Fordham University Respect Life Group having their annual Respect Life week

Fordham has always had a very active pro-life group, going all the way back to the 70's.

Here they are protesting the RHAPP NY bill, April 3, 2008 in Yonkers.

And the 2009 March for Life in Washington DC.

Go here Fordham University Respect Life Group posted on the blog Reclaiming Our Children for more information, which we are also pasting below:

For security purposes, guests must RSVP to [email protected] before

coming to campus.

Tuesday:

Presentation of the 3rd Annual Robert Byrne Award to Fordham Grad Fr. Pete Pilsner, 7:30 in Flom Auditorium (Basement of the Library). Light reception to follow.

Candlelight Prayer Vigil, led by Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ, 9:00 pm, Alpha House Lawn

Wednesday:

Silent No More Awareness Campaign, 7:00 pm in Keating 109. "Silent No More Awareness is a Campaign whereby Christians make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women and men. The campaign seeks to expose and heal the secrecy and silence surrounding the emotional and physical pain of abortion." Please visit their website at www.silentnomoreawareness.org.

Thursday:

Feminists for Life, 7:00 pm, Keating 3rd Floor Auditorium. Serrin Foster, President of Feminists for Life, will be giving her landmark speech titled "The Feminist Case Against Abortion," which has been recognized as one of the "great speeches in history" in an anthology called "Women's Rights."

FFL's honorary co-chair Margaret Colin will also be on hand to deliver her speech "Remember the Woman." Ms. Colin has appeared in numerous film, television and theatre productions, including "Independence Day," "Three Men and a Baby" and "The Devil's Own" (film), Law and Order: SVU and Law and Order: CI (television), and "Jackie: An American Life" (theatre).

For more information about FFL and their speakers, please visit www.feministsforlife.org.

Friday:

Look out for us in the McGinley Center Lobby. Fill out a survey, receive a lollipop.

Saturday:

Have the perfect ending to Respect for Life Week by joining us at Dr. Emily's abortion clinic in the South Bronx for peaceful prayer, witness and counseling.

Comments

[Eileen Peterson]

You Go Fordham! My husband graduated from Fordham in 1977! You are an inspiration to all of us!