This year may be the last January March for Life. If you’ve never been to the March for Life, it’s a sight to behold. High-school and college students descend on the nation’s capital. There’s always a big showing from North Dakota thanks to the University of Mary in Bismarck — including this year. They actually returned to lead the march one year after an epic 24-hour standstill in busses caught in a blizzard on the way home from the march in 2016. (I was on one of them, as it happens. The goodness of the young helped make the time renewing.)
I almost always encounter students from Louisiana the day before, at Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. They do some civic sightseeing before the march. Other students typically spend the night at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, some in vigil, others catching some sleep in the side chapels and everywhere else there is space. The March for Life is a protest against the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion in all three trimesters of pregnancy. It’s also a celebration of life.
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