinal O’Connor was a supporter in establishing the
Black Catholic Apostolate for Life in 1997.

www.blackcatholicsforlife.org

The National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life was inaugurated in the fall of 1997, with the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and the
Franciscan Solid Ground Ministry as sponsors and with the support of the late John Cardinal O'Connor, then Archbishop of New York and the Archdiocesan Office of Black Ministry - Brother Tyrone A. Davis, CFC, Executive Director. Since then, NBCAL Affiliates
have been established throughout the United States.

NBCAL Board of Consultants

Most Rev. J. Terry Steib, S.V.D., DD Episcopal Advisor,
Rev. Fr. James E. Goode, OFM, Ph.D President - NBCAL, Dr. Beverly A. Carroll (USCCB:SCDC),
Rev. Fr. Fred J. Briers. CR (NBCCC), Ms. Therese Wilson Favors, (NABCA), Very Rev. Glenn D. Parker, CSsR (NBCCC),
Supreme Knight Fredron DeKarlos Blackmon (KPC), Supreme Lady Geralyn C. Shelvin (KPCLA),
Deacon Paul Richardson Pres.(NAAACD), Rev. Monsignor Mauricio West, V.G. (NBCCC),
Deacon Arthur L. Miller, Pres. NABCA (Ex-officio), Sister Roberta Fulton, SSMN, Pres. NBSC (Ex-officio),
Fr. Anthony Bozeman, SSJ, Pres. NBCCC (Ex-officio)

Partnership:

The Three Historical Black Catholic Communities of Religious Women:

The Oblate Sisters of Divine Providence, (Baltimore, MD) established in 1829

The Sisters of the Holy Family (New Orleans, LA) established in 1842

The Franciscan Handmaids of Mary (Savannah, GA) established in 1915

National Black Catholic Congress

Xavier University,

Institute for Black Catholic Studies