I was fortunate enough to spent some time yesterday afternoon with the Pro-Life Club at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx. What a terrific group of young people! Enthusiastic about protecting human life. Enthusiastic and committed and yet necessarily and appropriately realistic about the world around them. They’ve got a smart group of student leaders, and are blessed with a swift and devoted moderator, Fr. Peter Pilsner, and have a healthy interest among the student body. They have some terrific programs going, trying to reach students where they’re at, help women who need it (holding baby showers for women who would never have them otherwise, for instance)–and they are getting the word out about truly pro-life alternatives for teens in need. And they’ve also got good vibes coming from the inspirational Sisters of Life (wonderful women who should be the definition of “pro-life”), who have a spot right on the school campus.

Most of the Spellman seniors I chatted with are headed off to secular schools in August. They seem ready for the challenges they’ll face–vaya con Dios, as J-Lo might say, you know, Jenny from the Bronx blocks. (Why J-Lo had to enter K-Lo’s post is an excellent question.)

Anyway….Kudos to the Pro-Life Club at Spellman, Fr. Pilsner, and the school for investing time in this most worthy cause. These youngsters are off to a good start—which is great for the rest of us, who can only benefit from an infusion of such lively informed young citizens.