Tales From The March for Life Frontlines - Pt.1
Yesterday, to the chagrin of the Pro-aborts*, the DBQ TH had 2 articles by students who went to this year's March for Life. This is the 1st article by Dietz Meyer.
Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011
We left on Saturday evening from Theisen's parking lot with 365 people from the tri-state area traveling on seven buses. I was traveling in a caravan with two buses, a mixture of people ages 8 to 76, including two seminarians, a large group of eighth-graders from Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School, elementary students, high school students, retired persons, farmers, married couples, parents and chaperones.
The bus ride took 20 hours to arrive in D.C. It was exhausting but pretty fun.
The highlight for today was attending the opening Mass for the National Prayer Vigil for Life. The Mass was at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a very large and ornate church in D.C. Thousands of Catholics and others from a wide array of faiths attended this Mass -- roughly 10,000 people.
The 2 1/2-hour liturgy began with an impressive procession of more than 1,000 clergy including bishops, cardinals, priests, seminarians, deacons and sisters from all throughout the United States and around the world.
It took 41 minutes for all the clergy to process into the front of the church. The church was filled beyond capacity, and my group found a seat on the floor in a side chapel. The room was filled with many young people who appeared to be college students. There were backpacks everywhere. We sat next to about 25 students from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in full dress uniform.
I saw several women wearing black or white lace veils over their heads. The crowd was very diverse, but there seemed to be a large amount of young people. In fact, the presiding priest, at one point, stopped his homily and made note of how impressed he was at the large number of young people. He thanked them, and received a long round of applause.
The Mass was long but very interesting. At times the Mass was spoken in different languages, including English, Latin, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Swahili. People traveled from all over the country to attend this Mass, many driving through the night and going on very little sleep.
Many were planning on sleeping on the basement floor of the Basilica tonight in preparation for Monday's March for Life in downtown D.C. Iowans stand out in the crowd, as most wear red throughout their pilgrimage. The eighth-graders from Mazzuchelli and all the youth from the tri-state area are wearing purple rubber wristbands that say "Abolish Abortion."
It has been a very long day, and I am looking forward to our day tomorrow, which will include the March For Life, the National Pro-Life Youth Rally and a night tour of the monuments in D.C.
Meyer, 13, is an eighth-grader at Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School.
We left on Saturday evening from Theisen's parking lot with 365 people from the tri-state area traveling on seven buses. I was traveling in a caravan with two buses, a mixture of people ages 8 to 76, including two seminarians, a large group of eighth-graders from Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School, elementary students, high school students, retired persons, farmers, married couples, parents and chaperones.The bus ride took 20 hours to arrive in D.C. It was exhausting but pretty fun.
The highlight for today was attending the opening Mass for the National Prayer Vigil for Life. The Mass was at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a very large and ornate church in D.C. Thousands of Catholics and others from a wide array of faiths attended this Mass -- roughly 10,000 people.
The 2 1/2-hour liturgy began with an impressive procession of more than 1,000 clergy including bishops, cardinals, priests, seminarians, deacons and sisters from all throughout the United States and around the world.
It took 41 minutes for all the clergy to process into the front of the church. The church was filled beyond capacity, and my group found a seat on the floor in a side chapel. The room was filled with many young people who appeared to be college students. There were backpacks everywhere. We sat next to about 25 students from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in full dress uniform.
I saw several women wearing black or white lace veils over their heads. The crowd was very diverse, but there seemed to be a large amount of young people. In fact, the presiding priest, at one point, stopped his homily and made note of how impressed he was at the large number of young people. He thanked them, and received a long round of applause.
The Mass was long but very interesting. At times the Mass was spoken in different languages, including English, Latin, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Swahili. People traveled from all over the country to attend this Mass, many driving through the night and going on very little sleep.
Many were planning on sleeping on the basement floor of the Basilica tonight in preparation for Monday's March for Life in downtown D.C. Iowans stand out in the crowd, as most wear red throughout their pilgrimage. The eighth-graders from Mazzuchelli and all the youth from the tri-state area are wearing purple rubber wristbands that say "Abolish Abortion."
It has been a very long day, and I am looking forward to our day tomorrow, which will include the March For Life, the National Pro-Life Youth Rally and a night tour of the monuments in D.C.
Meyer, 13, is an eighth-grader at Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School.
* In my 1 post on Blog for Choice day mentioned the other day how I saw vitriol dripping from the pro-aborts comments. Some of the local pro-aborts are on the same page. Their reaction seems to be almost visceral (see definitions 2 & 3). It is like they are on autopilot & will attack no matter what. & never mind the truth. & their hatred shines through.
1 of the pro-aborts had this to say about Meyers piece: ""Another piece of propoganda from the DCRL newlsetter posing as a newspaper. Nice." "DCRL newsletter" is the pro-abort commentators sarcastic nickname for the TH this week because it has had some Pro-life articles. They claim that Planned Parenthood should be getting equal attention despite the fact there was a PP story Saturday & a letter attacking the DBQ pro-lifers. The truth is that they are upset because Right to Life is getting any attention. & their automatic reaction is to attack, put down & spread lies. & to try & stop us from getting any coverage by trying to intimidate the messenger. Never mind that, even locally, the media has been more in their corner, the pro-aborts don't want anyone to even get a glimpse of our side or the truth.
I am sure that the fact that this article was written from the heart of a 13 year old, that is is very positively Catholic, & by the mention of the various languages used to represent those in attendance, anything but a bunch of whites, didn't help the pro-aborts reaction. Esp since the various minority groups reminds people that abortion is disproportionally aimed at minorities & that the real racists are the pro-aborts.
posted by Al @ 12:02 AM
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