Rally and Mass for Life

Register Now

Adults and families of the Archdiocese of Washington are invited to register online at http://2013adultrally.eventbrite.com/ for the Rally & Mass for Life to be held at St. Matthew's Cathedral on Friday, January 25, the day of the Annual March for Life. The Rally & Mass will mark remembrance of the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. Gather in prayer for an end to abortion and a renewed recognition that "[m]an has been given a sublime dignity, based on the intimate bond which unites him to his Creator: in man there shines forth a reflection of God himself.” (John Paul II, The Gospel of Life, n. 34)

9am Rally and 10am Mass

The 9am Rally will feature Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel, speaking on "Abortion - The Soul Wound of the Nation." Mass will be celebrated at 10am with Bishop Francisco Gonzalez, S.F., Auxiliary Bishop of Washington as celebrant and Msgr. Charles Pope, Pastor of Holy Comforter and St. Cyprian Catholic Church, as homilist.

Join St. Matthew’s at the March for Life

The Respect Life Ministry invites parishioners and friends to join us at the Rally for Life on the National Mall. We will gather at the Cathedarl entrance following the 10amMass. Please contact the Ministry’s coordinators Justin Silvers and Sarah Roque at stmatthewsrespectlife@yahoo.com if you plan to join us.

Eucharistic Adoration for Life!

On Friday, January 25, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for Adoration on the Cathedral’s main altar immediately following the 12:10pm Mass until 5pm. If you are unable to attend the March for Life, come for a few moments to pray before our Eucharistic Lord for the intention of an end to abortion. Let us ask him to awaken in every heart a new reverence for the least of his children, and to renew among his people a readiness to nurture and sustain the precious gift of human life from conception to natural death.