“As Catholics, we affirm with unwavering conviction that every human life – whether unborn, aged, sick, disabled, or poor – possesses a dignity that does not come from the state, from circumstance, or from utility, but from being made in the image and likeness of God,” proclaimed Bishop Alfred Schlert in his homily at an overflowing St. Patrick Cathedral, after the fourth annual PA March for Life in Harrisburg on Sept. 22.
“St. John Paul II, in ‘Evangelium Vitae,’ called this truth the ‘Gospel of Life.’”
In addition to concelebrating Mass from St. Patrick, which can be seen from the steps of the State Capitol, Bishop Schlert celebrated Mass ahead of the PA March for Life at St. Mary, Hamburg for students from all six Catholic high schools in the Diocese.
They joyfully loaded buses that morning to make their young voices heard and represent their schools, parishes, and families in defending the dignity and sanctity of human life.
In a sea of a few thousand pro-life pilgrims, Catholic students who attend Parkland High School and St. Francis Classical Catholic Academy in Bally, diocesan seminarians and transitional deacons who attend St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, and priests and parishioners who came on buses from across the Diocese of Allentown could also be seen attentively listening to the array of speakers and then passionately marching to bear witness to the Gospel.
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