
In Colorado, one of the most pro-abortion states in the country, one high school took the initiative to ensure its pro-life message spread far and wide, making it Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) January’s Group of the Month.
St. Mary’s Students for Life in Colorado Springs hosted the Rocky Mountain Pro-Life March on Monday, Jan. 20, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As a yearly tradition, the students, with the help of their adult advisors, lead the rally and march around Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. The students guided the rally by welcoming participants, leading prayer, marching in the march, and lead a prayer and read during the mass which closed out the day. The adults helped coordinate shuttles, found a location, invited speakers for the rally, and adjusted plans at a moment’s notice to accommodate the weather. Last year, due to a blizzard and below-zero temperature, the marching portion was canceled, and the students opted to host a small rally in the Parish Hall of Corpus Christi Church before going to mass in the next building over. This year, the weather was warm enough to host the march and rally inside before heading out to the local Planned Parenthood in shuttles.

This is the biggest event for the students as it is so close to the start of their semester. They started planning the summer before, organizing speakers like Julie Bailey of the director of the Diocese of Colorado Springs Respect Life Apostolate and Sidewalk Advocates for Life in the Springs, who arranged the speaker and police escorts for the March. As well as the other 40 Days for Life leaders to speak during the rally. The local Planned Parenthood is hard for sidewalk counselors to serve because of its location, making it even more critical that a large presence is visible to make an impact. The students also organized a Eucharistic Procession alongside the march with two police escorts for safety. After it all, everyone returned to the church for mass and lunch organized by St. Mary’s and provided by the Respect Life Apostolate.
Alongside planning for the Rocky Mountain March during the fall semester, the students lead multiple community service projects between August and May to spread the pro-life message tabling numerous times throughout the semester on their campus, including helping to recruit new students, attending the Bishops Pro-Life Rodeo, hosting a Life Chain, volunteering at the newly opened pregnancy home, spending a day at the nursing home, bringing some warmth with carols and refreshments, and serving food to people at the homeless shelter. This group goes above and beyond to make sure they support life from conception to natural death. On top of it all, they hosted an entire march for the second-largest city in Colorado.
With the Colorado Pro-Life March in April this year, people from all over the state can flock to Colorado Springs to participate in Pro-Life Pilgrimage Month in their state before they head off to Washington, D.C., for the National Pro-Life March and Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) Pro-Life Summit.
These students brave the weather to serve their community and let Planned Parenthood know their time is limited in Colorado Springs. We are so excited to name them our Group of the Month for January, as they exemplify what it means to stand for life and encourage others to walk alongside the preborn.
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