Important Dates
March for Life 2008
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
March for Life 2008
location: Washington, DC
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Tuesday January 22, 2008
Join students from Jesuit High Schools, Colleges and Universities for a Mass at St. Aloysius' Church, at the intersection of North Capitol and I Streets at 9:00 a.m. Fr. Matt Monning, S.J., will preside. Box breakfast served after Mass.
Contact: Dr. William Blazek, S.J., at usjc@jesuit.org for more information.
Sponsored by the US Jesuit Conference
Jesuit Schools will rally on the Mall at the Southeast corner of 7th and Madison at 11:30 a.m. to join in the
March for Life on Tuesday January 22nd.
Other March for Life Events:
+ Sunday January 20: Students for Life of America Conference, Catholic University of America— check in begins at 8:00 a.m.
+ Evening: Luau for Life 6:30 p.m.—Georgetown University
+ Monday, January 21: Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, Georgetown University. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., Holy Hour from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. at Dahlgren Chapel. Keynote speakers include Eduardo Verastegui, lead actor of Bella.
+ Evening: Vigil Mass for Life, 7:00 p.m., National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
"It is our desire to offer a consistent message of respect for life, especially for unborn children. All of God's daughters and sons, particularly the most vulnerable and those yet to be born, must be treated with respect and protected by the laws of our nation."
-- Standing for the Unborn: A Statement of the Society of Jesus in the United States on Abortion