40 DAYS FOR LIFE

Worldwide campaign for the unborn starts Sept. 24

Pro-life demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court during the 51st annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 19, 2024. (OSV News photo/Leslie E. Kossoff). (Courtesy photo of Leslie E. Kossoff)

Join the faithful in the Diocese of Albany for 40 Days for Life, a 40-day fall campaign of peaceful prayer, fasting and witness. Join people all across the country and throughout the world for the unborn from Wednesday, Sept. 24, through Sunday, Nov. 2.

Prior abortion workers have said that as many as 75 percent of women scheduled for an abortion don’t show when people are there praying, and many women who have had abortions have said if just one person had asked them to keep their baby they would have let the child live. With God’s help, here are the proven results: 25,000 babies saved, more than 170 facilities closed and more than 270 converted workers. 

Please be that person for women and be their sign from God that He wants them to have their baby. Let them know that Jesus will help them. Make an appointment with God on the streets and come to a 40 Days for Life event near you.

ALBANY

Vigil location: Outside Abortion Center. Bus stop at 855 Central Ave.

Local contact: Email Mike at [email protected].

Prayer kickoff rally: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2-3 p.m., at the vigil location.

For more information and vigil hours: www.40daysforlife.com/albany

HUDSON

Vigil location: Planned Parenthood-Hudson Health Center, 804 Columbia St., on the public sidewalk area of Green Street to the left of the clinic parking lot. 

Local contact: Albert Gasparini at (518) 947-9179 or [email protected]

For more information and vigil hours: www.40daysforlife.com/hudson

QUEENSBURY 

Vigil location: Public right-of-way outside of Planned Parenthood, 543 Bay Road.

Local contact: John at (518) 480-9740 or [email protected]

For more information and vigil hours: www.40daysforlife.com/queensbury

NOTE: Please DO NOT block, obstruct, or in any manner interfere with Planned Parenthood’s driveway parking. Queensbury Town Rules: NO PARKING ON ROAD. You may park on the grass between the road and property line. This area is the right of way. The estimated property line is the power line on Bay Road. We are working on a shuttle service to/

from Planned Parenthood. Details to follow. OFF LIMITS: Adjacent private property. Please do not walk on grass or in front of adjacent businesses. Please respect owners.

SCHENECTADY

Vigil location: Public right-of-way outside of Planned Parenthood, 1040 State St.

Local contact: Call or text Larry Smith at (518) 847-1630 or e-mail [email protected]. 

Prayer kickoff rally: Wednesday, Sept. 24, noon-1 p.m., at the vigil ­location. 

Inspiring talk set for Oct. 11:

Dr. Haywood Robinson, a former abortion provider and director of medical affairs and education for 40 Days for Life, will tell the story of this groundbreaking effort on Saturday, Oct. 11. Robinson will speak at the vigil site from noon-1 p.m. “People in this area have made extraordinary sacrifices to expose the abortion industry and to protect pre-born children and their mothers from abortion,” Robinson said. “I’m honored to be able to join these folks in prayer. Their efforts illustrate why we’re seeing historic changes — more mothers choosing life, more abortion workers experiencing conversions and leaving the abortion industry, and more abortion centers closing their doors for good.”

Robinson has participated in numerous campaigns throughout the world — including across the United States and Africa. Robinson and his late wife, Noreen, also wrote their powerful testimony in the recently published book “Scalpel and the Soul.”

For more information and vigil hours: www.40daysforlife.com/schenectady or [email protected].

TROY

Vigil location: Public right-of-way sidewalk: 120 Hoosick St. 

Local contact: Call Margaret at (518) 698-9057. Email: [email protected]

Prayer kickoff rally: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 3-4 p.m., at the vigil ­location.

For more information and vigil hours: www.40daysforlife.com/en/troy

Come with a friend or we’ll find someone to pray with you!

You can protect mothers and children by joining this worldwide mobilization to pray and fast for an end to abortion! Through prayer and fasting, peaceful vigils and community outreach, 40 Days for Life have inspired 1,000,000 volunteers!