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Tomorrow, Saturday, September 9, 2017, is the 5th annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. Join with our hearts as we remember all the innocent babies’ lives lost to abortion.
Solemn prayer vigils will be conducted at gravesites throughout the country to honor our unborn brothers and sisters who have been aborted.
If you would like to take a few moments out of your day to pray or pay your respects, there are 3 burial places for aborted children in Illinois at which vigils will take place.
Gravesite of Aborted Babies
St. Mary Cemetery
87th Street and Hamlin Avenue
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 11:30 a.m.
Special Guests: His Excellency Bishop Joseph Perry and Father James Hyland
Gravesite of 2,033 Aborted Babies
Queen of Heaven Cemetery
1400 S. Wolf Road
Hillside, IL 60126
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m.
Special Guests: His Excellency Bishop Joseph Perry, Catherine Walker, Jim and Wendy Sable, and Eric Scheidler, with music by the Magnificant Choir from St. John Cantius Parish, Chicago.
Parking: Available near Section 108.
Gravesite of Aborted Babies
Resurrection Cemetery
200 W Romeo Road
Romeoville, IL 60446
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 1:00 p.m.
Special Guests: His Excellency Bishop Joseph Siegel and Ralph Rivera
There are also several memorial sites for aborted children in Illinois (forty-three of them). There will be prayer vigils at a select number of these as well. The 5 memorial sites with scheduled vigils are the following:
Memorial of Mourning for Victims of Abortion
Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery
North Avenue and Columbia Street
Naperville, IL 60540
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 1:00 p.m.
Special Guests: Nancy Kreuzer, State Rep. Peter Breen, Sean McMahon
Memorial for the Unborn
St. Gabriel Church
4522 S. Wallace Street
Chicago, IL 60609
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 4:15 p.m.
Memorial to the Unborn
Calvary Cemetery
1615 31st Avenue
Rock Island, IL 61201
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 9:00 a.m.
Other Info: Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. followed by a procession to the memorial site.
Planned Parenthood
601 N. Bruns Lane
Springfield, IL 62702
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Other Info: There is no permanently established Memorial to the Unborn at this location.
Memorial to the Unborn
Calvary Cemetery
West Jackson Street
Woodstock, IL 60098
Day of Remembrance: Saturday, September 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Other Info: Please feel free to bring a rosary and a lawn chair. In the event of rain, service will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Avenue.
To view the full list of sites if you are interested in paying a visit, go to the link here and find Illinois.
The event is co-sponsored by Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Priests for Life, and the Pro-Life Action League. Vigils will be happening at 51 gravesites across the United States, along with dozens of other sites dedicated in memory of aborted children.
For more information (maps, directions, and contact information), visit www.AbortionMemorials.com.