DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

News from the Trenches

“Pre-born infant cradled in God’s hands”

Bishop dedicates memorial to unborn at El Cajon parish

An estimated 350 people attended the opening Rosary Procession and Mass for the Novena for the Protection of Life and Marriage at St. Ephrem’s Maronite Catholic Church in El Cajon on Monday, Sept. 8, the Feast of the Nativity of Mary. El Cajon is a suburban city east of San Diego.

The Rosary began in the church, and participants then walked in procession toward the Mariam, Mother of Life Shrine, stopping at various places along the way to pray each decade. The procession was led by San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Salvatore Cordileone and Fr. Nabil Mouannes, pastor of St. Ephrem’s. Twenty-one Knights of Columbus Color Guard members escorted the group.

Read this article here: California Catholic Daily