Every January 22, the March for Life is held in the US capital, Washington, D.C. This year, the March was held on Monday, January 24.
The Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother in Jacksonville (Florida) went in a van to be present at the event. We stayed with the Servants of Our Lord and the Virgin of Matará. They were very gracious in hosting us and we are so very grateful to them! On Sunday morning, we went to the Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine to the Immaculate Conception. We spent the entire morning there, although one could spend more than an entire day there to see and contemplate it all. It is really a beautiful site dedicated to Our Mother. There are over 60 chapels dedicated to advocations of Our Lady from all over the world. We really enjoyed seeing the grotto dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. And in the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, we felt quite at home and completely identified with the phrase on the altar: "Mary is first Mother, then Queen." We love you, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel!
Less than two months ago, we launched an urgent appeal for new subscribers to the magazine, seeing the danger of keeping the magazine going after the large drop in subscribers in recent years.