Pro-Life Ministry Plans Prayer Vigil

Date of Vigil: May 15, 2001. Meriden, Connecticut.

The Pro-Life Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford at the Franciscan Life Center, Meriden, is holding a prayer vigil on Tuesday, May 15, 2001, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. to pray for victims of violence, and to pray for those who commit crimes of violence. Special prayers will be offered for the 168 persons killed in the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City and their families as well as for Mr. Timothy McVeigh.

The vigil is open to people of all faiths who wish to join together in prayer. Sister Suzanne Gross, FSE, Coordinator of Pro-Life Ministry, explained that, in fostering a culture of life, the Church encourages us to pray for all those whose lives are brutalized through acts of violence, and also to pray that the penalty of death not be sought as an answer to violence.