“We care as a church because it’s destroying the soul, the soul of the person, but it’s [also] the soul of the church and society because it reduces the human person to a thing, something to be used, something to be sold, something to be

Sister Mary Assunta Desposito, SM has served in the Diocese of Savannah since 1966. In Savannah, she has ministered as a teacher and principal at Nativity and St. Peter the Apostle Schools.

Meneses had attended public school through the ninth grade, but after thoughtful consideration, she and her mother decided it would be best for her to begin her sophomore year at St. Teresa’s High School.

Gladd said it is important to attend the March for Life, “Because we have to stand up for the people who can’t stand up for themselves.” Gladd, a freshman, attends Aquinas High School in Augusta.

What is DYC?

The entire celebration revolves around Santo Niño, meaning “Holy Child.” According to historians, the statue of infant Jesus was given to the Queen of Cebu when she converted to Catholicism in 1521, shortly after the Spaniards arrived.