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
Voice: 212.868.1847
email: tnbcalife@aol.com

 News Release           May 28, 2014                  News Release


 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 

 

June 2014 marks the
17th Annual
“Abortion and All Acts of Violence Awareness Month”
in the African American community.
 
Franciscan Father James E. Goode,
President of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life and the
National Board of Consultants,
stated the following:

 

Our message is powerful and prophetic: 
Pray for the end of abortion and all acts of violence in our communities.

Go tell it in

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,

CHURCHES, SCHOOLS,

ON OUR STREETS.

YES, EVERYWHERE!

ABORTION IS NOT AN OPTION BUT LIFE IS.

ACTS OF VIOLENCE ARE NOT OPTIONS,

BUT GOODNESS AND MERCY ARE.

We are expecting miracles.  
The 2014 Abortion and All Acts of Violence Awareness Month has been placed at the feet of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph her most chaste spouse.   With divine assurance we are also seeking the heavenly assistance of
Saint Martin de Porres, Patron of Black Catholics, Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Venerable Henriette De Lille, Servant of God Mother Mary Elizabeth Lang and Father Augustus Tolton.

Family of God join us as we give witness God’s gift of life, and pray for the end of the abortion and all acts of violence.

Pray as though everything depended on God,

Work as though everything depended on you.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Theme for the
 25th National Day of Prayer for the African American and African Family
February 2014


 

www.blackcatholicsforlife.org  

June is Abortion and All Acts of Violence Awareness Month 2014

(click here for Prayer and Announcement)
 

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 (Former, USCB:SAAC, NBCAL Senior Advisor),
 Rev. Monsignor Mauricio West, V.G. (NBCCC), Very Rev. Glenn D. Parker, CSsR (NBCCC),
Ms. Donna Toliver Grimes, (USCCB-SCDC)A.D. AAA, Sr. M. Callista Robinson, OSF, Pres.NBSC,
Fr. Kenneth Taylor, Pres.NBCCC, Deacon Arthur L. Miller, Pres. NABCA (Ex-officio),
Deacon Joseph Connor,  Pres.(NAAACD),  Rev. Fr. Fred J. Briers. CR (NBCCC),
 Ms. Therese Wilson Favors, (NABCA), Supreme Knight Fredron DeKarlos Blackmon (KPC),
Supreme Lady Vertella A. Kenion (KPCLA),
Partnership: 


 
National Black Catholic Congress
Valerie E. Washington, Exec. Director
www.nbccongress.org

Xavier University,

            Institute for Black Catholic Studies
        Dr. Pamela R. Franco, Ph.D
      Interim Director