John Garvey stands with students (top photo) in downtown Washington, D.C., before the March for Life. He works with student volunteers (above) participating in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Full story on March for Life      |      Photo galleries

Garvey Joins Students in March for Life and MLK Day of Service

President John Garvey joined nearly 500 Catholic University students at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 23, 2012.

At a gathering with students in Caldwell Hall Auditorium before the march, Garvey thanked the students for their commitment to life, and urged them to devote themselves to building a culture of life through virtue.

“The march is not just against the action of abortion, but about a way of thinking … about the value of the lives of all of our brothers and sisters in Christ,” he said.

Earlier in the month, the president was among the 350 students, faculty, and staff from Catholic Univeristy who volunteered for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. The president spent the day with a team of students painting murals and cleaning up at the Boys and Girls Club of America, located on New York Avenue, Northeast, in Washington, D.C.