If It Works to Close Abortion Clinics, Why Not to Convert Obama?

On Sunday, Palm Sunday, 400 students, faculty and others participated in a prayer rally at the University of Notre Dame to end the scandal of honoring President Obama at commencement. The University of Notre Dame student-formed coalition, Notre Dame Response, planned the first public demonstration in front of the famous “golden dome” Main Building on campus. Events in the prayer rally included an invocation, speeches, a Rosary, and a procession with flowers to the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Attorney Harold Cassidy was the rally's keynote speaker. He addressed the importance of the pro-life movement. Notre Dame philosophy professor Alfred Freddoso also spoke at the prayer rally. He outlined Obama's staunchly anti-life record. Calling to mind the example of suffering set by Our Lady of Sorrows & the founder of Notre Dame, Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C., Freddoso concluded his speech with “May these examples inspire us all to re-dedicate ourselves to the proposition that Catholic universities have the most to offer our culture when they are not afraid to be distinctive, when they do not accept the facile assumption that intellectual excellence and fidelity to Christ need to be balanced off against one another, when they do not value worldly glory and prestige more than the truth that sets us free.”(The full text of Professor Freddoso’s speech is here.)

It was announced at the rally that ND Response is leading a 40-day Rosary campaign for “the conversion of President Obama’s heart,” beginning this Wednesday, April 8, exactly 40 days before commencement. The students aim to have one million Rosaries prayed before then.

Check out the ND Response website for more.

Sources: Students Rally in Prayer to End Notre Dame Scandal on Palm Sunday

Hundreds of Students Rally in Prayer to End Notre Dame Obama Scandal on Palm Sunday