March for Life

The March for Life is an annual protest that takes place in Washington D.C. that calls for a pro-life government. The protesters speak out on a number of issues, but specifically target that of abortion. January, 2007 marked the first time that Brophy sent marchers to Washington. However, we are hoping that the trip will continue to grow.

IIf you have any questions, or wish to join Brophy's Right to Life Club, please contact Deacon Stickney in R206 or Mrs. Baldwin in the Office of Faith and Justice.

Here are some reactions of students who attended this year's March for Life, as well as pictures of this year's trip.

"I was amazed at participation at the march. Most of the participants were youth such as myself. I expected there to be an adult majority defending life at the march. There is really no easy explanation for the participation. My constituents and I feel as though God played a role in this effort. He is invoking a passion for life in the youth. Thus we can be certain the pro-life movement will succeed. More and more youth are supporting life from conception to natural death. Although the recent 2006 election may make it harder to change the abortion laws, eventually this inhumane practice will end, because the youth are caring more about the issue and God is on our side." -Rocco Lents

"On the eighth annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference for life I had the great pleasure to meet Father John Hopkins of the Institute for the Psychology Sciences.. Though the all the speakers I heard that weekend were very dynamic, I found Father Hopkins fiery speech the most interesting to me since I would like to enter that field. His talk embodied how today’s “pop psychology” focuses in a self centered attitude. We also got to listen Father Benedict Groeschel C.F.R. who’s talk was also on how today’s psychology has helped bring about a culture of death. He made one statement in particular about how psychologists today “take you from being miserable to become unhappy.” This has been the best and most uplifting experience in my life and I will definitely be coming back next year." -Eric Martin

"The rally before the March for Life was very inspirational. I was able to see all the other youth from across the rest of the nation. I especially was glad to see all the support we received from many representatives especially Rick Rhenzi from Arizona. The most inspirational speech that I heard at the rally though was by an African-American protestant priest in which he asked that the African-American society becomes more involved in the pro-life cause, because abortion had been the leading death to African-Americans for the last 30 years. Also we attended a mass in which father bill gave a fantastic homily. He started off by telling us that we had just passed a law saying that everything unhealthy for us became healthy for us, such as candy and playing video games. Then he went into talking about even though we voted on it, that it was still not right. He then stated that even though abortion had been legalized it was still wrong, and that we needed to stop this wrong doing." -Kevin Ferreira