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The
History of HLI Conferences and Pilgrimages
Human
Life International is the pioneer of the pro-life conference. Indeed
it was Rev. Paul Marx, O.S.B., who began to educate people from
all over the world on the life issues as early as the 1970s at the
Human Life Center he set up in Collegeville, Minnesota, which was
the precursor of Human Life International. Since HLI's founding
in 1981, Fr. Marx has taken the "Gospel of Life" to the
nations not only through his extraordinary pro-life missionary trips
to 91 countries of the world, but also through his national and
international conferences. Since HLI has always emphasized the necessity
of prayer in pro-life work, HLI has conducted many pilgrimages to
different holy places in the world to make intercession for abortionists
and to encourage the valiant pro-lifers who work with us and support
us.
This
section of the website documents the many conferences, pilgrimages
and events of every sort that have been conducted by HLI and its
branches over the past 20+ years. The vast array of conference formats
is evident when one browses through the list, and this is a tribute
to genius of Fr. Marx and to the dynamism of HLI's educational outreach
to all. To the extent that we were able, we have documented all
of the conferences, places and speakers so that anyone who might
have ever attended an HLI conference in the past, from the huge
World Conferences to the humble training seminars, might be able
to look over these lists and see where and when they received the
message of life from the faithful ministry of HLI. Even those who
never attended an HLI conference will be able to appreciate the
scope of our ministry to the nations through these conferences.
While
the days of the large HLI World Conferences seem to be at an end,
HLI conferences still continue in other parts of the world. HLI
sponsors or participates in pro-life conferences on all five continents
every year and will continue to do so as part of its mission to
bring the "Gospel of Life" to the nations. We ask for
your prayers for all of our valiant HLI leaders who are doing their
best to instill in their societies the ethic of the sanctity of
human life through the educational outreach of HLI.
We
invite all who review these lists to notify us of any errors in
these lists or give us feedback if they know of any information
that should be added to them. Corrections, additions or comments
can be sent via webmaster@hli.org
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