The 45th Annual “MARCH FOR LIFE” will be held on Friday, JANUARY 19, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Every year this National Event draws more than 100,000 people from across the nation. The theme for the 2018 “March” is :“Love Saves Lives”.
The bus sponsored by the New Castle Chapter of People Concerned for the Unborn Child will depart from Lawrence Village Plaza/K-Mart, 2650 Ellwood Rd.,on Friday, January 19 at 4:45AM and will Return between 12:01-1:00AM Saturday. For Reservations, call Joanne Mellott (724-667-9510) or e-mail her at mellotts111@hotmail.com The bus fee for adults is $40.00 and for students is $25.00.
Below are quotes from the March for Life Website:
Vision: A world where every human life is valued and protected.
Mission: The mission of the March for Life is to provide all Americans with a place to testify to the beauty of life and the dignity of each human person. Both in January, on the anniversary of legalized abortion in the US, and throughout the year we bring together pro-life leaders and groups to organize, unite and strategize around a common message, and to communicate this message to the government, the media and the nation in a way that is powerful and life affirming.
History: January 22, 1973 is ingrained in the minds of pro-lifers because on that infamous historic day the Supreme Court invalidated 50 state laws and made abortion legal and available on demand throughout the United States in the now-infamous decisions in Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton.
original march for life with NellieThe March for Life in Washington, D.C., began as a small demonstration and rapidly grew to be the largest pro-life event in the world. The peaceful demonstration that has followed on this somber anniversary every year since 1973 is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, legalized abortion on demand.
At the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, we mourned the death in 2012 of Nellie Gray, the founder of the March for Life and the “Joan of Arc” of the pro-life movement. In October 1973, months after the Roe and Doe decisions, a group of thirty pro-life leaders gathered in Nellie’s home in Washington, D.C. to discuss how to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Roe. There was a fear that January 22 would pass as any other day rather than allow for a moment to reflect upon how legalized abortion had hurt women and taken babies’ lives over the course of the year. That was the day that plans for the first March for Life began.
SECOND EVENT:
ABOVE: At every “Light A Candle for Life” there is a group of students who sing “I’m Glad that God Made Me”, by local composer Reatha Gibbs. Reatha is the secretary at Prevailing Word World Outreach Center. That’s her on the right. She attends every pro-life event and is always among the last to leave because she wants to help with the final details, like helping us load our cars. Reatha is a kind, thoughtful and very smart woman with many talents, including a high expertise with a computer!
The 32nd annual “LIGHT A CANDLE FOR LIFE” Prayer Vigil of the New Castle Chapter of People Concerned for the Unborn Child, will be held on Sunday, JANUARY 21, 2018 at Kennedy Square (The Diamond) in New Castle. Beginning at 6pm, every person will pick up a luminary kit which contains dry sand, 10 white lunch bags with names (for babies who never got a name, because they were never born) printed by students at the New Castle Christian Academy and St. Vitus School.
Tables will be set up on the sidewalks at the Diamond so that those attending can prepare the one thousand luminary candles which they will place and light on the plastic covering the ground. We will kneel and pray in memory of the 61MILLION+ American baby boys and girls who have died by abortion and for their mothers, who have been forever harmed by their abortion since the Supreme Court abortion decisions of Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton on January 22, 1973.
The agenda for the evening is as follows: 6:00PM at the Diamond, Comments by Claudia McConnell, Co-Chair, PCUC. The Opening Prayer will be led by Rev. David Bell, Pastor, First United Brethren Church; “God Bless America” will be sung by students of St.Vitus School, New Castle Christian Academy and the American Heritage Girls. This will be followed by the lighting of the luminaries. At 7:00PM a Prayer Service will be held inside at St. Mary’s Church Parish Center, one block north of Kennedy Square. Comments will be made by Sue Deasey, Co-Chair, PCUC. The main Speaker will be Sarah Bowen, Executive Director, Alpha Omega Centers followed by the Benediction by Rev. Zachary Galiyas, Parochial Vicar, Catholic Community of New Castle.
Those attending are encouraged to bring new baby Items to be donated this year to the Alpha Omega Centers