Dear Editor: Great photos and coverage in The Tablet of the March for Life in Washington, D.C., and Pro Vita Mass celebrated by Bishop DiMarzio. Wonderful news, too, that DeSales Media sponsored 10 busses to the March! The Diocese of Brooklyn is on the move – just wonderful. Also, St. John’s University’s Campus Ministry had […]
March for Life
Young People Provide Base of Life Movement
In Washington last week, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo scanned the crowd and said, “It’s really a beautiful sight, to look out and see so many young people saying ‘yes’ to life. How beautiful it is!”
March 4 Life
The youth of the Diocese of Brooklyn were well represented at the March for Life 2015 in Washington, D.C. Teens from throughout Brooklyn and Queens boarded buses at the crack of dawn to show the nation that they love all of life, including God’s children who live in the womb of their mothers. Above, the […]
Over 500 From Diocese at Life March
At the 42nd annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, more than 500 pro-lifers from the Brooklyn Diocese showed their support for all human life and called for an end to abortion. Hundreds of thousands, mostly teenagers and young adults, joined in peaceful protest against the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade […]
Everyone Must Help Create Culture of Life
“I can’t not march. I march for women who have made that wrong decision and suffered greatly; most of all I march for the unborn,” said Jeanne Monahan-Mancini, March for Life president.
‘We shall overcome’ in fight against abortion, says Cardinal O’Malley
Evoking a phrase long associated with the civil rights movement, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston told a crowd of more than 11,000 in Washington that “we shall overcome” in the fight against abortion.
A Comprehensive Pro-Life Agenda
Each year, the Pro-Life movement has united at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. This year, it will be held on Thursday, Jan. 22. This event provides an opportunity for us to gather in our Nation’s capital and march down Constitution Avenue, ending at the Supreme Court, where the decision to make abortion legal in the United States has set a destructive path and human life has been reduced to a choice. It is unfortunate that there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the beginning of human life, its innate dignity and the possibility of terminating life.
March for Life – Neither Snow Nor Frigid Temperatures Could Chill Pro-Lifers’ Enthusiasm
by Carol Zimmermann and Katie Talalas WASHINGTON (CNS) – The polar vortex couldn’t chill the ardor of thousands of participants who demonstrated their determination to continue speaking out against abortion at the annual March for Life and rally Jan. 22 in Washington, D.C. Temperatures went briefly into double digits but hovered around 8 degrees. At […]
Transportation to the March for Life
Bus transportation will be available from various points around the diocese to Washington, D.C., for the national March for Life next Wednesday, Jan. 22. Buses are leaving from the following sites. Call to reserve your seat in advance. B.V.M. Help of Christians (St. Mary’s Winfield), Woodside — Bus leaves after 5:30 a.m. Mass. Call Kevin and […]
Still Marching for Life After 40 Years (with video and slideshow)
For 40 years, the cries of unborn children lost to abortion have been heard at the annual March for Life held in Washington, D.C. At this year’s march on Jan. 25, an estimated 500,000 anti-abortion advocates – the largest crowd in march history – traversed up Constitution Ave. through the snow to the Supreme Court. […]