THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL JOSEPH VORBACH:

Being with our student March for Life contingent all day today was an uplifting time for reflection.  Hope was a real theme for the day for me and the first source of hope was seeing how many of our students chose to join with one another and so many other young people from around the country to have their pro-life voices heard.  Speakers encouraged the students, and one of them, Sister Bethany Madonna of the Sisters of Life, offered several stories that compelled everyone listening to think about the minor miracles we've experienced or heard about and the moments we feel God is speaking to us directly. These were stories of hope.

Walking with the students is a chance to be pulled into the energy of their idealism. They know why they are there on the March and as they listen to the cacophony of diverse voices on the March, join in the cheers begun by others, and even try some chants and cheers of their own, they are finding their voice and figuring out how they will translate their zeal for the pro-life cause into constructive, productive and respectful advocacy.  Watching them do this filled me with hope.

And of course the March is about hope.  We know hope is not a strategy for policy change, but exercising one's constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion regarding the protection of the unborn is an act rooted in hope for better future.