Celts Honor Life with Memorial Display
3/15/2013
 The University of St. Thomas Celts for Life and Knights of Columbus, along with other student volunteers, worked together to build the Cemetery of the Innocents, a memorial exhibition of more than 3,000 crosses that symbolize the number of abortions performed in the United States each day.
Celts for Life President Austin Cruz said the two groups decided to create the Cemetery of the Innocents in front of the Chapel of St. Basil this week in conjunction with 40 Days for Life and to honor the lives ended that go unnoticed.
“We hope that the Cemetery of the Innocents will bring awareness of the atrocity of abortion and move the students, faculty and administration to reflect on the dignity of all human life,” Cruz said.
 Cruz’s brother Jonathan Cruz, Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus, said the UST display of the Cemetery of the Innocents includes white crosses that symbolize the number of abortions in the United States each day along with 52 red crosses to symbolize the number of lives lost in Harris County alone.
On Thursday, March 21 at 5 p.m., the Rev. Joseph Pilsner will celebrate Mass in the Chapel of St. Basil as a memorial service for the unborn. The memorial service is open to the public.
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