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BRIEF: Candelight vigil tonight to honor shooting victims

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There will be a candlelight vigil tonight to honor the victims of the Connecticut school shooting, where so far 20 children and six adults have been confirmed dead.

The vigil will be at 8 p.m. at the Carousel at Riverfront Park.

People are asked to bring a candle and a prayer to show support for the families impacted.

 

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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Tracy Simmons
11 years ago

From Sicco:
Hi Tracy..There is also Candle light Meditation/Prayer vigil at the triangle tonight..folks can signup for notices and directions by going here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/342496942489049/ We do these monthly vigils meditations in part for these, and all tragedies happening everywhere in the world too. This reflection/meditation includes and holds in awareness all human created suffering, and works towards inner disarmament, cultivating patience, wisdom, compassion, awareness, etc, which encourages and hopefully ripples out as outer disarmament.”

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