Approximately 700 students from area Catholic schools, plus employees, community members and Franciscan Alliance representatives, gathered on a warm and sunny Tuesday morning for the annual Celebration of Life prayer service at Franciscan St. Margaret Health-Dyer.
The service—which included music by Ron Foltman, a homily by Most Rev. Dale J. Melczek, Bishop of the Diocese of Gary, and a praying of the rosary—commemorated lives lost to abortion.
In the lawn adjacent to the ceremony, 4,000 white crosses were on display, representing the number of abortions performed daily in the U.S. To close the ceremony, 1,000 balloons—each representing four abortions—were launched into the air.
See highlights of the ceremony on the video below.
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