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Fairfield Prep attends March for Life in Washington D.C.

 
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For the second straight year Fairfield Prep brought a group to Washington, DC to participate in the March for Life. The group left late morning on Thursday, January 21. The group attended the Opening Mass National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The principal celebrant and homilist for this mass was Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. Our own Fr. Larry Ryan, SJ and Mr. Bret Stockdale, SJ participated in the mass. On Friday, January 22, the Prep group gathered at St. Aloysius Church with the other members of the Ignatian Pro-Life Network for the Mass for Life. From there, there was a rally coordinated by the Jesuit Conference and Apostleship of Prayer where various members of Jesuit high schools and colleges spoke of their school’s efforts in promoting life issues. The actual March for Life had a crowd estimated at over 500,000 participants and ended at the steps of the Supreme Court and Capitol buildings. The Prep group concluded its trip on Saturday, January 23, by participating in the 2010 Students for Life of America National Conference at Catholic University. This trip was inspiring and motivational for all involved to continue to promote a consistent ethic of life from conception until natural death.

Members of the Prep group included students Matthew DiMaria, Jonathan Ficko, Jonathan Formichella, Thomas Gaudett, Nicholas Greco, Kevin Leitao, Sean McGuinness, Matt Ryan, Andrew Visser and Kevin Westfahl. Adults attending were Elliott Gualtiere, Kevin Leitao ’82, Fr. Larry, Ryan, SJ and Bret Stockdale, SJ.