Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, will lead approximately five thousand people from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to the 29th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, January 22, 2002. This march marks the tragic 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

Cardinal Bevilacqua will be joined by area high school and college students, parishioners from the five-county area of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and seminarians from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood. Many schools and parishes sponsor buses to the March for Life. One departure point for buses is Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia. Archbishop Ryan will be sending three buses to Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, January 22, 2002
6:45 a.m. Departure
Archbishop Ryan High School
11201 Academy Road
Northeast Philadelphia

Marchers from Philadelphia will begin the day at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. The contingent traveling from Philadelphia will meet at 12:00 p.m. on the corner of Constitution Avenue and 15th Street.

Cardinal Bevilacqua will also celebrate the annual Mass for Life at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. More information is available regarding the Mass for Life at www.archdiocese-phl.org under News.

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Editor's Note: Any media wishing to interview Cardinal Bevilacqua in Washington, D.C. are asked to kindly contact Donna Farrell in the Office for Communications at 215-587-3747 or by cell phone at 215-651-3574.

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