{"id":1535,"date":"2012-11-06T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/catholics-across-nation-hold-election-day-prayer-events\/"},"modified":"2012-11-06T20:26:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T20:26:00","slug":"catholics-across-nation-hold-election-day-prayer-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/11\/catholics-across-nation-hold-election-day-prayer-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholics across nation hold Election Day prayer events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Washington D.C., Nov 6, 2012 \/ 01:26 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Throughout the United States, Catholics are gathering in prayer on Nov. 6 to ask for God\u2019s blessing upon the country and its citizens as they cast their ballots.<\/p>\n

\tIn response to popular request, Ave Maria University in southwest Florida will be hosting 24-hour adoration for both students and members of the local community on Election Day.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe\u2019re expecting a full house,\u201d said Father Robert McTeigue, S.J., director of campus ministry, adding that the students have a clear understanding of what is at stake in this election.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThey\u2019re very much involved,\u201d he told CNA. Members of the community gathered for a holy hour on the evening of Nov. 5, followed by 24 hours of adoration, along with benediction and the recitation of the Rosary.<\/p>\n

\tNov. 6 marks the end of a heated presidential race that polls indicate will come down to the wire. In many dioceses \u2013 including those in key battleground states \u2013 parishes, college communities and individuals have rallied together to pray for the nation\u2019s future as the next leaders of the country are chosen.<\/p>\n

\tA special election day of adoration is being held at Blessed Sacrament parish in Arlington, Va., while St. Mary's Visitation parish in Milwaukee, Wis., held a Holy Hour for the Nation on the night before the election, asking for God's blessing on the country in an evening of prayer, Eucharistic adoration and Benediction.<\/p>\n

\tIn the Archdiocese of Denver, the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception will offer Eucharistic Adoration on both the morning and the evening of Election Day.<\/p>\n

\tAt Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, a nine-day novena prayer released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been prayed before all daily and Sunday Masses leading up to the election, said Tom Sofio, who handles public relations for the university.<\/p>\n

\tThe university\u2019s Students for Life group has also held a 54-day Rosary novena leading up to Election Day, gathering to pray every evening at the outdoor Marian grotto on campus.<\/p>\n

\tGraduate student Rob Fernandez has also worked to start a prayer initiative among the university community by calling for fasting and prayer each Tuesday from Sept. 4 through Nov. 6. The nine-week event drew more than 400 participants on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\tIn Maryland, which is one of four states where voters will be faced with ballot measures on \u201cgay marriage,\u201d Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore has been stressing the importance of voting with a well-formed Catholic conscience, according to an archdiocesan spokesman.<\/p>\n

\tThe archbishop is also calling on Catholics to attend Mass on Nov. 6 and to pray for the outcome of the election.<\/p>\n

\tDiane Hoefling, who lives in Charlotte, N.C., has worked to help circulate a Three Day Fast and Election Prayer that is being passed around numerous states nationwide.<\/p>\n

\tHoefling explained that for many of those who have worked to fight for life, marriage and religious freedom, \u201cwe are at a point where we can only pray.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe know that this election is in God's Hands and we pray His Will be done,\u201d she told CNA. \u201cThere is a calming peace with that knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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