Parishes plan prayer vigil

The Respect Life Committee of the Petersburg Parishes is participating for the sixth year in a row in the international 40 Days for Life Campaign from Sept. 23 through Nov. 1. Last year, over 700 parishioners and community members participated in the event.

According to the 40 Days for Life website – 40daysforlife.com – 40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion.

The Respect Life Committee will conduct a 40-hour prayer vigil at St. Joseph, Wapakoneta, and Immaculate Conception, Botkins. It will begin at 6 a.m. Wednesday, September 23, and will continue for 40 straight hours until 10 p.m. Thursday, September

24. The vigils will be held in front of each church. Participants will not be holding signs or marching, but will be standing or sitting and peacefully praying for an end to abortion. The Petersburg Parishes of Immaculate Conception Botkins, St. John Fryburg, St. Lawrence Rhine, and St. Joseph Wapakoneta are served by Pastor Sean Wilson and Parochial Vicar Jedidiah Tritle. For more information about the 40 Days campaign, please contact the local parish office at 419-738-2115, or see the Petersburg Parishes’ Facebook page. Walk in pray-ers are welcome! Area churches and community members are encouraged to participate by stopping in the prayer tent at your convenience and peacefully praying for an end to abortion.