The 10th annual OneLife L.A. will be held Saturday in downtown Los Angeles, billed by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as a celebration of the beauty and dignity of every human life from conception to natural death.
The event focuses on pro-life, homelessness, human trafficking, end of life, foster care and adoption, environment, the disabled and immigration, according to the archdiocese.
The event will begin at 11 a.m. at the La Placita Olvera Kiosk. “A Walk for Life” to Los Angeles State Historic Park will follow at 12:30 p.m. A program of speakers and performers will be held at the park from 1-4 p.m.
A “Requiem for the Unborn” Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels will begin at 5 p.m., celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez.
Speakers will include Amilyon (Millie) Nelson, who uses her story to attempt to break the stereotypes around foster care and adoption; Katie Prejean, host of the “Ave Explores” podcast on various Catholic topics; Jorge Giron, an advocate for human dignity at all stages of life whose pregnant wife died from COVID-19; the Rev. Josh Johnson, host of the “Ask Father Josh” podcast; and Gloria Purvis, an author, commentator and host of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast.”
The Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles will receive the fifth annual OneLife LA Service Grant of $10,000 to support its mission, which states that “every person has a sanctity and dignity that cannot be diminished by illness or disability, and cannot be limited by race, age, sex or social condition,” according to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Office of Life, Justice and Peace.