Chicago pro-life group gears up for an annual “Empty Manger Caroling”

Christmastime, with its celebration of life and birth, is a special time for the pro-life movement. For the past 10 years, one group of pro-life activists have been bringing the life-affirming message of Christmas to the place where it might seem that message is least welcome – abortion clinics.

For their 10th annual “Empty Manger Caroling,” the Pro-Life Action League has scheduled Christmas caroling at nine different abortion facilities in the Chicago and Dupage County areas on Saturday, December 22, the Saturday before Christmas.

In past years, says the League, babies have been saved after women heard the Christmas carols.

“Each year, the League brings the light of Christmas to the darkness of the abortion facility by singing the songs of Christmas right outside their doors,” explains Matt Yonke of the League.

“In light of November’s elections it’s more important than ever that we be actively engaged in fighting abortion on the ground outside our nation’s abortion facilities,” he continued. “Sometimes that looks like protest, sometimes that looks like counseling, and sometimes it simply looks like bringing the light of Christ’s birth to the darkness of the abortion mill with peaceful Christmas singing.”
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Both Madison and Milwaukee also are doing this.  Via PLW:
Empty Manger Caroling

The purpose of this event is two-fold: to bring joy to a place of great sadness through the carols we sing and to point to the "empty mangers" in our day and age due to the destruction of abortion.

-Madison -Join PLW's affiliate, Vigil for Life for the third annual Empty Manger Caroling on Wednesday, December 19 at 5:00 p.m. on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood, 1306 Orin Road, Madison.

-Milwaukee - Pro-Life Wisconsin and 40 Days for Life of Milwaukee will be singing Christmas carols on Friday, Dec. 21 from 10:30 a.m. until noon, outside Affiliated Medical Services. Affiliated is located at 1428 N. Farwell Ave, Milwaukee.

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