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A few days ago, we had the first 8"+ winter storm in St. Louis in a few years, and, surprisingly, it was easier for the DOT to handle this time around than the past few winter storms. In this storm, all the precipitation was snow—the last few major storms were mostly ice, which is much harder to deal with.

Jason Signalness also provides some of his own pictures of the Seminary grounds (I didn't have the courage to strap on my boots and trodge through the snow to grab pictures of the Seminary; I was lazy and took the picture above out of my window!).

(Archbishop Burke with Seminarians at the 2008 March for Life)

As I'm sitting on a charter bus on the way back to St. Louis, I can't help but think that our nation is heading in a direction of finally eradicating the evil of abortion. Whether this will take ten of fifty years, I don't know, but I noticed so many people on the march, and most of them youth, that I don't know how our society could still tolerate this sad reality. A priest on the trip mentioned that the 'pro-choice' mentality is self-defeating; if you abort your children, you're cutting off possible future support for your cause. On the other hand, if you're pro-life, and helping our nation maintain its replacement birth rate, you're supporting your cause doubly!

The march was packed, and I'm sure the media will report there having been 'tens of thousands' (if that) of people at the march, when in reality the number is likely over a hundred thousand:

I am sitting in the Catholic Information Center a few feet away from a tempting table full of Dunkin' Donuts, after having finally met Dawn Eden at a 'blogger party.' I've never heard of the CIC before a few weeks ago, but I have to say it's one of the finest Catholic bookstores I've ever visited—and, as an added bonus, it has a chapel inside, with daily Mass and adoration! Here's a quick picture of myself and Dawn at the party:

The march was well-attended (of course, the mainstream media won't tell you so), and I hope to post a few more pictures later today or tomorrow. See you then!

Tomorrow's the big day, and I'm now getting ready for it by taking a nice, long rest. Most of the day was spent walking around downtown D.C., and going to Macy's twice, since I needed a sweater in the morning (forgot to bring one), then lost a glove during the day (and needed another pair). Luckily, they had an awesome half off sale, in addition to a 'foreigner' sale for those of us not living in the District of Columbia, so it wasn't too damaging to my wallet.

I shot this picture of the Capitol building about half an hour before sunset:

Then a seminarian and I walked all the way down the national mall and shot a few pictures of the Washington Monument (it was a gorgeous sunset on a clear day - the little speck you see next to the monument is an airplane in the distance):

I just arrived in Washington, D.C., and will post a blog posting or two before I head back to the States. I hear there will be a lot of activity at this year's March for Life besides the march itself; and hopefully we'll have even greater numbers than usual. It's not too cold today, and hopefully that will be the case for the next few days!