International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking

Monday, February 8, 2021, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

February 8, the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, is an International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking. Saint Josephine Bakhita was canonized by Pope John Paul II October 1, 2002. At her Canonization Mass Pope John Paul II stated, “in St. Josephine Bakhita we find a shining advocate of genuine emancipation. The history of her life inspires not passive acceptance but the firm resolve to work effectively to free girls and women from oppression and violence, and to return them to their dignity in the full exercise of their rights” (St. Bakhita’s Canonization Mass, October 1, 2000).
Free Online Events
Prayer Service 9:15 am Central Time
Survivor Perspectives: Informing Our Work Against Human Trafficking 10:00 am Central Time
Mass for Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking 11:15 am Central Time
Register at: www.humantraffickingacademy.org/day-of-prayer