May is a special month set aside to remember the Virgin Mary, Mothers Day and Memorial Day. We honor our mother Mary, our own mothers and all the fallen soldiers of each war and conflict. It is only fitting that the babies lost through abortion should also be remembered.

Each cross represents about 144 children’s lives taken by abortion in this nation in a single hour alone.

The tiny crosses set up as the Cemetery of Innocents outside each Catholic Church in our area is a way of reminding us of this tragedy. Just as our rosaries honor Mary, our flowers and gifts honor our mothers and our flags honor fallen heroes, the crosses honor the thousands upon thousands of babies that have lost their lives as a result of abortion.

We will not be at the doors requesting donations this year. Instead, we ask for your generous contributions for two very important and necessary projects. 1.) Renovating the grounds at the Shrine for the Unborn in St. Mary’s Cemetery and 2.) Bishop Richard Malone has given us permission to open a women’s outreach center in the Dunkirk Fredonia area. These major projects cannot be completed without your help. More information will follow.

Please consider a donation to one or both projects. Please put your donation in an envelope and mark it “PRO LIFE”. Drop it into the collection basket and your pastor will forward it to your pro-life representative.

Thank you in advance.