While marching, Jill Happe ’20 and Elise Schultheis ’20 hold up signs to support pro-life. The March, held Jan. 24, marked an historic event as President Trump was the first president to attend and give a speech. “It was soulful. People marching and praying together. Everyone was fighting for the same thing,” Audrie Collins ‘20 said.
PILGRIMAGE FOR LIFE by yearbook staff
Students on the Pilgrimage for Life trip sat in buses for more than 10 hours on the way to support the pro-life movement. Participants heard President Trump’s speech before the March, then walked from the National Mall to the Supreme Court building. “My favorite part was the actual March. I loved being able to view the sea of people around me all chanting in favor of unborn babies,” Xavier Reine ‘20 said. In D.C., students saw the Capitol building and where the House of Representatives gathered. Friday was the March for Life and a night tour of Washington D.C. “It was so pretty the way that everything was all lit up. And all the monuments were just really cool,” Anitra Taylor ‘23 said.
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Saturday was a tour of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and of Gettysburg. Sunday opened with Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, concluding the pilgrimage. Spanish teaacher Mrs. Angela Conner ’85 has organized the trip the past five years.
