Four Citizens Given Awards

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Four citizens were given awards for their service at the MFI Banquet.

Barbara Bell has counseled women outside of abortion clinics for many years, has been jailed more than 40 times, and has faced Planned Parenthood in court on numerous occasions. She is also president of Massachusetts Blacks for Life and founder of Intercessors for Life.

Joseph Cunningham leads the Thursday Morning Prayer Breakfast at the Union Club of Boston. He has also served on the board of MFI.

Justice Joseph R. Nolan retired in 1995 as Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. He was the lone voice defending the First Amendment rights of the South Boston St. Patrick’s day parade organizers against militant homosexual activists. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld his opinion three years later in a 9-0 decision.

Harvard freshman Mark Silvestri was honored for standing up for the rights of his public school’s Christian club against fierce opposition from the administration, while a student at Natick High School.

 

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