40 Days for Life kicked-off Sept. 23 with a gathering and candlelight vigil near Planned Parenthood on University Avenue in Rochester. The international pro-life campaign aims to use community outreach, prayer, fasting and constant vigil to end abortion. Local participants hope to keep a constant presence outside Planned Parenthood during the 40 days.
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Julianne Warren reads a prayer by candlelight during the opening vigil Sept. 23.
Bill Fleming, a parishioner of Rochester’s Our Lady of Victory Church, prays the rosary near a 40 Days for Life sign Oct. 2.
Tom McTammany, a parishioner of Rochester’s Holy Cross Church, holds a rosary while praying outside Planned Parenthood Oct. 2.
Pat Baloga’s jacket is adorned with pro-life buttons.
Bill Austin (center) joins other 40 Days for Life participants outside Planned Parenthood Oct. 2.
Pat Baloga, a parishioner of Greece’s St. Mark’s Church, prays outside Planned Parenthood Oct. 2.
40 Days for Life participants spread out along the sidewalk near Planned Parenthood Oct. 2.
Frank Wolfs (left) and others take part in the opening vigil Sept. 23.
Martha Malone (left) and Mary Jost read a prayer during the opening vigil.
Anne LeBlanc (from left), Suzanne Stack, Karen Bernhardt Kuntz, Frank Wolfs and Dennis Viele take part in the opening vigil for 40 Days for Life Sept. 23.
