McGuinness group attends March for Life
Ten students and two teachers representing Bishop McGuinness High School traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the recent March for Life.
They are: Paula
Le, Shelby Savely, Katherine Ramirez, Emma Singletary, Lydia Lytle, Ellie Franks, Ethan Silvernail, Charlie Maxwell, Wyatt Lanphear and William Janson, along with teachers Amy Frame and Kelly Allen.
The group joined others from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City at the event. They visited religious and historical sites, including the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where they attended a Mass with more than 20,000 people; the National Shrine to St. John Paul II, and the Catholic University of America. The group had a private Mass with Archbishop Paul S. Coakley and celebrated a Latin Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Students also visited Arlington National Cemetery and witnessed the changing of the guard, as well as a night walking tour of the monuments on the National Mall and the White House.
The highlight of the trip was a youth rally and Mass with more than 6,000 youth, followed by the March for Life itself. The march included more than 300,000 people marching for the rights and dignity of all from conception until natural death. The students from Bishop McGuinness marched with Coakley, representatives from the archdiocese and students from Cristo Rey and Mount St. Mary high schools.