Events
Please help support Right to Life of Adams County by attending and participating in our events!
Annual Respect Life Dinner
October 15th, 2024 | 6:00 pm | Holiday Inn | 4821 Oak St | Quincy, IL
Doors open at 5:30
Please join us in a celebration of life with speaker Alison Centofante!
Alison Centofante, Founder of Centofante Strategies, LLC, a Huntsville, AL-based consulting firm, is a child advocacy innovator, in-demand public speaker, activist, and writer with over ten years of experience speaking on abortion, marriage, human dignity, and religious freedom.
Centofante has been featured on Fox News, ABC, NPR, The Christian Broadcasting Network, and other national and international media outlets. Her work and expert perspective has been published in Yahoo News, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, National Review Online, Fox News, World Magazine, Red Alert Politics, and The Federalist. Alison most recently served as Director of External Affairs at Live Action, a nonprofit organization with the largest digital footprint in the global pro-life movement
For more info, call Lyn at (217) 653-0075
Dinner reservation links down below
2024 Respect Life Dinner Reservation
Life Chain
October 6th, 2024 | 2:30 pm | Between 14th & 16th Broadway
Please join with other area pro-life supporters in peaceful public witness as we stand for 60 minutes praying for our nation and for an end to abortion.
Pick up your sign at the corner of 16th and Broadway between 2:00 and 2:30 pm. Please park on 16th Street or Vermont. We ask that you position yourselves two arm’s lengths apart along the South Side of Broadway Between 14th and 18th Streets Do not stand in groups Bring a lawn chair only if unable to stand. This event is an opportunity to stand for life and is held in more than 1,400 cities in the United States. Please remember this is an hour of silent prayer.
For 35 years, pro-life Christians across the United States and Canada have publicly, prayerfully, and peacefully stood in prayer and repentance on behalf of legalized abortion each fall. From its small beginnings as a local witness in California, the Life Chain has spread to more than 1,000 locations all over North America. The first Sunday of each October is usually National Life Chain Sunday. We believe that it is time for the Church to fight for the unborn with spiritual weapons. The battle for life will not be won in the courtroom or the voting booth until it is first won in prayer. We call for pastors to lead the Church in repentance for our nation.
National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children
September 14, 2024 | 1:00 pm | K of C Grounds | 700 S 36th St
PLEASE join us for Quincy's first National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children memorial service.
On Saturday, September 14, pro-life Americans throughout the U.S. will gather at memorial sites dedicated in honor of aborted babies and at their gravesites, for the 12th annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.
Together, during the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children, let us remember the victims of abortion and pray for a final end to this injustice in our land.
Solemn vigils will be held in over 100 locations to commemorate the more than 65 million children who have lost their lives to legal abortion since 1973, and to remind our society of the humanity of the unborn child.
Please bring a lawn chair.
For more info call Jane - (217) 257-0533
Biking for Babies
July 12, 2024 | 5:00 pm | Blessed Sacrament Parish | 1119 South 7th
Biking for Babies is a pro-life organization of young adult missionary disciples who strive to raise awareness of the important work of Pregnancy Resource Centers. Each missionary partners with a PRC and commits to learning what they do in the community, praying they reach their mission, and raising funds for the center. After months of training, they offer a physical sacrifice for their center by riding on a six day journey of over a hundred miles a day across the country by bike.
Right to Life of Adams County and Blessed Sacrament Parish Respect Life for Parishioners are happy to join together to host the Biking for Babies team. We invite you to join us in welcoming them to Quincy on July 12th at the Blessed Sacrament Parish. There will be a get-together to meet the team and ask questions about their journey. Please plan to join us in sharing a light meal and listening to the riders' testimonials, followed by the celebration of Mass in the church.
Learn more about their mission by checking out their website at bikingforbabies.com or check them out on Facebook. Please make reservations to attend by calling/texting Vicki at 217-316-9936 or Jane at 217-257-0533. See you there!
Pennies (or More) for Life Campaign
Back in 2024
An annual fundraiser held in our churches to give everyone the opportunity to thank God for the gift of life. Everyone is asked to donate at least a penny for every year of his or her life. Due to the financial impact of Covid-19 Pennies for Life was not held in 2021.
Springfield March for Life
April 17, 2024 | Pickup at 9:00 am
Those of you who wish to attend the Springfeild March for Life Rally can join with us for a nominal fee. We will be chartering a bus again this year to take participants directly to the Capitol Building to march around with good pro-lifers from around the state. If you would like to join us, and for more information, please contact Lyn at (217) 653-0075.
Dogwood Parade
Saturday, May 4th | 9:20 AM | Near 30th & Maine
We need volunteers to walk with us and hand out candy to spectators again for this years annual parade. If unable to walk, there will be room to ride in the truck. Star Wars is the theme for this year so wear your best jedi cloak! This is a wonderful way to get our message out to the community and show our presence.
Please consider walking!
Questions? Please reach out to Jane at 217-257-0533 or email us at [email protected]
Annual Respect Life Poster/Essay Contest
Poster Contest for Grades 3-8
Essay Contest for Grades 7-8
The theme this year is “My Mom Chose Me.” Prizes will be awarded based on the best portrayal of the theme. The work must be that of the student. Students who reside in Adams County are invited to participate. Information packets will be provided to all the parochial schools, and any churches who request the information. Additional churches and teachers may request to receive a packet of information, and register to have their groups participate, by texting Jane Haas, 217-257-0533. Individual students, whose schools and churches do not participate, may choose to enter the contest on their own. Posters and essays will be picked up from the schools/churches on February 29. All individuals should submit their entries no later than February 29, following the directives below.
Respect Life Poster Contest Guidelines
Respect Life Essay Contest Guidelines
