Taking It to the Streets: Pro-Life Marches Create a Coast-to-Coast Groundswell of Action

ncregister.com ^ | January 21, 2016 | PETER JESSERER SMITH

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LOS ANGELES — Internationally acclaimed Christian speaker Nick Vujicic has no arms and legs, but he has changed thousands of lives with his personal testimony. This weekend at OneLife LA, Los Angeles’ annual pro-life celebration, Vujicic will remind thousands of people that they, too, can be powerful agents of change.

“If God can use a man without arms and legs to be his hands and feet, then God can use any willing heart,” he told the Register.

“We really want people to be that one voice where actions speak louder than words.”

Both OneLife LA and the national March for Life in Washington, in their own respective ways, are providing opportunities to channel the energy of the march into a personal commitment for participants to get involved in their communities and build a life-affirming culture.

Kathleen Domingo, the pro-life coordinator for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Office of Life, Justice and Peace, told the Register that they have made an intentional push to make OneLife LA — just in its second year — a celebration of life that keeps on giving life in southern California.

“We’re taking our cue from Pope Francis and the Year of Mercy and his call to do works of mercy. We see that as a real call to build a culture of life through hands-on direct service to those most in need in our community,” she said.