Prayer Vigil on Account of Virginia Tech Shootings
Prayer vigil planned for KU Canterbury Tuesday evening
In response to the shooting deaths today at Virginia Tech, the campus ministry program of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas will offer a prayer vigil Tuesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. at Canterbury House at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The house is located at 1116 Louisiana Street.
Participating will be Kansas Bishop Dean E. Wolfe, student peer ministers, and campus missioners the Rev. Craig Loya and the Rev. Susan Terry.
All members of the diocese, and the public, are invited to attend.
Student peer ministers at the Episcopal campus ministry at Kansas State University will take the lead in coming days in organizing an on-going response by college students across the diocese, reaching out especially to Episcopal students at Virginia Tech.
Bishop Wolfe has asked that all parishes and members of the diocese offer special prayers this week and this coming Sunday on behalf of those killed and injured and their families, and for all those in the Virginia Tech community affected by this tragedy.
Bishop, campus ministers offer prayers, pledge of support
The people, clergy and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offer our fervent prayers for the students, faculty and staff members of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in Blacksburg, Va., in this time of shock and grief.
We are deeply saddened by the senseless acts of violence that have occurred on the Virginia Tech campus. We grieve with the friends, families and teachers of those who have died and those who are hospitalized. We pray that God’s healing peace will enfold the Virginia Tech community in the midst of their loss and lead them to an awareness of God’s presence in the midst of unspeakable tragedy.
We who work in campus ministries treasure the relationships formed on our college campuses, the gifts shared by all members of our schools and the unique communities that grow out of our times of prayer and fellowship together.
In addition to our prayers, we offer whatever other help the people at Virginia Tech may need from us now and in the days ahead. And we pray that God’s powerful presence will enable all of us on college campuses to combat the darkness of violence with the light of God’s love.
In Christ,
The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe, Ninth Bishop
The Reverend Craig Loya, Campus Missioner
The Reverend Susan Terry, Campus Missioner
Deacon Stephen Segebrecht, Chairperson, Higher Education Committee
The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
In response to the shooting deaths today at Virginia Tech, the campus ministry program of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas will offer a prayer vigil Tuesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. at Canterbury House at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The house is located at 1116 Louisiana Street.
Participating will be Kansas Bishop Dean E. Wolfe, student peer ministers, and campus missioners the Rev. Craig Loya and the Rev. Susan Terry.
All members of the diocese, and the public, are invited to attend.
Student peer ministers at the Episcopal campus ministry at Kansas State University will take the lead in coming days in organizing an on-going response by college students across the diocese, reaching out especially to Episcopal students at Virginia Tech.
Bishop Wolfe has asked that all parishes and members of the diocese offer special prayers this week and this coming Sunday on behalf of those killed and injured and their families, and for all those in the Virginia Tech community affected by this tragedy.
Bishop, campus ministers offer prayers, pledge of support
The people, clergy and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offer our fervent prayers for the students, faculty and staff members of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in Blacksburg, Va., in this time of shock and grief.
We are deeply saddened by the senseless acts of violence that have occurred on the Virginia Tech campus. We grieve with the friends, families and teachers of those who have died and those who are hospitalized. We pray that God’s healing peace will enfold the Virginia Tech community in the midst of their loss and lead them to an awareness of God’s presence in the midst of unspeakable tragedy.
We who work in campus ministries treasure the relationships formed on our college campuses, the gifts shared by all members of our schools and the unique communities that grow out of our times of prayer and fellowship together.
In addition to our prayers, we offer whatever other help the people at Virginia Tech may need from us now and in the days ahead. And we pray that God’s powerful presence will enable all of us on college campuses to combat the darkness of violence with the light of God’s love.
In Christ,
The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe, Ninth Bishop
The Reverend Craig Loya, Campus Missioner
The Reverend Susan Terry, Campus Missioner
Deacon Stephen Segebrecht, Chairperson, Higher Education Committee
The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
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