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Dear CatholicVote Friend,

Last week we asked for money.

This week we are asking for something infinitely more important.

Prayer.

Today marks exactly 40 days before Election Day. Organized prayer campaigns have sprouted up across the country using the biblical 40 days as a time to fast and pray – to pray that God will guide the conscience and hearts of voters this November.

Of course prayer is always necessary, election season or not. We need God every day. But Catholics have often marked historic events with special prayers and devotions. And pilgrimages!

So we are headed to La Crosse, WI, for Respect Life Sunday, October 3rd.

Why La Crosse? The Wisconsin city is the home to a glorious new shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe – the Patroness of the Americas, and the Patroness of the Unborn.

CatholicVote.org has teamed up with the Catholic Relevant Radio network to encourage anyone that can make it to join us. We hope to promote an annual pilgrimage to this beautiful new shrine, every year, on Respect Life Sunday.

Bring a blanket, bring a bagged lunch – come as you are. The purpose of this pilgrimage is not political, but religious. In fact, the pilgrimage is about one thing – to call upon the protection of the Mother of God, and ask her to lead us closer to her Son, Jesus Christ. There are no organized events or speakers. Just prayer.

Confessions begin at 11 AM, Mass at 1 PM, Rosary at 3 PM, and the traditional celebration of Transitus (latin for passing into Eternal Life) of St. Francis at 4PM.

If you are up for a trip, start making your plans by visiting this website for directions and information at:
http://www.relevantradio.com/Page.aspx?pid=3897

If you can’t make it, you can join us in prayer not only on October 3rd, but starting today for the next 40 days.

Sincerely,

- Brian, Josh, Pat, Thomas, Kara, and the rest of the CatholicVote.org Team


P.S. The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe was built in La Crosse, WI, which sits on the banks of the Mississippi River. Little known to most Americans, the mighty Mississippi was originally called Río del Espíritu Santo (“River of the Holy Spirit”), and later explored by Fr. Jacques Marquette who proposed calling it the River of the Immaculate Conception.

How fitting then that this beautiful Shrine dedicated to the Patroness of all the Americas would be located so close to this mighty river.

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