Local Pro-Life Events Surrounding March for Life

Herald Staff Report
(From the issue of 1/16/03)

Vigil Mass for Life will be celebrated by Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, chairman of the USCCB pro-life committee, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, upper church, 3211 Fourth St., N.E., Washington, at 8 p.m. For information call 202/541-3070.

Rosary for Life, led by the Mothers of Mary Sisters, will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, crypt church, 3211 Fourth St., N.E., Washington, at 10:30 p.m. For information call 202/541-3070.

Night Prayer, celebrated according to the Byzantine Church and led by Eparch Andrew Pataki, eparch of Passaic, will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, crypt church, 3211 Fourth St., N.E., Washington, at 11:30 p.m. For information call 202/541-3070.

JANUARY 21-22

Vigil Holy Hours led by Seminarians for Life International will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, crypt church, 3211 Fourth St., N.E., Washington, midnight-6:30 a.m. For information call 202/541-3070.

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Morning Prayer will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, crypt church, 3211 Fourth St., N.E., Washington, at 6:30 a.m. For information call 202/541-3070.

Mass for Life, with Bishop Sean O’Malley of Palm Beach, Fla., will be concelebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, upper church, 3211 Fourth St., N.E., Washington, at 7:30 a.m. For information call 202/541-3070.

Youth Rally and Mass with Fr. Stan Fortuna and Tony Melendez and Mass celebrated by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will be held at the D.C. Convention Center, 900 9th St., N.W., Washington, rally beginning at 9 a.m. and Mass at 10 a.m. for information call 301/347-3215.

Mass for Seminarians sponsored by the Respect Life Committee of St. Joseph Seminary, N.Y., will be celebrated by Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, chairman of the USCCB pro-life committee, at St. Patrick Church, 10th and G Streets, N.W., Washington, at 10:30 a.m. For information call 914/968-6200 ext. 8-8006.

March for Life, with rally beginning at noon on the grounds of the Washington Monument in Washington (across form the White house), followed by a march to Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court, will be held noon-4 p.m. For information call 202/LIFE-377.

JANUARY 25

St. Rita Respect Life Mass, followed by the rosary at the Duke Street abortion clinic, will be held at the church, 3815 Russell Rd., Alexandria, at 8 a.m. For information call 703/548-1784 or 703/836-1940.

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