The 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. is set for January 19 and the Diocese of Sioux Falls will have a group of pilgrims in the nation’s capital making a statement in support of the culture of life.
Emily Leedom of the Office of Marriage, Family and Respect Life for the diocese worked to put together the contingent from east river South Dakota that will attend the March for Life.
This is the sixth year the diocese has coordinated a trip to the March for Life.
The group will depart from the diocese January 17 following Bishop Paul J. Swain’s blessing of the group and their buses.
The group returns to the diocese on Sunday, January 21.
Leedom says the pilgrimage is a blessing and a challenge. “It is hard. It is truly a pilgrimage and yet …every year I come back from the March for Life and I am changed and I am moved and I am inspired,” she said.
The bus trip and participation in the march has drawn adults and young people in the past.
The pilgrimage will include participation in the March on January 19 as well as participation in the Catholic Youth Rally and some free time to visit the sites of the nation’s capital.
The March marks the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Roe V. Wade case which authorized abortion on demand across the nation.
For information about the March or other life issues, www.sfcatholic.org/respectlife.
Pilgrims from the Diocese of Sioux Falls will soon be climbing aboard busses again to travel from the diocese to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. In past years pilgrims from the diocese have shared share that it was a profound experience for them.
(2016 Photo by Gene Young)
