Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Bus Ride and Vigil for Life

Calvin and I made the bus trip with 50 other pilgrims from St. Jude, Lourdes, St. Antoninus, St. Leo, Our Lady of Victory, and St. Bernard to Washington, DC for the March for Life tomorrow.
The bus ride was long (11 hours)...Somehow, we ended up in the rear of the bus with the younger set. Very well-behaved kids, but still noisy. Oh well - it certainly could have been worse.
After checking in to the Quality Inn College Park, we attended the Vigil Mass for Life at the incredible Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Though it's the largest Roman Catholic Church in the US, there was still an overflow crowd. Mass was beautiful, but the audio and video for the overflow crowd in the 'Crypt Church' was lousy. Still an incredible experience, though.
Tomorrow, we wake up early for 6:30 breakfast, catch the youth rally and 10 am Mass at the Verizon Center, and then attend the March for Life at the National Mall and Supreme Court.

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