William A. Marra

William A. Marra (February 20, 1928 — December 12, 1998) was a third-party Right to life candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1988; his running mate was Joan Andrews. They received 20,504 votes. [http://www.presidentelect.org/e1988.html] Marra had also been a candidate in the Republican and Democratic parties' United States presidential primary in New Hampshire. In the former he received six write-in votes [http://www.politicallibrary.org/TallState/1988rep.html] and in the latter received 142 votes. [http://www.politicallibrary.org/TallState/1988dem.html]

He was a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Engineering and Fordham University, serving as a professor of philosophy at the latter. Marra was an active lecturer, opposing topics such as abortion, atheism and sex education.

For 17 years, Marra hosted a radio program called "Where Catholics Meet" on 710 WOR-AM in New York. On the show, he addressed issues facing orthodox Catholics in the post-Vatican II world. He often had guests. In the early 1990s, Marra hosted a TV program on the EWTN Global Catholic Network called "The Roman Forum." This program ran for two seasons and addressed many of the same issues as "Where Catholics Meet", but involved fewer guest hosts.

Marra founded Catholic Media Apostolate, an organization dedicated to the propagation of the Roman Catholic faith through the media. He was also heavily involved in Keep the Faith, an organization similar to CMA.

In 2003 his daughter Lorretta Marra Malvasi was convicted of assisting James Charles Kopp subsequent to Kopp's killing of Barnett Slepian, a New York state physician who legally performed abortions.

Bibliography

* von Hildebrand, Dietrich (1973). "Satan at Work: in Biblical exegesis...in Catechetics & Religious Education...in Desacralized Worship...in Ostpolitik" (foreword)
* Marra, William A. (1979) "Happiness and Christian Hope: A Phenomenological Analysis" ISBN 0-8199-0770-7
* Marra, William A. (with Dietrich von Hildebrand). " [http://www.veil-of-innocence.org/cont1.htm Sex Education: The Basic Issues] "
* Marra, William A. [http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0039.html “Von Hildebrand on Love, Happiness, and Sex.”] In "The Catholic Writer: The Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute" 2 (Ignatius Press, 1989): 119-127.
* [http://www.tccaudio.com/NewFiles/marra.html Audiocassettes by William A. Marra]

References

* [http://www.veil-of-innocence.org/bios.htm Veil of Innocence Biographical Information]

Further reading

* http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/prochoicepress/02autumn-winter.shtml#railroad