By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
Students and professors from St. Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary pause during the recent March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Students at St. Theresa School in Coral Gables do a local version of the March for Life on the school track.
Students at St. Theresa School in Coral Gables do a local version of the March for Life on the school track. The students prayed the rosary as they walked.
Students at St. Theresa School in Coral Gables show the pro-life posters they made in support of the recent March for Life.
Students at St. Theresa School in Coral Gables do a local version of the March for Life on the school track. The students prayed the rosary as they walked.
Members of Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables who attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C. include Anabella, Sebastian and Madeleine Lopez.
Members of Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables who attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C., included Monica, Carmen, Alejandro and Antonio Santamaria.
Members of Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables who attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C. included Anabella Lopez and Angelique Ruhi-Lopez.
Members of the Lopez and Santamaria families, parishioners at the Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables, attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
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MIAMI | At least two South Florida Catholic groups literally voted with their feet in joining the March for Life, the annual protest against abortion.
On Friday, Jan. 21, students and faculty of St. Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary took part in the march at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Several faculty members led 18 seminarians on the pilgrimage, joining thousands of other Christians.
In Coral Gables, students at St. Theresa School took a symbolic march around the school track. Marching the same distance that the pilgrims did in Washington, D.C., they prayed the rosary as they walked.
Father Manny Alvarez of the parent Church of the Little Flower said it was the first time the school had held an on-campus March for Life.
The march at the nation’s capital included a Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and visits to other local religious sites and national monuments.
Faculty members of the seminary said the goal of the pilgrimage was to pray not for only an end to abortion in America, but also for those affected by the practice, especially the women involved. The seminarians prayed for greater compassion and respect for life.
At least two families from Little Flower Parish — the Santamaria and the Lopezes — also attended the march on their own.
