Greater Columbus Right to Life will welcome Sisters Catherine Joy, Cecilia Rose and Mary Grace of the Sisters of Life to the diocese for a free event starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13 at Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church, 313 N. State St.
In addition to hearing from the sisters, attendees can pick up yard signs, literature, shirts and more for the campaign to defeat Issue 1, a proposed state constitutional amendment on abortion on the November ballot.
A light reception will follow in the Klinger Center.
While this is not a fundraising event, Greater Columbus Right to Life will gratefully accept donations for the “No on 1” campaign and to promote programs in central Ohio such as Into Life.
The Sisters of Life are a contemplative-active Roman Catholic community of women religious who profess the traditional vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and a fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life. The order was founded by the late Cardinal John O’Connor in New York in 1991 and received approbation as a religious institute in 2004 under the late Cardinal Edward Egan.
The sisters serve in the archdioceses of New York; Philadelphia; Denver; Washington, D.C.; and Toronto and the dioceses of Albany, New York; Bridgeport, Connecticut; and Phoenix.
Their missions include serving women who are vulnerable to abortion, giving them the support and resources to choose life for themselves and their children; hosting weekend retreats; evangelization; outreach to college students; and helping women who have suffered after abortion to encounter the mercy and healing of Jesus Christ.
To learn more, visit gcrtl.org/into-life.