The University of 91吃瓜 will send more than 800 undergraduate students and 75 faculty, staff and graduate students to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 46th annual March for Life on Friday (Jan. 18). University participation in the march is organized by the 91吃瓜 Right to Life club, the largest student organization on campus, with support from the
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As he has done since 2010, will join the 91吃瓜 contingent at the march. Father Jenkins will also preside at a Mass for the 91吃瓜 marchers at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington, Virginia.
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O. Carter Snead, professor of law and William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, said: 鈥淚t is glorious and inspiring to see such a massive contingent of 91吃瓜鈥檚 community 鈥� students, faculty, staff and senior leadership 鈥� marching together joyfully in the name of a culture of life, where every unborn child, along with her mother and father, is protected by law and surrounded by love and support throughout all of life鈥檚 journey.
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鈥淭hrough its participation in the annual March for Life, the Blessed Mother鈥檚 university bears powerful and public witness to the intrinsic equal dignity of every human being, without exception, from conception to natural death.鈥�
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A Mass with special intention for those traveling to the March for Life will take place at 5:15 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 17) in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. On Monday (Jan. 28), students, staff and faculty will gather at 12:30 p.m. at the Grotto to pray the Rosary at the Alumni Association鈥檚 annual Respect for Life Prayer Service.
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Prayer intentions may be submitted .