Will be held at Holy Spirit Center

ARCHDIOCESE — The international pro-life organization, Human Life International, will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a gala event to be held at the Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center in Norwood Nov. 3.

Featured special guest for the gala include Father Mitch Pacwa, of Ignatius Productions and the Eternal Word Television Network. Entertainment will be provided by the classical singer Jessica Swink. Cocktails will be served at 6 p.m. and dinner begins at 7 p.m.

Human Life International, an organization that proclaims itself Pro-life Missionaries to the World, has been promoting and defending the sanctity of life and family around the world according to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church through prayer, service and education for 35 years.

Father Thomas J. Euteneuer became president of Human Life International in December 2000. Human Life International is the world’s largest pro-life organization with affiliate offices and associates in 80 countries around the world. In six years of service to this unique mission, Father Euteneuer has traveled more than 700,000 miles as a pro-life missionary and visited more than 50 countries. Father Euteneuer will be one of the keynote speakers at the event.

With 99 satellite offices in 80 countries, Human Life International is the largest international, pro-life, pro-family, pro-woman organization in the world.

Since its founding in 1981 by Benedictine Father Paul Marx, HLI has sponsored more than 70 international conferences and more than 50 conferences in the United States.

Cost for the gala is $75 per person, and reservations can be made online at the organization’s website: www.hli.org, or call 800-549-LIFE.