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EWTN 2022 March for Life Programming and Re-airings

Posted on January 15, 2022 in: News, ProLife

EWTN 2022 March for Life Programming and Re-airings

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Link to March for Life Information, including schedule and speaker lineup

Schedule & Re-airings:

OPENING MASS OF THE NATIONAL PRAYER VIGIL

This Solemn Opening Mass marks the beginning of the all-night National Prayer Vigil, an outpouring of prayer and support for the unborn held every year on the eve of the annual March For Life.

January 20th @ 5:30 pm ET

CLOSING MASS OF THE NATIONAL PRAYER VIGIL FOR LIFE

Live from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

January 21st @ 8:00am ET

Re-air, January 21st @ 6:30 pm ET

MARCH FOR LIFE

Complete coverage of the 2022 pro-life event of the year, Live from Washington, D.C.

January 21st @ 9:30 am ET

Re-air, January 21st @ 10:00 pm ET

Re-air, January 23rd @ 11:00 am ET

WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST

Live coverage from the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, CA

January 22nd @ 2:30 pm ET

Re-air, January 23rd @ 1:00 am ET

ONE LIFE LA

One Life LA from Los Angeles, CA

January 22nd @ 5:00 pm ET

PRO-LIFE MASS FROM LOS ANGELES

Requiem Mass for the Unborn

January 22nd @ 8:00 pm ET

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