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Quebec’s Christian March draws around 1,000 in defence of Christian heritage
BY REBECCA MILLETTE
Mon Jun 06, 2011 17:57 ESTComments (1)Tags: Christian, Quebec
Participants gather for the first annual Christian March in Quebec.
QUEBEC, June 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Quebec’s “Christian March” (“La Marche chrétienne”) on June 4th drew a crowd of around 1,000 in defence of the province’s Christian heritage against the radical secularism being imposed by the state.
The marchers, led by a huge wooden cross with the words “On marche avec Jesus” (“We walk with Jesus”), left the Plains of Abraham during a beautiful mid-afternoon and walked to the Quebec Parliament.
Participants of all ages were joined by Catholic and Protestant clergy, as well as news representatives from the Catholic Diocese of Quebec and local newspapers.
“The message is to tell people: don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid of showing and speaking from your beliefs and making your beliefs actually mean something in everyday life,” Georges Buscemi of Campagne Quebec-Vie told LifeSiteNews.
Buscemi has spent the last eight months organizing the event, along with seven other individuals and groups, including the Catholic Parents Association of Quebec, the Association of the Coptic Orthodox Community of Greater Montreal, and the Church of the Victory of Quebec.
The purpose of the event was to demonstrate that Christians are entitled to occupy public space, to affirm the Christian values and virtues on which Quebec’s identity was founded, and to pray and demonstrate for solidarity among the Christians of Quebec.
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BY REBECCA MILLETTE
Mon Jun 06, 2011 17:57 ESTComments (1)Tags: Christian, Quebec
Participants gather for the first annual Christian March in Quebec.
QUEBEC, June 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Quebec’s “Christian March” (“La Marche chrétienne”) on June 4th drew a crowd of around 1,000 in defence of the province’s Christian heritage against the radical secularism being imposed by the state.
The marchers, led by a huge wooden cross with the words “On marche avec Jesus” (“We walk with Jesus”), left the Plains of Abraham during a beautiful mid-afternoon and walked to the Quebec Parliament.
Participants of all ages were joined by Catholic and Protestant clergy, as well as news representatives from the Catholic Diocese of Quebec and local newspapers.
“The message is to tell people: don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid of showing and speaking from your beliefs and making your beliefs actually mean something in everyday life,” Georges Buscemi of Campagne Quebec-Vie told LifeSiteNews.
Buscemi has spent the last eight months organizing the event, along with seven other individuals and groups, including the Catholic Parents Association of Quebec, the Association of the Coptic Orthodox Community of Greater Montreal, and the Church of the Victory of Quebec.
The purpose of the event was to demonstrate that Christians are entitled to occupy public space, to affirm the Christian values and virtues on which Quebec’s identity was founded, and to pray and demonstrate for solidarity among the Christians of Quebec.
lifesitenews.com/news/quebecs-christian-march-draws-around-1000-in-defence-of-christian-heritage?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=62149b38af-LifeSiteNews_com_Canada_Full_Text_06_06_2011&utm_medium=email