The couple chairs the right-to-life committee for the Knights of Columbus Illinois State Council. Even though she and her husband have been working in the pro-life movement since 1969, Marge said they keep returning to this conference because “there is always more to learn.”
During the conference, the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-life Activities awarded the “People of Life” award to Vicki Thorn, founder of the national post-abortion healing program Project Rachel, Sister Hanna Klaus, developer of the Teen STAR international pregnancy prevention program, and to Virginia McCaskey, matriarch of the Chicago Bears’ family. McCaskey is well known for her philanthropy, which includes support of the archdiocese’s Chastity Education Initiative.
While she rarely accepts personal awards for her philanthropic work, the mother and grandmother told attendees, “I accept this on behalf of all the little old ladies who sent [FOCA] post cards, and write checks, and pray rosaries, and listen to Relevant Radio and who usually struggle to get to daily Mass.”
She also encouraged attendees to keep up the work that they do. “I salute you,” she said.
Printed with permission from the Catholic New World, newspaper for the Archdiocese of Chicago.