March 25 Big Episcopal Prayer Vigil Against Gun Violence in DC

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http://www.episcopalchurch.org/notice/episcopal-church-focuses-gun-violence-march-25-stations-cross-washington-dc

On Monday, March 25 at 10:30 am Eastern, more than 20 Episcopal bishops from throughout the church will lead hundreds of clergy and lay people in praying the Stations of the Cross in Washington, DC, as they process along Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the U. S. Capitol to challenge violence, especially the epidemic of gun violence that claims so many thousands of American lives each year.

The service will begin outside St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, http://www.stjohns-dc.org/ at the corner of 16th and H Streets, Northwest, across from the White House, and conclude on the west lawn of the U. S. Capitol some two and a half hours later.

The specially written Stations of the Cross, focusing on the tragedy of gun violence, are available here https://www.ctepiscopal.org/Content/Holy_Week_Witness_Liturgy.asp for personal use, and can be adapted for use in local contexts.





While I am not a churchgoer myself, I have to give a big to any church that is active on the issue of gun violence. While reading various news items on guns yesterday I found out that the Episcopal clergy are going to make a statement on it during Easter Week. The prayer vigil in the streets of DC will begin soon this morning.

We need all the help we can get on this.