Save the Date All Ireland Rally for Life July 2nd 2011

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Save the Date All Ireland Rally for Life July 2nd 2011

This years annual all Ireland pro-life rally will be held in Dublin on Sat July 2nd.

This will be the 5th ALL-IRELAND RALLY FOR LIFE and you are invited to be at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin 1 at 2pm on SATURDAY : 2 JULY 2011.

For more details visit the following link to view the Youth Defence YouTube video

The rally for life location rotates between Dublin and Belfast. Last years Belfast rally was well attended and supported by groups and individuals from all over Ireland.

Keeping Ireland abortion-free was the theme of the last Dublin rally held in 2009. This year however it must be emphasized that threats to the right-to-life of the unborn are now greater than ever before and come in myriad forms, not only within Ireland, but from the EU, The Council of Europe, The European Court of Human rights and the United Nations. The pro-life world nationally and internationally are invited to show solidarity with Ireland and our continual struggle to protect the lives of the most vulnerable during these grave times.

Pat Buckley

I was born in Galway, Ireland where I attended first Scoil Fhursa and then St Ignatius (Jesuit) College. My family moved to Cork in 1960 and I spent my last year at the Christian Brothers College in Mc Curtain street Cork (CBC).

I came to Dublin in 1963 where I met and married my wife Philomena. We have lived in Dublin since then and have been blessed with seven children and 17 grandchildren (so far). When I finished school I studied architecture through the professional institutions and I am a retired Member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (MRIAI). I also hold a BSc. in psychology and political philosophy.

I currently lobby pro-life and pro-family issues at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and occasionally at the European Parliament and Council of Europe. I am a member of the pro-life, pro-family coalition operating within the international institutions and I am a consultant to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children SPUC on UN and related matters.

Between 1978-85, as a married couple Philomena and I were involved in the presentation of Marriage Encounter Weekends and pre-marriage courses. We also represented Worldwide Marriage Encounter on a committee for the family in the Dublin Archdiocese. Between 1985-1988. I was appointed National Secretary and then President of the Catholic Secondary Schools Parents Association (CSPA). I have been lobbying pro-life issue at the UN for upwards of 12 years.

I am a past President of the National Association of Catholic Families (NACF)

Publications:

1997: Anthology of pro-life verse

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Save the Date All Ireland Rally for Life July 2nd 2011

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