Tag: Pro-Life
40 Days for Life set to begin again at St. Paul hospital
An opening prayer vigil for the next 40 Days for Life campaign is set for 3 p.m. March 9 (Ash Wednesday) at HealthPartners’ Regions Hospital, 640 Jackson St. in St. Paul.
Praying, marching for life
Duane, Eric, Kathryn, Anne and Emilia Fredrickson of St. Dominic in Northfield sing during a prayer service for life at the Cathedral of St. Paul on Jan. 22, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion in America.
Making history
For first time, archdiocese to send group of youth to D.C. for March for Life
When 14-year-old Aly May of St. Jude of the Lake in Mahtomedi goes to Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life, she will present a powerful witness for life.
St. Bernard’s student takes Catholic values to new school
Grace Thompson has found a way to keep St. Bernard High School’s traditions and values alive at her new school, Concordia Academy.
Pray, march for life at MN Capitol
The annual Prayer Service for Life provides a moment of quiet reflection before the March for Life to the State Capitol on the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1973 to legalize abortion.
Couple inspired by Service for Life
Kristen and Matthews Grant, both converts to Catholicism and members of Holy Childhood in St. Paul, have attended almost every Prayer Service for Life at the Cathedral of St. Paul since they moved here in 2003.
Remembering the Innocents
Jim Twyman and Roger Thoennes of the Knights of Columbus Marian Council in Bloomington finish erecting 400 crosses Nov. 12 on the grounds of Our Lady of Grace in Edina, where they were scheduled to remain for two weeks from that date. The display is called Cemetery of the Innocents.
Alveda King tells about personal pain of abortion
Alveda King, the niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said she has revealed family secrets regarding abortion during personal testimonies and in print ever since 1983, when she “became born again.”
King, 60, recently told some of her story in a telephone interview with The Catholic Spirit. She will reveal more during a keynote speech at a benefit gala for the University LifeCare Center on Thursday, Nov. 8., she said. (See the article on this page.)
500 join archbishop to close 40 Days for Life
The 40 Days for Life closing prayer session at Regions Hospital in St. Paul Oct. 31.
No bishop is a single-issue teacher
For reasons I will make clear at the end of this article, I thought it might be helpful to review the schedule I kept this past weekend.
Don’t water down truth in the name of civility
It is always disheartening to see the obligatory “both parties are bad” letter that inevitably comes out every election time [“Civility lost in communicating political viewpoints,” Oct 18].
While Mr. Zimmerman’s longing for a spirit of civility is commendable, such a perspective blurs the real and important differences between the two main political parties.
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