Society of St. Vincent de Paul annual Blanket Sunday appeal kicked off the weekend of October 9 & 10, 2021. Funds from the appeal are used to purchase and distribute blankets and other bedding needs to homeless and low-income families in the greater Akron area. There will be envelopes in the Gathering Space or click on the title to donate securely online.

Please join with us on Saturday, September 25 for a memorial/burial service for the aborted child found in the trash at the Cuyahoga Falls abortion clinic. Every day, more than 3,000 children are killed in our country through abortion, and most of their bodies are discarded with medical waste, despite laws to prevent this. Right to Life of Northeast Ohio will be conducting a memorial/burial service for this child in conjunction with the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children at 1:00pm at Holy Cross Cemetery in Akron. Visit the events tab at www.rtlofneo.com for more information and to register your attendance.

Congress is trying to force Americans to pay for abortion. The Hyde Amendment and similar laws have protected taxpayers from funding elective abortion for 45 years. Now, powerful members of Congress want to take away these laws that both Democrats and Republicans have supported for nearly half a century. Billions of taxpayer dollars could be used to pay for abortion. It is critically important for Catholics to send a strong message before Congress moves forward to impose taxpayer-funded abortion. Go to the front page of our website to find the link to sign the petition or go to https://www.notaxpayerabortion.com.

Congress is trying to force Americans to pay for abortion. Tell Congress not to take innocent lives! TAKE ACTION TODAY (Click on title to sign petition and find out more info).

Mass For The Protection of Life: From Conception to Natural Death Thursday, January 28, 8:00 PM All-Night Adoration Following Through Friday, January 29, 8:00 AM. Click on title for more information

Prayer to be prayed each day from October 29 – November 3. In the lead up to the 2016, the Knights of Columbus released a prayer addressed to Mary, the Immaculate Conception, who is the patroness of the United States. We will repeat this call. In 1791, America’s first bishop, John Carroll, entrusted his diocese – which was the entire country at the time – to Mary in 1791. The U.S. bishops affirmed that dedication in 1846, declaring Mary the Immaculate Conception to be patroness of the United States. The prayer comes from the 1959 dedication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It was approved that year by Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle, then-archbishop of Washington. CLICK ON TITLE FOR THE PRAYER

Embrace Clinic & Care Center presents “The Beat Goes On,” NIGHTS FOR LIFE 2020! We all know 2020 has been a difficult and challenging year, but with your help we will be able to continue our mission of strengthening women and families through medical, educational, emotional, spiritual and material support as we continually strive to reinforce our clients’ decisions to choose life for their unborn babies. Our Night for Life Fundraiser is taking a new turn this year. Instead of attending the event at Guy’s Party Center as originally planned, The Beat Goes On, Nights for Life 2020 will be a multi-day virtual silent auction beginning on Wednesday, October 14 through Saturday, October 17 with a live raffle drawing. Please join us! Starting Wednesday, October 14, browse our great auction items, buy your raffle tickets or simply make a donation! To register now text “nightsforlife” to 243725 or go to the event website at https://bidpal.net/nightsforlife and click the link! Open bidding begins Friday, October 16 at 8:00 am.

Wednesday, September 23 – Sunday, November 1, 2020, the 40 Days for Life fall campaign will be held in front of Planned Parenthood, 2663 Cleveland Ave. NW Canton, OH. Please join QOH Pro-Life Ministry for one hour in prayer each week (we will pray a Rosary or a Chaplet of Divine Mercy or other prayers, for the women in an unplanned pregnancy, the vulnerable unborn child, the fathers, an end to abortion and in unity with those praying on sidewalks worldwide). Email Debby at debbybent@aol.com if you would like to join us. If you want more information on 40 Days for Life, email 40dayscanton@gmail.com or call Linda at 330-705-8814 or go to https://www.40daysforlife.com.

October is Respect Life month. Sunday October 4th the 33nd annual LIFE CHAIN will be held from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm in front of Planned Parenthood at 2663 Cleveland Avenue Canton, Ohio. Please DO NOT park in the Planned Parenthood lot only on the streets around it. Positive loving signs will be available. We will stand for the rights of the pre-born in unity with others from pro-life individuals throughout the USA and Canada for this one hour of a peaceful prayer. We will pray for women in unplanned pregnancies and their baby. We will pray that our nation will be a nation of liberty and justice for all - born and unborn. Life Chain is sponsored by Right to Life of Stark County.

On Saturday, September 12, nationally, solemn vigils will be held at grave sites of aborted children and memorial sites in their honor. We will commemorate the 559 unborn children from Stark County and the 20,425 Ohio unborn children aborted in 2018, on Saturday, September 12, 11:00 a.m. at the Grotto at Little Flower Parish, 2040 Diamond Street, Canton. Click on title for more info.

The Novena will begin on August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and will end on October 7th, the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. We will have two intentions: to pray for the restoration of the faith in the United States, and to pray for the universal Church as the Amazon Synod approaches. Click on title for more information and to sign up for this powerful novena!

The time is now to call upon God, through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary, to heal our country and return it to holiness. Click on title for more information.

This year’s "Home Opener" fundraising event has been canceled until next year. We would like to thank all of our sponsors and those who have purchased tickets to the event. If a refund is requested at this time or for more information, please contact kathryn@embraceccc.org or lisa@embraceccc.org. In lieu of a refund, we can treat this as a 100% tax-deductible gift. Thank you for your support. Also a Nurse Manager/Sonographer is needed to join our ministry. Click on title for more information.

What: 'Because of Gracia'; Time: Friday, May 1 at 7 PM ET; Where: March for Life Facebook. Click on title to sign-up.

BETHESDA HOUSE OF MERCY WEEKEND HEALING RETREAT A healing retreat will be offered for women who are suffering after an abortion are invited to a private healing retreat at Loyola Retreat House, just north of Canton. October 25th-27th, 2019. CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFO.

Sunday, October 6th, 2019, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., In front of Planned Parenthood, 2663 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton, OH. (Arrive at 2:15 p.m. to pick up your sign.) Please park on the side streets and NOT at Planned Parenthood. Call Mary at 330-837-4227 with questions or for more information.

Join us for an evening of dinner and dance featuring LaFlavour, Friday, October 4th, at Guy’s Party Center, 500 E. Waterloo Road in Akron. Doors open at 6:00 pm and buffet dinner is served at 7:00 pm. Desserts will also be offered. Beer and Wine are compliments of JW Didado Electric. Other activities include 50/50 Raffle, Beautiful Basket Raffles and Much More! Tickets are $50.00 per person. CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFO ON THIS EVENT.

Queen of Heaven Respect Life Ministry comprises of a passionate group of men and women who promote the defense and understanding of the sanctity of every human life from conception to natural death, according to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. They participate in 40 Days for Life, March for Life in Washington DC, Baby Bottle Campaign, Bake Sale fundraisers, Mother’s Day Flowers for Life, Death Penalty Awareness, Spiritual Adoption and more. We always gladly welcome new members. Meetings are monthly during the school year. If you would like to join this ministry please contact Debby Bentivegna, debbybent@aol.com.