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Archdiocese of New York Parishes to Participate in National Night of Prayer for Life

Women pray during eucharistic adoration at St. Matthew Church in Dix Hills, on December 8, 2022.
Women pray during eucharistic adoration at St. Matthew Church in Dix Hills, on December 8, 2022. The service was celebrated in observance of the 33rd annual National Night of Prayer for Life, a four-hour vigil that begins at 9 p.m. Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and ends Dec. 9, the day in 1531 when Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the unborn, first appeared to St. Juan Diego in Mexico. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

It was on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (then celebrated on December 9) in 1531 that Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the unborn and of the Americas, first appeared to St. Juan Diego, whose feast day is December 9. The National Night of Prayer for Life bridges these two feasts to honor Our Blessed Mother and to pray for the Lord’s mercy and restore life, liberty, faith, and peace.

The Annual National Night of Prayer for Life begins at 9 p.m. on December 8 to 1:00 a.m. on December 9. During the Hour of Unity, 12 a.m. – 1 a.m. EST, the archdiocese will be united with churches across the country in prayer. 

The following parishes have announced they will participate in the National Night of Prayer for Life. For more information and updates, please visit the Archdiocese of New York's National Night of Prayer page.

The Bronx

St. Barnabas

December 8 Exposition 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.

St. Helena     

December 8 Exposition 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.

Dutchess County

Regina Coeli, Hyde Park      

December 8 Exposition 9 a.m. until 7 p.m.

St. John the Evangelist, Pawling

December 8 Exposition until 8 p.m.

St. Kateri Tekakwitha, LaGrangeville       

December 8 Exposition 8 p.m. until 11 p.m.

St. Martin de Porres, Poughkeepsie

December 8 Exposition 8 p.m. until Midnight

Manhattan

Church of the Holy Innocents

December 8-9, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. (part of all-night Adoration vigil)

Orange County

St. John the Evangelist, Goshen 

December 8 Exposition 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. (in the Chapel)

Immaculate Conception/St. Mary’s Church, Port Jervis  

December 8 Exposition 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm (in the Chapel)

Rockland County

Immaculate Conception, Stony Point

December 8 Exposition 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.

Sullivan County

St. Francis Xavier, Narrowsburg 

December 8 Holy Hour following 8:30 a.m. Mass

Westchester County

Assumption Church, Peekskill       

December 8 Exposition 8 p.m. until 10 p.m.

St. Columbanus, Cortlandt Manor         

December 8 Exposition 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Shrub Oak

December 7 Exposition 6:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. (after 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass)

St. John Bosco (Westchester Ave), Port Chester             

December 8 Exposition following 7:30 Mass until Midnight (bilingual)

St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Yonkers   

December 8 Exposition following 7:30 p.m. Mass until 1 a.m.

St. Patrick’s, Yorktown Heights    

December 8 Exposition following 7:30 p.m. Mass until 11 p.m.