Join the World AIDS Day Prayer Vigil, Dec. 1

Sign up below for a one-hour time slot during the 24-hour vigil for World AIDS Day.

World AIDS Day is held on December 1 each year. It is an opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have died, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention service. The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is “Take the rights path.” As UNAIDS explains, “With human rights at the center, with communities in the lead, the world can end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.”

Maryknoll missioners around the world participate in HIV AIDS ministry.

  • Read Maryknoll Sister Connie Krautkremer’s recent scripture reflection on her ministry to those with HIV AIDS in Tanzania.
  • Pray with and share the Maryknoll AIDS Task Force prayer.
  • Sign up for an hour-long slot for the 24-hour prayer vigil for those living with HIV and AIDS and for those whose lives were cut short due to HIV or AIDS. The vigil will begin at 12am ET on Sunday, December 1.

Photo of Maryknoll Sister Connie Krautkremer with women from her HIV AIDS ministry in Tanzania.

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Prayer Vigil Schedule

12am

NameCityCountryComment
Susan NageleUrbanaUnited StatesPraying for Josephine who almost died of AIDS at age 17 in Kenya and for her three teenage children children who are all HIV negative.
Ellen NashJersey CityUnited StatesI will pray for my 2 brothers John and Bill and all those who have and are suffering from Aids.
Pat NorbertoShrub Oak, NYUnited States

1am

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AnonymousHighland, NY

2am

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Nina UnderwoodSomerville, MAUSAUnited in prayer & Action

5am

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AnonymousWashingtonUnited States of America
AnonymousSomervilleUSAThank you for organizing this prayer

6am

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Rick Bauer, MMWashington DCUnited StatesWe pray for all of those living with HIV, health workers around the world, and the scientists and researchers who work for a cure and a vaccine.
Martin ZatsickPittsburghUnited States

7am

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Rosemary EverettCampbellUnited StatesI will pray for all who have died of. Aids and those suffering from it now.
Deborah KairHartsdaleUnited States
Dee SmithPajapitaGuatemalaI will be praying here in our HIV hospice facilita for all our desease residentes and their loved ones

8am

NameCityCountryComment
AnonymousPortageUnited States
Ruth MaierRochester NYUnited States
Suzanne MooreMaryknollUSAFor colleagues suffering

9am

NameCityCountryComment
Dietgard HunsleyEugene, ORUSA
Val KellerWashingtonUnited StatesPrayers for those who have died, their families and friends, those diagnosed, caregivers and the world wide medical and research teams working toward eradicating this disease.
Veronica SchweyenCroton on HudsonUnited StatesI support the vigil!

10am

NameCityCountryComment
Dominica Lo BiancoAstonUSAI am happy to join in Round the Clock prayer for Aids victims. Thanks.
Sr. Marie LuceyGreenbeltUnited StatesI will pray the Maryknoll prayer. Thank you.
Susan NageleUrbanaUnited StatesIn memory of nurse Onesimu Juma Taban who died in Sudan March 1995 and for the children we treated who continue to live with the disease.
Jessica SunJersey CityUnited States

11am

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Ed DugrenierWynantskillUnited States
Veronica SchweyenCroton on hudsonUSA
John SivalonScrantonUSA

12pm

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Therese MierswaRidgewoodUSA
Maria OrlandiniWashingtonUnited States

1pm

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Ramona OppenheimOssiningUSA
Sr. Lucille SouzaNEW YORKUnited States

2pm

NameCityCountryComment
Aline AntilManchester, NHUnited StatesThank You for taking this initiative !
David ButelKansas CityUnited States
AnonymousAKRONUnited States
AnonymousAkron, OHUnited States
Ellen McDonaldMaryknollUSAThank you for organizing this prayer chain!
Josie PJersey CityUnited States
Cathy RowanBronx

3pm

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Patricia OettingBarefoot Bay, FloridaUSAI have been a nurse since 1963, working 17 years in the Emergency Room. Needless to say I was taking care of patients with AIDS a while before we even had an idea of what it was, how it was spread, etc. Yes, it was scary. Many people were afraid that I would bring an illness to them, so I had to often just be a bit quiet about the whole medical condition. Even some staff were afraid. It was so sad. I made good friends with the ones who had the symptoms and word spread that they should ask for Patricia to take care of them, and they would not mind waiting. It was a special time for sure. Some years later I had moved and actually worked on a unit at a hospital were we called it ISU: the Immuno-suppressed unit. We knew what AIDS was and in those eight bed unit, families, friends, etc, got to share fears etc with each other. So it was a “good way of helping and teaching. I felt honored that they trusted me and could ask me anything. And they knew I cared and prayed for them…I am blessed. Patricia
John SivalonClarks Summitusa

4pm

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Joneen KeulerMilwaukeeUnited States
Ted MilesBaltimoreUnited StatesI pray for all those who have been directly affected by HIV and AIDS, especially those who have passed on, those who have lost loved ones, and those currently living with HIV. May our prayers and activism lead to increased research, increased access to healthcare, an end to stigmas and increased compassion and care toward those living with HIV or AIDS, and a deeper appreciation for all who have helped achieve the victories won.

6pm

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Charlotte CookSilver SpringUnited States

7pm

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AnonymousSilver SpringUSA

8pm

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Susana NchubiriMaryknoll

9pm

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AnonymousBrooklynUSA

10pm

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AnonymousNew YorkUS

11pm

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AnonymousHighlandUS