Students from Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School carry a banner bearing their school’s name during the 18th annual Charlotte March for Life. The upcoming march will be Jan. 10, 2025. (File photo by Troy C. Hull | Catholic News Herald) CHARLOTTE — Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte are invited to make a public stand for life at the 19th annual March for Life Charlotte scheduled for Friday, Jan. 10.
Held each year in January, the event offers the faithful a chance for public witness as they gather to march and pray for the protection and sanctity of all human life.
“This is a chance for people to give a visible witness as part of the body of Christ,” said Tina Witt, who leads the nonprofit group that coordinates the annual march. “The people who turn up for the march have a very powerful impact. It’s a chance for us to communicate the truth.”
The day will begin with a Mass for the Unborn offered at 10 a.m. Jan. 10 at St. Patrick Cathedral, located at 1621 Dilworth Road East, Charlotte.
Participants are asked to gather at 11 a.m. in the overflow parking lot across from the diocese Pastoral Center at 1123 S. Church St. Marchers will receive instructions and have a chance for prayer beginning at 11:30 a.m. The march will kick off at noon and process from the parking lot to Independence Square at the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets in Uptown Charlotte.
Father RusciolelliFather Peter Rusciolelli, parochial vicar at St. Leo the Great in Winston-Salem who grew up attending the march with his family, will be the guest homilist.
“The March for Life and the many lives that have been saved is a witness to the power of prayer and faith in Christ, that where two or three are gathered together in His name, all things are possible,” Father Rusciolelli said.
Participants will also pray the rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy during the march.
The March for Life is just one way to support life and make public witness among many other events that go on year-round in the Diocese of Charlotte, according to Father Peter Ascik, director of the diocese Office of Family Life.
Father Ascik said MiraVia pregnancy care center in Charlotte, Birthright and the parish-based Walking With Moms in Need groups all offer examples of supporting life and mothers. He also credited the Knights of Columbus councils, which regularly hold baby bottle campaigns to raise funds to support mothers and their babies. Additional support for women and children can be found at Catherine’s House in Belmont and Room At The Inn in the Triad.
“All of these efforts are part of the network that supports life in the Diocese of Charlotte, along with other ongoing efforts to support pregnancy and parenting moms,” Father Ascik said.
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