Florida Priest Key in National Prayer Movement to End Abortion

As the American Life League celebrates the second anniversary of its Marian Blue Wave on October 7, 2021, Priests for Life National Director Father Frank Pavone applauds the initiative. As one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the world, Pavone has dedicated his entire life and ministry to ending abortion.

The Marian Blue Wave is a call to Catholics across America to pray a weekly Rosary with the specific intentions of ending all types of abortions and shutting down every Planned Parenthood facility in the United States.

Pavone finds abortion incompatible with the Catholic understanding of Jesus’ victory over death. He writes, “…that the destiny of the human person is to be in the heights of heaven, is clearly incompatible with allowing human persons to be thrown in the garbage.” The words are excerpted from Pavone’s reflection titled The Assumption and Victory Over Abortion, which he contributed to the publication, Pray the Rosary to Defeat Evil: A Marian Blue Wave Prayer Companion, a 98-page booklet, produced by the American Life League,

Katie Brown, Director of the American Life League’s Marian Blue Wave, explained that in addition to the overarching aim of ending abortion throughout the nation, the specific goals of the program are to:

• Shut down every Planned Parenthood facility in the United States (Planned Parenthood operates the largest abortion chain in America).
• Shut down all other abortion facilities in the United States.
• Change the hearts of Catholics who advocate for or promote abortion in any way.

Under Brown’s direction, over its two-year existence, the Marian Blue Wave has gathered nearly five thousand participants in all 50 states and 31 different countries and is growing daily.

“With the grace of God and the intercession of His blessed mother, we pray the Rosary for an end to all types of abortion, for the closure of all Planned Parenthood and abortion facilities, and for the protection of our Lord in the Eucharist” stated Brown. “We need this because we have been fighting abortion politically for over 40 years, and nothing has changed. The Marian Blue Wave focuses on the true evil behind abortion, and rallies people together to fight that evil with our most powerful weapon: the Rosary.”

Brown believes that dedicated prayer will “refocus the fight against abortion from politics, to putting our faith back in God to end the deep-rooted evil of abortion.”

The Marian Blue Wave has its roots in an invitation by Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, for all Catholics to “refocus on the beautiful gift of the Rosary, and the call to prayer that the Blessed Virgin Mary has given us so many times.”

“With this Marian Blue Wave, we certainly pray for the sanctity of life, from conception to natural death,” added Strickland. “And we pray for healing in the world and the Church at this time.”

Learn more about the Marian Blue Wave, join the movement, and find resources for participation at marianbluewave.com.

About American Life League

The American Life League has been part of the pro-life abortion debate from its inception. Since 1979, the American Life League has committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death with a pro-life integrity that stands up for every innocent human being whose life is threatened by a “culture of death.” For more information visit all.org.