March for Life 2009
The 37th Annual March for Life will be held on Friday, January 22, 2010 in Washington D.C. Since 1974, literally hundreds of thousands of people walk from the Mall to the Supreme Court building in a peaceful protest of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion.
The Diocese of Arlington is urging Catholics to prayerfully consider participating in the various March for LIfe events.
On January 21, 2010 at 7 pm. at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Annandale, youth groups from across the Arlington Diocese will meet for a "Life is Very Good" pro-life rally. Nationally known singer Steve Angrisano will be performing. contact Christine Najarian for more information.
The National Prayer Vigil Mass will be celebrated on January 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, will be the celebrant.
At 7:30 a.m. on January 22, March for LIfe, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services will celebrate Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to close the National Prayer Vigil.
Beginning at noon on January 22, pro-life speakers including pro-life legislators will rally the crowds at The Mall and 7th street. The theme for this year's March is "Sand Up Now--Unite for the Life Principles--No Exception! No Compromise!" The March for Life will then proceed along Constitution Avenue, up Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court, and to the Congress.
The events conclude with the Rose Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Ballroom at 7:00 p.m. Professor Robert George, co-author of the Manhattan Declaration and McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Founder and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, will be the keynote speaker. Ticket information is here.
While the pro-life movement is most associated with the issue of abortion, the March for Life principles illustrate that the movement seeks to protect the sanctity and dignity of all human life, not just the unborn.
- We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all human beings are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which is the right to life, and Therefore?
- The right to life of each human being shall be preserved and protected by every human being in the society and by the society as a whole, and??
- The life of each human being shall be preserved and protected from that human being's biological beginning when the Father's sperm fertilizes the Mother's ovum, and ??
- The life of each human being shall be preserved and protected from the biological beginning throughout the natural continuum of that human being's life by all available ordinary means and reasonable efforts, and??
- The life of each human being shall be preserved and protected at each stage of the life continuum to the same extent as at each and every other stage regardless of state of health or condition of dependency, and??
- The life of each human being shall be preserved and protected to the same extent as the life of each and every other human being regardless of state of health or condition of dependency, and
- When there is any doubt that there exists a human being's life to preserve and protect, such doubt shall be resolved In favor of the existence of a human being, and
- When two or more human beings are in a situation in which their lives are mutually endangered, all available ordinary means and reasonable efforts shall be used to preserve and protect the life of each and every human being so endangered:
- WHEREFORE, Pursuant To These Principles, we recommend and urge the adoption of a Mandatory HUMAN LIFE AMENDMENT to the Constitution of the United States of America.
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