March For Life 2019
January 18, 2019
At the Washington Monument
At Catholic University of America
In The Line of March
Welcome To Washington
Holy Cross School At March For Life 2019
January 18, 2019
Before the March At The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
January 18, 2019
March For Life 2019
January 18, 2019
An intrepid contingent of pilgrims left by bus from Holy Cross to participate in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. today. The weather always presents a challenge, especially these days when forecasters seem so prone to maximize the potential of every flake of snow into a major blizzard.
The experience of being part of so many people who are pro-life is one not to be missed! We should have some photos later in the day.
St. Anthony, Abbot
January 17, 2019
The Father of Western monasticism, Anthony chose a life a solitude in the desert, but as so often happens, the holiness and reputation of a holy hermit draws pilgrims and eventually he founded a monastery of like-spirited desert dwellers. Their poverty and solitude embodied their vision of leaving all and following Jesus.
I never paid too much attention to the pig or wild boar which is depicted with St. Anthony in some works of art, but now see that the boar is very frequently at his side. The original association was with a healing Anthony performed on a wild boar but became joined to the medieval use of lard as a soothing skin lotion for certain maladies for which the afflicted prayed to St. Anthony for relief. St. Anthony is joined atop the facade in St. Peter's by a faithful, grateful boar.