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If you missed Pulse Life Advocate’s “Evening of Glory” event on May 2nd, you can still support our pro-life student scholarship fund.
To recap the evening, we assembled a diverse group of Catholic musicians from greater Des Moines, beginning with St. Augustin’s music director, Dr. Marion Scott and family.
Dr. Scott, his wife, Rosa, and daughters Marianne Rose and Faith Eugenia, dazzled the audience with a set of classical music.
Sacred Heart’s Nate Sparks reimagined three well-known Catholic hymns with jazz piano stylings.
St. Francis and St. Boniface musicians in the Living Water group led us in a set of uplifting praise music.
Holy Trinity’s Tom Quiner & Friends performed four new hymns composed by Mr. Quiner.
The Catholic Youth Choir closed the performance with three breathtaking choral pieces seemingly sung by a choir of angels. The result was a thunderous standing ovation!
All of these talented musicians came together to uplift us through the beauty of music, and to raise money for our new Pro-Life Student Scholarship Fund.
If you missed the event, you can STILL support our fund with your gift today.
More detail on the pro-life student scholarship fund
Board member, Ben Robey, described the fund in more detail:
“Pulse has always been at the forefront of creating pro-life leaders in many ways, from the contingents of youth we organize to attend the March for Life in Washington DC, to ensuring those future pro-life leaders have the opportunity to be born in the first place.
While reviewing all our different activities, we realized we were missing a valuable opportunity to promote and empower pro-life leaders at the collegiate level. Thru much prayer and deliberation, we decided now was the time to create the Pulse Essay Scholarship fund.
Sizable scholarship!
Now, make no mistake, this isn’t a small award that will be given away freely. We understand that college tuition continues to soar and the days of working summers to cover books, room, and board are long gone. Thru the generosity of you all gathered here tonite, we intend to make this THE preeminent pro-life scholarship award in the nation.
I don’t want to give away all the details just yet – you’ll have to attend our Gala in November to find out more – but applicants who are Juniors or Seniors in High School and will be attending a higher education institution will be required to write an essay in response to a prompt.
The winning response will likely touch on philosophical, moral, and legal ideology, and will challenge the applicant to think in ways they haven’t previously.
The toughest challenge
From there, finalists will be tasked with the toughest challenge yet- an interview with the Board of Directors and Maggie Dewitte! The student awarded this scholarship will find themselves receiving what we hope to be a profound amount of money to go towards their studies, and will exemplify what it means to be a pro-life young adult.
But as I said before, we can’t do this without your generosity here tonite. Pulse has always relied on the selflessness of the pro-life faithful to continue the mission, and this is no exception.
The creation of this endowment fund will ensure we can make a significant impact in someone’s life not just in 2026, but in following years as well.
We will unveil the entire program at our Gala in November, where we will share the award amount, detailed requirements for application, and the essay prompt.
Applications will be open for entry immediately following the Gala, and the scholarship will be awarded in Spring 2026, early enough to announce at graduation ceremonies and parties.
I speak on behalf of the entire board and staff in saying that we are very excited to start this process, and we can’t wait to see what impact this will have on this pro-life movement going forward. Thank you very much for attending tonite!”
Make difference. Support our Scholarship fund for pro-life students today.
