Notre Dame sends 800 to March For Life | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame sends 800 to March For Life Notre Dame sends 800 to March For Life Published: January 22, 2020 Author: Kenneth Hallenius 2018 March For Life Scotus On Friday, Jan. 24, more than 800 students, faculty, staff and graduate students from the University of Notre Dame, Holy Cross College and Saint Mary’s College will participate in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., now in its 47th year. Thanks to generous underwriting by the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, in partnership with the Notre Dame Right to Life student club, the University consistently sends one of the largest single contingents to participate in the event, year after year. “Once again, the entire University of Notre Dame is proud to join in this joyful public witness to the inherent dignity of every human life,” said O. Carter Snead, the William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. “It is so encouraging to see our amazing students of Notre Dame joining the hundreds of thousands at the march to peacefully proclaim that our brothers and sisters in the womb deserve our love and respect and the equal protection of the law.” This year, the center will provide more travel grants to faculty, staff and graduate students than ever before. “Notre Dame is well-represented at the march thanks to the generous support of our donors and benefactors,” said Petra Farrell, the center's Culture of Life program manager. “It is especially gratifying to see so many professors and staff take part year after year. Their witness helps our students see the steadfast commitment of Notre Dame to proclaim the dignity of all human life, at all levels of the University community.” Following the March For Life, the de Nicola Center will again co-sponsor a reception with the Notre Dame Alumni Association that will gather more than 500 alumni, faculty, staff, families and students to celebrate the impact of Notre Dame’s public witness on behalf of life. The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture is the locus of pro-life witness and formation at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to sponsoring the University’s annual participation in the March for Life, the center administers the Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal, the nation’s preeminent award for heroes of the pro-life movement. The center also offers the annual Notre Dame Vita Institute, an intensive intellectual formation program for current and emerging leaders in the pro-life movement. More than 300 alumni of the ND Vita Institute constitute the leadership of the most prominent pro-life organizations and programs around the globe. For more information about the pro-life programs of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, visit ethicscenter.nd.edu/prolife. Originally published by Kenneth Hallenius at ethicscenter.nd.edu on Jan. 22. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn