MOSAIC Spring 2018 | Page 14

YOUR SEMINARIANS Deacon Rodney Abasso and fellow seminarians marching together at the 2018 March for Life in Washington, D.C. “Pro-Life Generation Is the Light in This Dark World” Third-year graduate seminarians travel to Washington, D.C. for annual March for Life. Dcn. Perrin Atisha E very year, a group of seminarians representing Sacred Heart embark on a journey to participate in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. This year’s journey had many beautiful and edifying moments for me and my classmates. Our first event was Mass during the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, and we joined thousands of faithful, including hundreds of priests, deacons, seminarians, and religious. Cardinal Dolan encouraged us all, with a reminder that we march not as warriors but as apostles. We were not called to go out on the streets shouting and obnoxiously protesting, but as imitators of Christ, witnessing to the message of the gospel. 12 Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Mosaic | Spring 2018