Fr. Paul Schenck and the National Pro-Life Center on Capitol Hill

Catholic Online ^ | 12/1/10 | Deacon Keith Fournier

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To anyone in the Pro-Life movement for any length of time Paul Schenck is an iconic figure. The image which adorned the cover of Life magazine of a younger Paul Schenck, still a Protestant minister at the time, is a part of the pictorial history of the movement. ...

...In 2004 I served as the Deacon at the Mass where Fr. Frank Pavone received Paul into full communion with the Catholic Church. Paul laid aside his ordained ministry in the Reformed Episcopal Church to become a Catholic.

... With a dispensation from Rome waiving the celibacy requirement, Paul was ordained to the Holy Priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary by his friend, Bishop Victor Galeone of St. Augustine, Fla. I sat next to my brother deacons and behind the numerous priests who were present and wept through most of the exquisitely beautiful ordination. His wife and children were there, along with a Church filled with people whose lives have been touched by his service to the Lord. They came from his days as a Pro-Life champion, an Assemblies of God Pastor, an Episcopal minister and now, as a Catholic Priest.

Fr. Paul was the founding Director of the National Pro-Life Center (NPLC) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and serves as Chairman. The Center has a unique mission to those who administer Justice. The offices are in a lovely brownstone building directly across from the United States Supreme Court. It is wonderfully ironic that this Pro-Life champion who suffered the brunt of injustice in the Courts now ministers to those who administer Justice. ...

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Fr. Paul Schenck is the founding Director of the National Pro-Life Center (NPLC) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Center gives the Justices of the Supreme Court, their high level staff, members of the federal judiciary, members of the US Senate and other public policy makers the information, education and inspiration they need to better form their consciences so they will make better decisions.The Center has a unique mission to those who administer Justice. The offices are in a lovely brownstone building directly across from the United States Supreme Court. It is wonderfully ironic that this Pro-Life champion who suffered the brunt of injustice in the Courts now ministers to those who administer Justice.