Philadelphia Interfaith leaders recognize Mayor Parker and build bridges of peace across communities
The Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia will hold an interfaith prayer service for the intention of Mayor Cherelle Parker and Members of Philadelphia City Council.
The service will be led by the RLC Co-Conveners: Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archdiocese of Philadelphia; The Rt. Rev. Daniel Gutiérrez, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania; Imam Anwar Muhaimin, Quba Masjid; and Rabbi David Straus of the Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
The prayer service will include sacred scripture readings from the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faith traditions. Attendees will recite a pledge written by the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia titled A Call from People of Faith to Stop Violence. Participants will also light candles to visually welcome the light of peace into our community.
“This service is about praying for Mayor Parker, the City Council, and the City, building bridges of peace, and supporting one another in the light as a community of communities,” said Rev. Edward Livingston, Interfaith Philadelphia’s Director of Religious Community Initiatives. Interfaith Philadelphia is the coordinator of the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
10:00-11:00 am
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
The public can RSVP to attend this event here.
For those unable to attend the Prayer Gathering will be streamed live from the Cathedral at:
https://www.vimeo.com/event/2470138
https://www.facebook.com/ArchbishopPerez/
https://www.facebook.com/ArchPhila/
https://www.facebook.com/interfaithpa
Note: For Cathedral events a press mult-box with the Program and Clean feeds from the multi-camera system in the Cathedral is available with 1080i SDI embedded audio (BNC), Program audio (XLR) and power access. Crews will need a live truck or recording device.
The mult-box is located on the exterior wall of the Cathedral in the parking lot opposite the loading dock of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center. Crews can enter by the 17th Street entrance. Please note that due to recent renovations in the area a 50 foot cable is recommended for media vehicles.
Please contact Daniel Kearns with any technical concerns regarding streaming or mult-box access at 215-888-0305 (cell). For events that have a mult-box feed, reporters and still photographers will be permitted in the Cathedral but are asked to remain in the designated area for the media (by the side pillars). All media are asked to remain clear of the front aisle and center aisle at all times.
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Direct Link:
https://www.vimeo.com/event/2470138
Background Information about the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia (RLC)
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. The Council is coordinated by Interfaith Philadelphia. The council has identified the issue of violence as its priority. It will be disseminating a non-violence pledge as part of the Interfaith Inaugural Service.
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Co-Conveners:
Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archdiocese of Philadelphia
The Rt. Rev. Daniel Gutiérrez, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
Rabbi David Straus, Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Imam Anwar Muhaimin, Quba Masjid
Members:
Bishop Julius McAllister, African Methodist Episcopal Church
Imam Mohamed Shehata, Al-Aqsa Islamic Society
Kavneet Singh Pannu, American Sikh Council
Bishop J. Louis Felton, Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity
Rabbi Beth Janus, Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia
Bishop Guy Glimp, Church of God in Christ
Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian, Congregation Mikveh Israel
Bishop Peter Hwang, Council of Korean Churches of Greater Philadelphia
Rabbi Eli Freedman, Delaware Valley Association of Reform Rabbis
Bishop John Schol, Eastern Penn Conference, United Methodist Church
The Very Rev. Avgoustinos Psomas, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
Rev. Luis Cortés, Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity
Rev. Edward Livingston, Interfaith Philadelphia
Dr. Tahir Wyatt, Majlis Ash Shura of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
Rev. Stephen Kriss, Franconia Conference, Mennonite Church USA
Rev. Dr. Calenthia Dowdy, Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia
Imam Muhammad Miller, Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Rev. William Worley, Pennsylvania Southeast Conference, United Church of Christ
Archbishop Mary Floyd Palmer, Philadelphia Council of Clergy
Rev. Terry Davis, Philadelphia Gospel Movement
Dr. Wilson Goode, Philadelphia Leadership Foundation
Christie Duncan-Tessmer, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace, Presbytery of Philadelphia
Rabbi Abe Friedman, Rabbinical Assembly, Philadelphia Region
Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Fr. Mina Mina, St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Delaware
Lt. Colonel Larry Ashcraft, Salvation Army of Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware
Bishop Patricia Davenport, Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, ECLA
Dr. Gity Etemad, Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Philadelphia
Pres. Kim McNaughton, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Ukrainian Catholic Archepachy of Philadelphia
Rev. Kevin Jagoe, Unitarian Universalist Assoc., Central Eastern Region
Rev. Dr. Hojin Park, Won Institute of Graduate Studies
Contacts:
Mary-Anne Smith
Communications Director, Interfaith Philadelphia
[email protected]
267-229-2348
Kenneth A. Gavin
Chief Communications Officer, Archdiocese of Philadelphia
[email protected]
215-587-3747