Parishes across the diocese held Life Chain events to commemorate Respect Life Sunday on October 5. Part of the annual observance of 40 Days for Life, Life Chain participants held peaceful and prayerful gatherings to give public witness to the sanctity of human life and for the end of abortion. Joan Bessette, pictured, who on Saturday was honored at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul with a Human Life Guild award, holds a sign affirming her pro-life beliefs as other members of St. Philip’s Parish, Greenville, take to the street outside their parish church to also give witness. The participants this year ranged in age from 4 1/2 months to 99 1/2 years old.
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