A video featuring the Rockland marchers on the “St. Gregory’s Bus” at the March for Life in Washington, DC, January 24, 2011.
March for Life — January 2011
At 6 am, on Jan. 24, the coldest morning of the winter (7 degrees), prolife Rocklanders braved the frigid temperatures to set out for Washington, DC, for the 38th annual March for Life.
The day fortunately offered one of the brief windows of good weather between the snowstorms that have been slamming the county since Christmas.
Our three buses arrived at the National Mall around 11 am, and joined the more than 200,000 marchers from across the country, who came to our nation’s capital to call for an end to the tragedy of abortion on demand. Continue reading
Rally at the National Mall
Here’s a video by Bro. Ulyses Moyao from the Tagaste Monastery in Suffern. It’s a 360 degree view of the enormous crowd at the Rally.
Albertus Magnus 4 Life
TIME: 5:00 a.m.
TEMP: 15 degrees
MOOD: Dedicated & Passionate
This year Washington’s “March for Life” included 52 Albertus students and 3 faculty members (Mr. Carl Locatelli, Deacon John Crapanzano and Mrs. Parisi). These students made a great sacrifice in giving over 15 hours of their day during midterm exam week. One of the most notable changes evident in the March is the increase of younger faces. Continue reading
In Memoriam — Thomas J. Niblo
November 8, 1920 — September 14, 2010
Tom & Inez Niblo, Past Chairs of Rockland RTL
Tom Niblo, former chairman of the Rockland Right to Life Committee, passed away on Sept. 14, 2010, at the age of 81. Tom was a member of the organization’s board of directors at the time of his death
Although Tom served Right to Life in many capacities for decades, his passion was education and his mission was to spread the word.
When the legalization of abortion steamrolled over the laws and values that upheld the sanctity of human life in the early 1970s, information about the issue – its moral, medical, legal, and sociological ramifications – was not that easily come by.
In those days, Tom found his weapons to confront the assault on the defenseless: prayer (he was a devout Roman Catholic) and the power of knowledge. Continue reading
Life Chain in Nanuet — October 2009
Hundreds of pro-lifers from Rockland County and the surrounding area came together at the intersections of Rte. 59 and Middletown Rd. in Nanuet on Sunday, Oct. 4, for the 17th annual Life Chain.
The Life Chain is a nationwide, peaceful, public assembly of pro-life Americans praying for our nation and for an end to abortion.
It is usually held on the first Sunday in October. Among the other cites throughout the U.S. where Life Chains were held this year were nearby White Plains, Yonkers, Bronx, Cortland, Scarsdale, Hastings-on-Hudson, Mt. Kisco, Middletown, Warwick, and Poughkeepsie.
40 Days of Life Prayer Vigil Ends
Spring Valley, March 28 — The group gathered for a prayer service at the entrance of the Pascack Plaza mall in Spring Valley on this overcast Palm Sunday afternoon was marking the end of the 40 Days for Life Campaign, forty days prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism to end abortion in America. Continue reading
ROCKLAND RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE 