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Over 200 Christendom College Students Protest Abortion at Planned Parenthood Clinic


FRONT ROYAL, VA, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) ­- Christendom College's pro-life student group, Shield of Roses, held its biggest protest in over 30 years of its existence this past Saturday. On October 31, over 200 students, faculty, staff, and visitors traveled to Washington, D.C., to peacefully protest abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic, located just north of the White House, on 16th Street.
The group protests at this same clinic each Saturday morning during the academic year, but normally only around 20-30 students make the trek into D.C. on a weekly basis. Once a semester, however, the group's leadership organizes what it calls a "Mega Shield" event and encourages as many of the members of the College community as possible to participate. Last year, Mega Shield events drew as many as 125 students, and prior years' saw up to 150 participants.
"All of the members of our college community are, of course, pro-life," says Shield of Roses President Paul Wilson, who will be graduating this May, "but getting college students to give up their Saturday mornings to drive 75 miles to Washington to pray four rosaries and a Divine Mercy Chaplet and to drive another 75 miles back to campus all before lunch is a lot to expect ­ even for Christendom students. But once a semester, when we orga ...

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