CALENDAR OF PRO-LIFE EVENTS IN CONNECTICUT 2025 - 2026

2025

September 19 (Friday)

Family Institute of CT – 17th Annual Standing in the Gap Fundraising Banquet

Aqua Turf, 556 Mulberry St., Plantsville, CT, 6 – 10 PM,

Keynote speaker – Most Reverend Frank Caggiano, Bishop of Bridgeport

Tickets - $110 – www.securetransfer.com/FIC/Banquet.cfm

September 24 (Wednesday)

40 Days for Life begins – Bridgeport/New Haven/Norwich/Stamford/Waterbury/West Hartford

(go to EVENTS page for more details)

October 4 (Saturday)

Dance for Life - fundraiser sponsored by Hartford for Life and St. Joseph Life League to benefit Two Hearts Pregnancy Center in Torrington. St. Joseph Church Franciscan Center Gym, 33 Oak St., Winsted, 7 PM – 10 PM, dance music from the 40’s to the present with DJ Jim, appetizers, dessert. Email hartfordforlife@gmail.com to reserve a table, or walk-ins pay by cash/check/credit card at the door: adults - $15, under 18 - $10, family max - $50. More info, call the parish at 860-379-3369

October 11 (Saturday)

CT Right to Life Education Alliance Annual Conference – Registration 8:45 to 9:30 AM, Conference: 9:30 AM – 3 PM St. Patrick’s Church Hall, 50 Charles Street, Waterbury. Featured speakers – Hugh Brown, Exec. VP American Life League; Alex Schadenberg, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition; John Lynch, Carolyn’s Place Pregnancy Care Center; Elizabeth Grayson, Rays of Light Fertility Care Services; and Jessica Power, New England Coordinator, Students for Life of America, register by October 7th online at www.ctrleducationalliance.org/events

October 20 (Monday)

Early voting begins in Connecticut

October 24-25 (Friday/Saturday)

Vita et Veritas ("Life and Truth”) Annual Conference at Yale University – sponsored by CLAY (Choose Life at Yale) – theme: Pro-Life, Pro- Woman – Speakers: Serrin Foster, President, Feminists for Life of America; Steven Aden, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Americans United for Life; Dr. John Bruchalski, former abortionist/founder of Tepeyac Family Center; Ramona Trevino, former Planned Parenthood employee, outreach director for 40 Days for Life; Leah Libresco Sargeant, author of The Dignity of Dependance; Jillian Tymoszczuk, program manager of ProLove Ministries; Lauren Pope, Executive Director, Rehumanize International - register by Oct. 10 at www.vitaetveritas.com

November 2 (Sunday)

40 Days for Life ends – Bridgeport/New Haven/Norwich/Stamford/Waterbury/West Hartford

November 2 (Sunday)

Carolyn’s Place Pregnancy Care Center – 33rd Anniversary Dinner - 3:30 –7:30 PM, La Bella Vista, Waterbury, www.carolynsplace.org

November 4 (Tuesday)

Election Day – VOTE!

2026

January 23 (Friday)

March for Life, Washington, D.C.

February 4 (Wednesday)

2026 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly begins

March TBA

Connecticut March for Life, Hartford

May 6 (Wednesday)

2026 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly ends