This ecumenical gathering is sponsored by the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia, Heeding God’s Call, and local faith institutions. It will prayerfully honor the lives lost to gun violence in Philadelphia and call for action to make our community safer.
All people of goodwill are invited to participate in the From Sanctuary to Street, From Lament to Action, a prayerful interfaith gathering that will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
Most Reverend Edward M. Deliman, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (ret.), will serve as the principal convener. He will be joined by faith leaders from the Episcopal Diocese of Philadelphia, Quba Masjid, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia.
Thursday, June 9, 2022
2:00 p.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
This prayerful initiative seeks to honor the memory of victims of gun violence and work to end the sin of gun violence. The event will include a city-wide interfaith prayer service, Memorial to the Lost Tee-shirt display, Witness Walk, and a moment of remembrance at a gun violence site.
This ecumenical gathering will be streamed via the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ArchPhila). It is being sponsored by the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia, Heeding God’s Call, and local faith institutions.
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Editor’s Note: Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence® is a faith-based movement to prevent gun violence who unites people of faith in the sacred responsibility to protect our brothers, sisters, and children.
The Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia was founded in April 2006, in order to build relationships of mutual support, offer a moral and spiritual voice in the region, and identify issues of local concern for dialogue and action. Co-convened by Archbishop Nelsen Pérez, Rabbi David Straus, Imam Anwar Muhaimin, and Bishop Daniel Gutiérrez, the Council is the first of its kind in the city, with more than 30-member communities, representing more than two million people of diverse faith traditions from across the greater Philadelphia region.-
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