{"id":654,"date":"2009-05-16T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/protesting-too-much.html"},"modified":"2009-05-16T18:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T18:46:00","slug":"protesting-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/protesting-too-much.html","title":{"rendered":"Protesting too much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reader alerted me to the disturbing video below, showing the arrest of an 80-year-old priest yesterday on the campus of Notre Dame.  <\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iiz4tfjSuPc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x402061&#038;color2=0x9461ca&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iiz4tfjSuPc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x402061&#038;color2=0x9461ca&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center> <br \/>I was struck by this for a number of reasons.  Just this morning, I took part in a pro-life mass and march at my parish, led by the legendary Msgr. Phil Reilly, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpersbrooklynny.org\/\">Helper&#8217;s of God&#8217;s Precious Infants<\/a>, an apostolate that began in Brooklyn and now stretches around the world.  (We&#8217;re going to be profiling Msgr. Reilly on <a href=\"http:\/\/netny.net\/\">The NET<\/a>, and the march and mass were filmed for that.)  The &#8220;Helpers&#8221; take a very different approach to protest &#8212; and it&#8217;s proven to be fairly effective.  It&#8217;s not without conflict and controversy; this morning, several people jeered and taunted as we marched.  But sometimes quiet, prayerful work, done within the parameters of the law, can be a powerful witness.  We had a police escort for the march, and stayed where we were legally permitted.  There were about 60-70 people, praying the rosary and singing behind police barricades.  A handful offered rosaries and leaflets to passers-by. (I&#8217;ve attended other marches where there were &#8220;escorts&#8221; on hand to help women in and out of the clinic.  I didn&#8217;t see any this morning.  Maybe because we were keeping our distance.)  <\/p>\n<p>At least <a href=\"http:\/\/te-deum.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/is-getting-arrested-for-pro-life-causes.html\">one blogger<\/a> is wondering if that&#8217;s a better way to make a point.    <\/p>\n<p>Below is a video explaining how the Helpers do their work.  As Msgr. Reilly puts it, when pro-life activists prayerfully march to a clinic, it is nothing less than a journey to Calvary.   <\/p>\n<p><center><embed id=\"VideoPlayback\" src=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/googleplayer.swf?docid=5931945657855583696&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=true\" style=\"width:400px;height:326px\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><\/embed><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader alerted me to the disturbing video below, showing the arrest of an 80-year-old priest yesterday on the campus of Notre Dame. I was struck by this for a number of reasons. Just this morning, I took part in a pro-life mass and march at my parish, led by the legendary Msgr. Phil Reilly,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-r-us","category-ripped-from-the-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Protesting too much? - The Deacon&#039;s Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/protesting-too-much.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protesting too much? - The Deacon&#039;s Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A reader alerted me to the disturbing video below, showing the arrest of an 80-year-old priest yesterday on the campus of Notre Dame. 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