The 2018 March for Life Chicago will be held Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. in Federal Plaza drawing pro-life advocates from across Illinois and the Midwest. Speakers include Cardinal Cupich, Bishop Donald Hying of Gary, Indiana, Bishop Paul of the Orthodox Church in Chicago and the Midwest and the Chicago Bears’ co-owner Pat McCaskey. Ramona Trevino, former Planned Parenthood director and author of “Redeemed by Grace” will deliver the keynote. A pre-march youth rally will start from the Frances Xavier Warde Catholic School auditorium on 751 N. State St. at 8 a.m. The rally will end at Holy Name Cathedral around 11 a.m., when Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Cupich. Cost is $10 per ticket (lunch option is separate). For information, visit www.marchforlife-chicago.org.
Pro-life supporters gather for annual March for Life Chicago Pro-life supporters from Illinois and across the Midwest gathered on Federal Plaza Jan. 8 to rally, listen to speakers and participate in March for Life Chicago, a procession down Michigan Avenue to the Chicago Hilton, and 720 S. Michigan Ave.
Moving the Movement pro-life tour makes stop in Mundelein With fresh snow on the ground and gray skies overhead, about 300 cars filled the three parking lots of Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein to participate in the March for Life Chicago’s Moving the Movement Tour on Jan. 17. It was the third-to-last stop in a very different March for Life Chicago in the age of COVID-19.
During pandemic, March for Life Chicago goes on tour People from all over the Midwest usually come to Illinois to participate in the March for Life Chicago, something they can’t do this January because of COVID-19 restrictions.