• About the International Mother’s Day Walk for Life (IMDWL)
• International Mother’s Day Walk for Life (IMDWL) - 2009
• "The Surprising Link"
(a convincing and moving investigation of the link between
abortion and breast cancer)
International Mother’s Day Walk for Life (IMDWL)
The First Event in 1978
The First International Mother’s Day Walk for Life took place on the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls on the afternoon of Sunday May 14, 1978. The Canadian delegates under the direction of Niagara Region Right to Life director, James V. McManamy, met the American delegation Niagara University Coalition for Life under the direction of Dr. Raphael T. Waters, professor of Thomistic Philosophy at Niagara University.
What Happens?
Canadians and Americans meet at the centre of the Rainbow Bridge for a short ceremony that features a significant ceremony by children: the dropping of long stemmed red roses into the Niagara Gorge to symbolize the millions of children killed by abortion in Canada since 1969 and in the United States since 1973.
Significant Quotes From The First Mother’s Day March
“The Walk will call attention to the startling contrast between sentiments associated with Mother’s Day and the appalling realities of Abortion.”
The slaughter of abortion “demonstrates that our Government(s) has failed in its (their) very first duty of protecting innocent human life at all stages.”
“While we recognize that abortion often involves serious social problems, we insist that these problems can and must be solved without resort to killing.”
Significant Speakers and Participants at International Mother’s Day Walks.
- Father Frank Pavone, Founder and national Director, Priests for Life.
- Robert Reilly, Assistant to President Ronald Regan.
- Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, London, Canada (2009).
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IMDWL 2009 - Sunday May 10, 2009
The International Mother's Day Walk will use an alternative location for it's event in 2009 because of Construction on the Rainbow Bridge. This year's event will take place at Mather's Park, which is at the south end of the Peace Bridge on the Canadian Side in Fort Erie, Ontario.
Americans in attendance are asked to follow the walkway to the Canadian side, where they will find the park as it's base, to the left.
International Mother's Day Walk:
- Meet at Garrison Villiage Shopping Centre at 1:45 p.m.
- Leave at 2 p.m. sharp.
- Arrive at Mather's park at 2:15
- Ceremony at 2:30 p.m.
- Conclusion to the Ceremony: 3:00 p.m.
Special 2009 Guest, Alex Shadenburg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
Directions to Canadians for the IMDWL.
- Meet at Garrison Villiage Shopping Centre on Garrison Road in Fort Erie. There is plenty of parking in the mall area.
We will walk approximately 10 minutes from there to Mather's park, which is found where Garrison Road Meets
Central Avenue.
- Participants will walk through the "three arches" at the entrance to the park, and the event will take place adjacent to the Statue of War Hero Mather.
- For those who are unable to walk, there is some parking in designated parking spots just outside the park.
- Passports and ID will not be required as we are not crossing the border.
- Participants are asked not to bring their own signs. As is the tradition of this event, we will carry flags from each province, and there will be one Banner which says "International Mother's Day Walk for Life."
Directions to Fort Erie
From Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines:
- Take the QEW toward Niagara. Follow QEW South toward Fort Erie. Exit at Central Avenue (last exit before Peace Bridge to USA).
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Turn right and take the the first right, which is Garrison Avenue. Proceed west for about 4 blocks until you arrive at Garrison Villiage Shopping Centre on the left.
For inquiry on the IMDWL 2009, please see www.niagarartl.org or telephone:
Local: (905) 680-2239 | Toronto and the GTA: (416) 258-8135
For those who will be attending the IMDWL from The United States of America, please contact:
Rev. Robert Behn
Executive Director Last Call Ministries
P.O. Box 189. Buffalo, NY. 14225.
Website: www.operationSaveAmericaBuffalo.org
Telephone: (716) 834-1312 or (716) 833-4924
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