Father Martin Smith, Jerseyville and Grafton Students, Parishioners, Take Part in March For Life

JERSEYVILLE - Father Marty Smith, Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Jerseyville and St. Patrick in Grafton, along with students and parishioners from St. Francis Xavier and Holy Ghost Parish in Jerseyville, participated in the recent March for Life on Jan. 24 in Washington, D.C.

Father Smith, the students, and parishioners joined more than 400 people from across the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois and hundreds of thousands of people from across the country in the March. This year’s theme was Life empowers: Pro-life is Pro-Woman.