Sentences with phrase «prayer vigil»

A "prayer vigil" refers to a gathering or event where people come together to pray, often for a specific purpose or intention, either individually or as a group. Full definition
He is among members of a small group who have committed to holding twelve - hour prayer vigils at the site during the 40 - day Lent period.
«That's democracy,» said Gloria Torres, 54, an administrator who organized prayer vigils for Chavez when he was dying.
They held prayer vigils in my name in DC and all around the country.
The government is holding a review into the right to lobby or hold prayer vigils outside the centres.
Churches in Preston are holding a special six - hour prayer vigil, as the English Defence arrives in the... More
The organisers of the twice - yearly 40 Days for Life prayer vigils, which have now spread from the US to the UK, send a daily update during their campaigns.
«I've personally organised 3000 hours of prayer vigils.
Over the past few days, the area hosted a dozen prayer vigils and candlelit tributes.
A west London council will vote on whether it will become the first in the country to create a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic, stopping pro-life campaigners holding gatherings like prayer vigils outside.
Archbishop Sentamu has just finished a week - long prayer vigil, praying on the hour every hour, between 6 am and 6 pm.
We also hold special services, such as AIDS prayer vigils and the blessing of banners for the NAMES Project quilt that was part of the Lesbian and Gay Rights March on Washington last October.
He was on the lawn in front of the Civic Building as thousands gathered in solidarity, hope, and love at a packed prayer vigil last Sunday.
The widely publicized prayer vigil brought four offers to replace the scene, and the church accepted the...
But by Ervin's estimate, 8,000 people came for the morning prayer vigil, and 6,000 stayed for a rally and celebration at Garfield Park.
A few hundred people took part in a Martin Luther King Day prayer vigil and rally to oust Carl Paladino from the Buffalo School Board on Monday.
Around 40 ministers, rabbis and other faith leaders held a protest prayer vigil before the hearing began.
The rally and prayer vigil starts at 1 pm and is expected to draw a wide range of local leaders.
Mbaka who declared the support during the weekly prayer vigil at the Adoration Ministry ground in Enugu, said the Deputy President of the Senate had done so well and deserved to be reelected.
Christine Quinn's latest attempt to attack sidewalk counselors offering alternatives to abortion to women who have no place to go and to demonize innocent prayer vigils is more evidence of her unfitness for public office.
Nowadays, the annual Mass and Prayer Vigil for Life, held the night before the march in the vast basilica, has become such a crammed and cramped experience that youth groups who wish to attend must arrive four to six hours early if they want so much as merely a space to sit on the floor.
In the months leading up to this week's Supreme Court hearings, religious leaders from across the country have held prayer vigils and rallies for their respective causes.
Gov. Rick Scott, also a Republican, attended a prayer vigil at the First Church Coral Springs, blocks from the shooting site.
Yesterday, a group of Christian leaders that included writer and speaker Shane Claiborne was arrested in Washington during a prayer vigil demonstration.
Footage of a classic Christian hymm Amazing Grace being sung during a prayer vigil in Las Vegas after a mass shooting on Sunday has gone viral on the internet.
The campaign, to conclude on Independence Day, has drawn support from Catholic parishioners across the nation, who have held religious rallies, prayer vigils and weekly mass to raise awareness for a new health care mandate the church opposes.
«The prosecution said we could just have joined in a prayer vigil to the side of the road, instead of lying in it; we said our consciences wouldn't allow that.
The mayor's office in Rio said final estimates for a prayer vigil on Saturday could reach up to 3 million.
The prayer vigil had been scheduled for a field 30 miles outside of the city at «Campus Fidei,» or faith field, but organizers had to move events to Rio because of flooding.
Those fortunate enough to have taken in Pope Benedict's celebration of Cardinal Newman — at both Saturday's prayer vigil, and the Mass and beatification early Sunday — were not disappointed.
Among those at Wednesday's prayer vigil was South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
First, our prayer vigil is not a protest.
Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, in Kurdish northern Iraq will hold a prayer vigil at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, which opened last year in response to an influx of Christians fleeing persecution.
Mourners attending a prayer vigil to remember victims of a shooting at a Kentucky high school on Tuesday have been told God is still with them.
During this prayer vigil, I urge you to ask God to help you find your vocation... The Lord calls many people to marriage, in which a man and a woman, in becoming one flesh (cf.Gen 2:24), find fulfilment in a profound life of communion.
Has our POTUS ever held a prayer vigil to rally political support for him in any political office that he is / was seeking??? Think before you post xian loon.
The week after, our church h had a prayer vigil, and her next appointment the cancer had starters to regress.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will join other religious leaders at a prayer vigil for Iraq this morni... More
Unfortunately many people, who also have prayer vigils and many people praying for them, are not so lucky.
In Germany, he addressed the German parliament, met Jewish and Muslim groups, held a prayer vigil with young people and celebrated Mass in Berlin's Olympic Stadium (built by Hitler, nastily said all the non-German critics; and in use ever since, like the autobahns, one might riposte).
Prayer vigils are organised outside abortion centres and community outreach is conducted, taking a positive and upbeat pro-life message to all parts of the community.
The police arrested several faith leaders, including Claiborne, for staging a prayer vigil as an act of civil disobedience that culminated at the door of Senator Paul Ryan's office.
Mourners attending a prayer vigil to remember victims of a shooting at a Kentucky high school on Tuesday... More
«We're close, but you feel like you're a million miles away,» Hamilton said during a break from tending to the needs of his church and planning a prayer vigil.
The hatred and bigotry that descended on Charlottesville when a coalition of white supremacist groups clashed with anti-racist and anti-fascist protestors will not be allowed to happen in WNY, leaders vowed during a prayer vigil at Buffalo's Durham Memorial AME Zion Church.
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