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Just as the midday sun began heating up on the Academic Mall yesterday, students from Celts for Life<\/a> \u2013 a pro-life student organization at the University of St. Thomas in Houston \u2013 hammered 3,288 small wooden crosses into the grass in front of the Chapel of St. Basil.<\/p>\n

\"Celts<\/a>

Celts for Life club volunteers create a Cemetery of the Innocents in front of the UST Chapel of St. Basil. Pictured (l-r): Senior philosophy major Mike Hall, senior psychology and theology major Deanna Ramirez, sophomore international studies major Mary Alice Waddel, sophomore psychology major Alyssa White and Texas Right to Life volunteer Billy Gibula.<\/p><\/div>\n

The sign nearby read: \u201cEach cross honors one life lost to abortion. 3,288 babies are aborted each day in the U.S.A. 50 red crosses represent the number of abortions each day in Harris County, Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celts for Life President Alyssa White said she hopes people see the visual impact of the \u201cCemetery of the Innocents\u201d and how many people are lost through abortion. \u201cI think about the friends I\u2019ve never met,\u201d she said, wondering how many might have come to UST and played on the soccer team or sat in her classes.<\/p>\n

Alyssa said pro-life student clubs around the country do similar projects to help people understand the gravity of abortion and how many people we\u2019re losing.<\/p>\n

\u201cA third of our generation is gone,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really good thing to remember all the children we\u2019ve lost, but also the women and fathers who\u2019ve been affected. If this is one cross for every child, there\u2019s a lot of families who are missing somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Celts<\/a><\/p>\n

Billy Gibula, a volunteer with Texas Right to Life, serves as a mentor to the students, having once held a pro-life scholarship some of the club leaders hold. With still hundreds more crosses to be put in the ground, he acknowledged how much work it was to install the display.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe point is to make people realize how big a number it is, and when you\u2019re putting them in, you really realize how big the number is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In addition pro-life activities on campus, Alyssa and the other officers go four times a week to Planned Parenthood to peacefully pray, taking shifts in between classes. They hope that as women seeking an abortion see other young people there, they\u2019ll be inspired to seek help at the Blue Bus\u2014a mobile pregnancy resource center with free resources, pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and counselors.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Mary Alice Waddel, the club\u2019s outreach officer, is a trained sidewalk counselor. She\u2019s seen their efforts work.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast semester, I took a girl and her mother into the Blue Bus, and I\u2019m pretty sure they didn\u2019t go back into Planned Parenthood,\u201d Mary Alice said.<\/p>\n

\"Crosses<\/a><\/p>\n

The students say they want women facing an unplanned pregnancy to know that even though it\u2019s a stressful, emotional time, it\u2019s not the end of the world, and there are other options. They work to approach women and their parents with compassion.<\/p>\n

With an issue that has become so politicized, the Celts for Life students want their fellow students to know that there are people passionate about working to end abortion, and who want to help. They\u2019re raising awareness for the program Pregnant on Campus<\/a>, with resources for pregnant and parenting college students.<\/p>\n

Looking at the rows of crosses in the ground, Alyssa calls it a \u201clack of love\u201d in our society.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to bring love and compassion back,\u201d she said, \u201cstarting here on campus, then spreading out in the Houston area and hopefully globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cross<\/a><\/p>\n

By Brenda Cooper<\/em><\/p>\n

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