Crossroads Pro-Life Walkers Stop in Salt Lake City
by Barbara Stinson Lee Intermountain Catholic SALT LAKE CITY — Just days after Cassandra Blanco, 21, of Deltona, Fla., walked off the stage of Florida State University with her diploma in her hand, she joined the Crossroads Walkers in their annual cross-country walk to end abortion. Blanco and eight other walkers, led by Father Dan…
600 Miles-Canada’s Crossroads Walk Going Strong
By John Jalsevac CALGARY, Albert, June 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since the six walkers of the Canadian version of the pro-life Crossroads walk began their cross-Canada trek on May 19 with a lap around Vancouver’s Stanley Park, they have walked over 600 miles across some of the most difficult terrain that they will encounter until…
Group Begins Walk Across Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – For the first time ever, a group of Canadian youth are walking from the coast to the Capital to promote the dignity of human life. Made up of college-age youth from across Canada, the group started their 11 week trek this past weekend in Vancouver and spoke to area churches before,…
Students Begin Pro-Life Walk Across Canada
US Crossroads Walk now a Canadian organization as well By John Jalsevac HOPE, British Columbia, May 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cyril Doll, the organizer of the new Canadian version of the now-famous Crossroads walk is on the phone. He sounds a little groggy. He apologizes. “I was on the night shift last night,” he says….
Crossroads Reunion: August 10-12
Tentative Reunion Schedule: (check back periodically for more detail & updates) FRIDAY – AUGUST 10th Check in @ Hyatt on Capitol Hill – 202-737-1234 **Crossroads group rate of $107 for double bed room Evening Cocktail Reception: 7-9pm SATURDAY – AUGUST 11th Morning Mass: 8:00am Breakfast: 9:00am Pray at Abortion Clinic: 10-11am Walk to US Capitol:…
Crossroads Gears up for Four Summer 2007 Walks
On Friday, May 18th, Crossroads will once again be kicking off 3 cross-country walks across America and for the first time, one pro-life walk across Canada. If you are interested in making a real difference this summer and helping end abortion and build a Culture of Life, then Crossroads is the perfect answer. It’s not…
Dredd Scott Granddaughter fights for Unborn
ST. LOUIS – In March 1856, a black slave named Dred Scott was judged by the US Supreme Court to be less than a person. Today his great, great granddaughter, Lynne Jackson, is pointing to the case as a beacon of hope that full human rights will be extended to all citizens, regardless of their…
Crossroads Planning Pro-Life Walk Across Canada
WASHINGTON, DC – Crossroads, a national collegiate pro-life organization that has sponsored annual pro-life walks across the United States each summer since 1995, is announcing a proposed expansion to include a walk across Canada in the summer of 2007. This walk would be made up of volunteer students from colleges and universities across Canada and…
March for Life 2007 – Awesome!
The 34th Annual March for Life in Washington, DC this past Tuesday, January 22nd, was awesome! Around 200,000 people, young and old, marched from downtown D.C. to the Supreme Court to proclaim the message that all human life is sacred! Like every year, Crossroads took part in many events the weekend leading up and including…
A Catholic Response to the “Call to Civility”
Catholic Laymen in the Public Square 1. All men and women of good will value civility, but civility is not the highest — or the only — civic virtue. Rather, justice is. As Pope Benedict XVI reminds us in Deus Caritas Est, “Justice is both the aim and the intrinsic criterion of all politics.” 2….