St Gianna Culture of Life Relay
April 23, 2022
St Louis Life Runners are partnering with Post-Partum Support International (PSI) to present the St Gianna Culture of Life Relay on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Please join in bringing honor to this incredible Saint and pro-life witness as we Remember the Unborn through a Culture of Life and bringing awareness to the Post-Partum Depression that affects so many new mothers around the world! We want to walk hand-in-hand with pregnant and parenting moms to show love and support to protect and defend all life.
This event is planned as a prayer and a foot relay beginning at with 8 AM mass at the Cathedral Basilica in St Louis and will move in a loop with the baton handoff at seven different parishes in the St Louis area. Following mass we will have a blessing of the shoes before the first group of relay runners heads off for the Oratory of Sts. Gregory and Augustine. From there, the relay proceeds to Epiphany of Our Lord Parish on Smiley Avenue then continues on to St Raphael the Archangel in St Louis Hills, moving through Francis Park to St Gabriel the Archangel Parish. We move forward to the Church of the Magdalen in South St Louis and then to St Ambrose Parish on the Hill. Our Final relay leg will take us to Forest Park Avenue to Our Lady of Guadalupe Convent which is located directly across the street from Missouri's last abortion facility. The Foot relay is a 15.5 mile distance and will be run by members of the St Louis LIFE Runners Team. There is an opportunity for walkers and families to participate in the foot relay from St Raphael to St Gabriel parish as it is a one mile walk through beautiful Francis Park and is a very walker and stroller friendly area.
As LIFE Runners “run as a prayer” during the foot relay, we invite all Catholics and fellow pro-lifers to join us in prayer throughout the day, beginning with mass at the Cathedral. As the running relay progresses to each of the 7 parishes, we will be stopping to pray for the unborn and for mothers and families along the way. A schedule of approximate times that the relay will arrive at each location is posted below along with maps of the relay route and each running relay leg. There is also an opportunity to join us at the relay finish line to pray on the sidewalk outside the abortion facility and to join us at Our Lady of Guadalupe Convent for a reception. Light refreshments will be served.
Please contact [email protected] for more information on participating in this event.
Mothers in need of Postpartum Help - call PSI Helpline: 1-800-944-4PPD (4773)