Melissa Varner, MCC Communications Director, and Tyler McClay, MCC General Counsel joined in the pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., for the 2012 March for Life. This was the first time either of them attended the March. 
“I was impressed by the faithfulness to the cause of the people who attended the march,” said Varner. “Older people with canes, families with young children, and people who have faithfully done this for more than a decade came despite the awful weather and difficult economic times.”
“The large Catholic presence was evident,” said McClay. “Everywhere I turned, I saw banners announcing this Catholic diocese or that Catholic school.”
It is hard to know exactly how many people showed up for the March, but some say that the number exceeded 400,000. For a slideshow of the March and more reflections on the event, read our other article.
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- The Vigil for Life Mass was held the night before the March for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Thousands of people attended and mass was celebrated by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, chairman of the USCCB’s committee on Pro-Life Activities.
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- Attendees of the March for Life walked down Constitution Avenue and past the U.S. Capitol.
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- A group from the Diocese of Jefferson City went to a pro-life meeting at the Capitol prior to the March for Life.
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- The view of marchers down Constitution Avenue.
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- March for Life attendees filled the street around the Capitol and made their way to the Supreme Court to protest Roe vs. Wade and support the unborn.
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- Marchers could be seen down Constitution Avenue.
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- A group of people from the Diocese of Jefferson City attended a pro-life meeting at the U.S. Capitol prior to the March for Life. Sen. Roy Blunt and several pro-life representatives came to speak about pro-life legislation.
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- Two members of the MCC staff, Tyler McClay and Melissa Varner, rode on a bus with a group from the Diocese of Jefferson City to take part in the March for Life.
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- Some members of the group from the Diocese of Jefferson City took a tour of the U.S. Capitol. This is the view inside the Capitol Rotunda.
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- Sen. Blunt came to speak at a pro-life meeting held at the U.S. Capitol prior to the March for Life.
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- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer was one of several U.S. representatives who came to speak to pro-lifers at a meeting prior to the March for Life.
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- As part of the tour of the Capitol, some people from the Diocese of Jefferson CIty got to see a display of a replica of the Magna Carta.
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- Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol features statues of two notable people from each state.
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