Registration for the 2022 Youth Rally and Mass for Life at St. Matthew’s Cathedral is now closed. The livestream will begin at 8:00 AM on January 21, 2022. You can find more information about this year's event and view the livestream on the offical Rally & Mass for Life Website.

7:45 AM: Doors open
8:00 AM: Entertainment begins as groups are seated according to pre-assigned seating
8:30 AM: Youth Rally begins
10:00 AM: Mass for Life with Cardinal Gregory begins

Plenary Indulgence for the 2022 March for Life

The Holy See has granted a plenary indulgence for the Masses that will be celebrated in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington during this year’s March for Life on January 20-21, 2022. This year’s plenary indulgence provides for those pilgrims who will attend events in person and for those pilgrims who will attend events virtually. Pilgrims who participate in person, or virtually due to age, sickness or other grave reasons that prevent them from leaving their homes, but who join via TV, radio or social media in the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday, January 20, 2022 will obtain a plenary indulgence. The same conditions apply for pilgrims, who will attend in person or virtually the Mass for Life, which will be celebrated on Friday, January 21, 2022 at The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. The same conditions apply for pilgrims, who will attend in person or virtually Masses held in the Archdiocese of Washington on January 20-21, 2022 in conjunction with the March for Life.

About the Youth Rally and Mass for Life 

The Youth Rally and Mass for Life occurs each year in conjunction with the annual National March for Life held on (or near) the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision making abortion legal in this country.

The Rally strives to encourage the youth participating in the national March for Life in their witness as disciples of Christ and promoters of the Gospel of Life. It is the largest annual archdiocesan event, which in many ways has grown to become a national (even international) event with pilgrims traveling from as far away as the US Virgin Islands and Australia.

Join us in prayer that as a nation, we may stop wandering in the wilderness of the culture of death and may enter into “life in abundance” (Jn 10:10) through our faith in Jesus Christ and our proclamation of the Gospel of Life!