Local teens attend DC Pro-life March

Teen Pulse, Immac­u­late Con­cep­tion Church’s high school youth group, recently trav­eled to Wash­ing­ton D.C. to par­tic­i­pate in the annual March for Life.

Hun­dreds of thou­sands of peo­ple gath­ered on Jan. 23 to march to the Cap­i­tal and Supreme Court build­ings in protest of the Roe vs. Wade deci­sion that legal­ized abor­tion, accord­ing to a press release.

The teens set out Sat­ur­day for a week­end full of sight­see­ing. One of their first stops was tour­ing the Basil­ica of the National Shrine of the Immac­u­late Con­cep­tion, the largest Roman Catholic Church North America.

The next visit was Union Sta­tion. Then Belle­vue group then trav­eled to view the Lin­coln, Viet­nam, Korean, Mar­tin Luther King Jr. and Thomas Jef­fer­son memorials.

The week­end also included vis­it­ing Arling­ton Ceme­tery. While at the ceme­tery, high­lights were Pres­i­dent John F. Kennedy’s gravesite, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

After the ceme­tery, the group headed to the National Archives, which houses the orig­i­nal Dec­la­ra­tion of Inde­pen­dence, the Con­sti­tu­tion, and the Bill of Rights. The teens also vis­ited the Smith­son­ian and the Museum of Nat­ural History.

On Sun­day, nearly 5,000 peo­ple gath­ered for Mass and a Josh Blakesly con­cert. Chris Ste­fan­ick was the keynote speaker for the evening.

Mon­day included another Mass and Rally at the DC Armory and Ver­i­zon Cen­ter. Both events were being simul­ta­ne­ously broad­casted. The two ral­lies included 28,000 young peo­ple, accord­ing to the release. Ike Ndolo and Joia Farmer were the musi­cians. Mass at the DC Armory was cel­e­brated by His Emi­nence Daniel Car­di­nal DiNardo. The homily, by Fr. Greg Shaf­fer – chap­lain at George Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­sity in Wash­ing­ton, D.C. – told the young peo­ple gath­ered that they should not be afraid to be Catholic, and have the courage to be chaste and pro-life, accord­ing to the press release.

A mes­sage was read by Pope Bene­dict XVI ‚which stated his grate­ful­ness to all those who take part in the out­stand­ing annual wit­ness to the Gospel of Life. After the rally, the March began.

After the March, the Belle­vue group vis­ited Ohio Con­gress­man Bob Latta’s office. An expla­na­tion of pro-life leg­is­la­tion, which was co-sponsored by Latta, was discussed.

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