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Knights of Columbus JAN 18 COVERS 12_18 FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 12/18/17 3:54 PM Page 1 JANUARY 2018 KNIGHTSOFCOLUMBUS COLUMBIA Jan 2017 Agency Ad E.qxp_Layout 1 12/18/17 3:42 PM Page 1 This Year, Prioritize Your Family’s Protection. Find an agent at kofc.org or 1-800-345-5632 LIFE INSURANCE DISABILITY INCOME INSURANCE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE RETIREMENT ANNUITIES JAN 18 E 12_18 FINAL.qxp_Mar E 12 12/19/17 9:32 AM Page 1 KNIGHTSOFCOLUMBUS january 2018 ♦ V o l u M e 9 8 ♦ n u M B e r 1 COLUMBIA FEATURES 8 A Movement Is Born 22 The Converts of Roe v. Wade From a grassroots meeting in a Washington living Two pivotal figures who fought for abortion rights room, the March for Life has helped mobilize became passionately pro-life. generations to defend human life. BY CAROLEE MCGRATH BY JOHN BURGER 30 Life, We Stand on Guard for Thee 18 Pro-Life From Coast to Coast On Parliament Hill and across the provinces, Dozens of annual marches demonstrate the momen- Canadians stand together in defense of life. tum of the pro-life movement across the United States. BY COLLEEN ROULEAU BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN 32 Marches for Life Go Global 21 San Francisco’s Witness to Life Undaunted by challenges, the international pro-life The annual Walk for Life West Coast thrives — and heals movement grows in strength and solidarity. — in a hostile environment. BY CORINNA TURNER BY GIBBONS COONEY DEPARTMENTS 34Building a better world Learning the faith, 6 Knights of Columbus News The teachings of Humanae Vitae living the faith Knights Provide Kids With and advancements in the science of Reflecting on questions about the Warmth on Black Friday • Francis- fertility can help us build a culture dignity of life can lead us to God’s cans Honor Order’s Work for Per- of life. goodness and love. secuted Christians • K of C Short BY SUPREME KNIGHT CARL A ANDERSON . BY SUPREME CHAPLAIN Films Win Emmy Awards • Order ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM E. LORI Sponsors Week of Awareness Cam- PLUS: Catholic Man of the Month paign for Persecuted Christians Photo by Matthew Barrick JANUARY 2018 ♦ COLUMBIA ♦ 1 JAN 18 E 12_18 FINAL.qxp_Mar E 12 12/19/17 9:32 AM Page 2 EDITORIAL COLUMBIA PUBLISHER Knights of Columbus The Momentum of the March ________ IT WAS a bitterly cold January morn- couple of days in January. For exam- SUPREME OFFICERS Carl A. Anderson ing. We had hardly slept. Our hands ple, every Saturday morning, rain or SUPREME KNIGHT and feet were growing more numb by shine, we prayed the rosary outside of Most Rev. William E. Lori, S.T.D. the minute. Still, there was no place we an abortion facility in Lansing, and I SUPREME CHAPLAIN Patrick E. Kelly would rather be — standing on the used my first marathon as an opportu- DEPUTY SUPREME KNIGHT National Mall, waiting for the March nity to raise money for a local preg- Michael J. O’Connor for Life to begin. nancy help center. SUPREME SECRETARY Ronald F. Schwarz It has now been more than 15 years Each year, tens of thousands of SUPREME TREASURER since I first participated in the annual young people are similarly inspired to John A. Marrella SUPREME ADVOCATE march. Our relatively small group, in- greater witness as a result of attending ________ cluding a handful of early 20-some- the March for Life or other pro-life EDITORIAL things like me, had arrived the previous marches throughout North America Alton J. Pelowski afternoon after a 10-hour van ride from and the world. This is one reason why EDITOR Andrew J. Matt Michigan. We then participated in the the pro-life movement, especially in the MANAGING EDITOR Vigil Mass for Life at the Basilica of the United States, has seen such tremen- Anna M. Bninski National Shrine of the Immaculate dous growth. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Conception, and I was deeply struck by A few years ago, the abortion facility the sight of hundreds of bishops and where my friends and I used to pray priests processing in, while the basilica permanently closed, and, with the dio- was filled to capacity. cese’s permission, it then became a pro- Following the Mass, an energetic un- life clinic. Young people from the area derclassman named Rachel ran ahead of now fill charter buses, not vans, to come our van, leading us to The Catholic to the annual march in Washington. Venerable Michael McGivney (1852-90) Apostle to the Young, University of America’s athletic center. And Rachel, the CUA student who Protector of Christian Family Life and There, after a bite to eat and a period of helped us find our way, is now a pro- Founder of the Knights of Columbus, Intercede for Us. eucharistic adoration, we managed to fessed member of the Sisters of Life. ________ find some remaining floor space for our In anticipation of the 45th anniver- HOW TO REACH US sleeping bags among hundreds of other sary of Roe v. Wade Jan. 22 and the 44th MAIL young people. Following a joyful and March for Life in Washington Jan. 19, COLUMBIA 1 Columbus Plaza prayerful March for Life the next day, this issue of Columbia is dedicated to New Haven, CT 06510-3326 we packed into the van and drove back telling the story of this growing, increas- ADDRESS CHANGES 203-752-4210, option #3 to Michigan through the snow. ingly global movement. It is a story that [email protected] My friends and I were inspired by has not yet reached its climax, as pro-life PRAYER CARDS & SUPPLIES what we experienced during our brief marches have become larger, younger 203-752-4214 COLUMBIA INQUIRIES trip to Washington. We had a better and more dynamic, imbued with the joy 203-752-4398 sense of our calling to be truly pro-life and creativity of a new generation ded- FAX — and we became more strongly com- icated to defending human life.♦ 203-752-4109 K OF C CUSTOMER SERVICE mitted to promoting the dignity of 1-800-380-9995 every human person in our words and ALTON J. PELOWSKI E-MAIL actions throughout the year, not just a EDITOR [email protected] INTERNET kofc.org/columbia ________ Pledge to Our Lady of Guadalupe Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to men 18 years of age or older who are practical (that is, practicing) THE VIRGIN MARY, under her title Our Lady of Catholics in union with the Holy See. This means that an applicant or member accepts the teaching authority of the Guadalupe, is widely recognized as patroness of the pro-life Catholic Church on matters of faith and morals, aspires to movement. A folded prayer card featuring a Prayer for Life live in accord with the precepts of the Catholic Church, and is in good standing in the Catholic Church. that concludes Evangelium Vitae and a Pledge to Our Lady of ________ Guadalupe to defend human life is available from the Knights Copyright © 2018 All rights reserved of Columbus Supply Department (#9754). Signed copies of ________ the pledge may be sent to the Basilica of Our Lady of ON THE COVER Guadalupe in Mexico City via the Supreme Council. Mary Forr, director of the Department of Life Issues for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is pictured in COVER: Photo by Greg Gibson front of the U.S. Supreme Court building. ♦ COLUMBIA ♦ JANUARY 2018 2 JAN 18 E 12_18 FINAL.qxp_Mar E 12 12/18/17 10:27 PM Page 3 BUILDINGABETTERWORLD The Gift of Life The teachings of Humanae Vitae and advancements in the science of fertility can help us build a culture of life by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson AS WE PREPARE to observe the 45th boundaries of even the most imagina- anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s tive science fiction writers. Roe v. Wade decision, another anniver- Pope Francis, in his encyclical Laudato sary comes to mind. July will mark 50 Si’, wrote this: “The acceptance of our years since Blessed Pope Paul VI’s 1968 bodies as God’s gift is vital for welcoming Drs. John and Evelyn Billings welcomed encyclical, Humanae Vitae, on the regu- and accepting the entire world as a gift Humanae Vitae and supported its teach- lation of birth. from the Father and our common home, ing with a natural method of fertility The legacies of both are related to ex- whereas thinking that we enjoy absolute management now known as the Billings traordinary scientific advances that power over our own bodies turns, often Ovulation Method. opened up new technological means to subtly, into thinking that we enjoy ab- Just last year, the European Union control the transmission of human life. solute power over creation” (155). certified a new mobile app that uses an When the Supreme Court revisited Science and technology will confront algorithm developed by a Nobel Prize- Roe in the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. us with new questions about what it winning physicist to measure a woman’s Casey decision, the 5-4 majority body temperature to accurately argued that Roe could not be predict ovulation. According overturned because, for two Humanae Vitae proclaims to one English news source, decades, people had made the app, known as Natural Cy- choices about their lives and in- that each person is worthy cles, “could spell the end for timate relationships “in reliance to be loved and respected hormonal and intrusive birth on the availability of abortion control measures.” in the event that contraception for his own sake.
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