Youth Defending Youth – The Ottawa March for Life
Twenty-seven Sault Ste. Marie residents returned early this morning from Canada’s largest ever pro-life demonstration in Ottawa on Thursday. Nine of them were youth who have been associated with the local Catholic youth movement.
A charter bus was organized by Our Lady of Good Counsel parish. The Knights of Columbus, Superior Council 932 financed the transportation for the students who participated. Youth from Sault Ste. Marie, and St. Gerard Majella, have attended in other years. This has happened with the cooperation of various groups and individuals from Sault Pro-Life, Superior Council 932, and teachers from the Huron Superior Catholic District School Board.
The event calls for legislators and Canadians to put an end to abortion in Canada.
The participants heard speeches from MPs, women who have had abortions and Dr. Alvada King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Erin and Bridget Murphy of St. Gerard Magella parish, disembarked from a charter bus at 1:30 a.m. on Friday morning, with their seven friends.
“It was great to be there with my friends and so many other students from across Canada,” said the 15-year-old Murphy. “I have never been part of such a big event.” It was estimated that half of the 8,000 participants in Ottawa were under 25 years of age.
Some of Erin’s photos of the trip are attached to this posting. Comments follow. Maybe you can guess which comments belong to which photo!
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- They were impressed by the beauty of the Basilica. Fortunately they got a seat. Even the standing room was gone!
- An eerie silence descended on the large crowd as the March passed by the Ottawa abortion facility.
- The Sault Ste. Marie. MP and St. Gerard Majella parishioner, Tony Martin, meets participants on the Parliamentary grounds.
- The Sault bus posed for a photo.
- The Sault youth posed for a photo on the grounds too, and a random crowd of students they did not know decided to jump into the shot! The spirit of the rally was fun, friendly and spontaneous.
A link to a report on the rally: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08050803.html
