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Tag Archives: March for Life
VIDEO contrasts participants in March for Life and Women’s March
LifeSite posted this fascinating, predictable, video. But an image is worth a thousand words. Listening to the view of the other side in this video is like witnessing the autopsy of long dead cadaver in really bad shape. You can … Continue reading
450K-500K estimated at 2020 March For Life
A contact Trump 2020 campaign says that the Park Service estimated 450000 – 500000 people participated in the March For Life yesterday. I supposed that number does not the unborn. It was huge, as large a crowd as I have … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Fr. Z KUDOS, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Donald Trump, March for Life
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Washington DC DAYS 2-3: Motus and POTUS
UPDATE: Since I am behind in mail, I want to thank those of you who sent donations to help pay for my trip to DC for the March. Thanks a million. As always, I consider it an honor and duty … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged cheese, March for Life
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My View For Awhile: To Washington DC, NON-Impeachment Edition
Pres. Trump declared that 22 January is National Sanctity of Human Life Day. CNA HERE Of course today is the anniversary of the 1973 SCOTUS decision Roe V Wade. I am on my way to Washington DC today, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged March for Life
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2020 March for Life Friday 24 January & West Coast Walk for Life Saturday 25 January
UPDATE: TLM’s in the area for the March For Life – at St Mary Mother of God in DC (Old St. Mary): Thursday January 23: Mass 5pm – Msgr. Smith, Archd. Washington Adoration and Prayer Vigil – 6pm – Legionaries … Continue reading
@DanHoranOFM -The Horan of Babylon – calls #MarchForLife “repulsive and futile”
Breitbart has a piece which shows the fruits of decades of slack theological training and compromised religious formation. An LBGT promoting Franciscan, who teaches heaven knows what in the theological Babylon called Chicago Theological Union, has called the March For … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals
Tagged CTU, Daniel P. Horan OFM, March for Life
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ACTION ITEM! For the Covington men at a crucial turn in their young lives!
Since I have been in Tokyo, I haven’t been tracking the US news very much. I’ve only slightly followed the disgusting Covington Matter. This morning I caught up. I learned that Bp. Foys addressed the school, but parents weren’t allowed … Continue reading
#March4Life numbers and Pres. Trump’s words
LifeSite has posted the text of Pres. Trump’s address to the March for Life. Highlights… […] The March for Life is a movement born out of love: you love your families; you love your neighbors; you love our nation; and … Continue reading
DC March for Life 2018 – DAY 2: Forward MARCH!
Today before the rally on the mall we grabbed some sandwiches at a nearby cafe and headed out. Perfect weather. We parked ourselves near the speakers stand, but also near to a flag from my native place. It was great … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged March for Life
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DC March for Life 2018 – DAY 1: Paintings and plots
It is a whirlwind jump to DC, but one of my main reasons for coming this year was also to see the exhibition of Vermeer and other Dutch genre painters at the National Gallery. It did not disappoint. His … Continue reading
My View For Awhile: March For Life 2018 Edition
I’m off to the nation’s capital, where at least one good thing will be accomplished on Friday: the 2018 March For Life. Among other events, I will probably attend the TLM at St. Mary’s and the customary meet up afterward … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Delta, March for Life
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2018 #MarchForLife – Annual TLM – “Nellie Gray Mass”
If you are going to be in the Washington DC area at the time of the March for Life, remember that there is an annual TLM at Old St. Mary’s. Saint Mary Mother of God Catholic Church Washington, DC Friday … Continue reading
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2018 March For Life – Plenary Indulgence
CNA reports that those who participate in the March For Life in Washington DC can gain a plenary indulgence. Participating in the March for Life? There’s an indulgence for that. Washington D.C., Jan 7, 2018 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- … Continue reading
Peters on Allen on Francis’s silence on abortion, etc.
You heard, I’me sure, about the huge lay-run “Family Day” event in Rome that drew vast crowds from all over the peninsula to the City. Pope Francis and the Italian bishops were un-involved and even silent about this big and important manifestation … Continue reading
250 kneeling students sing Gregorian chant for ‘ad orientem’ Mass in motel bar
By now we have all heard about the March For Life pilgrims in the snow, the buses in the snow, the Masses in the snow, etc. Here is an interesting article at Catholic Pop: Stranded Pro-Life Group Holds Sung Ad Orientem … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Gregorian chant, March for Life, St. John Cantius
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Tales from a snow-stuck pilgrim bus: “Here in this place new snow is falling…”
I received an amusing note (and various SMS) from a friend in KC whose daughter is stuck on a bus in the snow after the March for Life. A priest on the bus said Mass. Here is a photo… grainy … Continue reading
WASH DC – DAY 1: March and Pontifical Mass
It was a beautiful day in the nations capital. It couldn’t have been better for the March. After the March today we had a wonderful Pontifical Mass at the faldstool with Bp. Paprocki. I don’t have photos yet, but I … Continue reading
My View For Awhile: Yeah… I know….
I know, I know. If it weren’t for the fact that the great people at Paulus institute organized the Pontifical Mass tomorrow (I’m on the crew), and if it weren’t such a good cause, I’d be back at the Steam … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged March for Life
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“In the last 35 years, those lives destroyed could have included…”
From Fr. George Rutler’s “pastor’s page” for 11 January. There was a theologian who, when discouraged, would keep repeating to himself, “I have been baptized.” Since the Prince of Lies has discouragement as his chief strategy and purpose, the Rite … Continue reading
22 Jan: Pontifical Mass (TLM) after March for Life!
On Thursday, 22 January in Washington DC, at 4:00 PM, after the March For Life, there will be a Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool celebrated by His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois. Mass is … Continue reading
