[As representatives of Rhode Island’s major religious traditions, we invite you to join us Sunday evening, June 4, at 6:30 p.m. for an Interfaith Service against apartheid and racism, …]
[As representatives of Rhode Island’s major religious traditions, we invite you to join us Sunday evening, June 4, at 6:30 p.m. for an Interfaith Service against apartheid and racism, …]
Letter signed by The Most Rev. Louis E. Gelineau, Bishop of Providence; Rabbi George J. Astrachan, RI Board of Rabbis; and Rev. Dr. Richard C. Brown, RI State Council of Churches. The letter invites representatives of Rhode Island's major religious traditions to an Interfaith Service against apartheid and racism at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence on June 4 at 6:30 p.m. The letter says the Rev. Allan Boesak, the prominent black South African religious leader, will give the sermon, together with Jim Wallis, founder of the Sojourners Community in Washington, D.C.; clergy also are invited to be in a processional with Rev. Boesak to the Cathedral, gathering at the First Baptist...
Letter signed by The Most Rev. Louis E. Gelineau, Bishop of Providence; Rabbi George J. Astrachan, RI Board of Rabbis; and Rev. Dr. Richard C. Brown, RI State Council of Churches. The letter invites representatives of Rhode Island's major religious traditions to an Interfaith Service against apartheid and racism at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence on June 4 at 6:30 p.m. The letter says the Rev. Allan Boesak, the prominent black South African religious leader, will give the sermon, together with Jim Wallis, founder of the Sojourners Community in Washington, D.C.; clergy also are invited to be in a processional with Rev. Boesak to the Cathedral, gathering at the First Baptist Church in America at 5:45; twenty-five years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his "I Have a Dream" message; the system of apartheid in South Africa and recent racial incidents in our own state remind us that there is much work yet to be done in making Dr. King's dream a reality; we believe that the Beloved Community of which King spoke can be realized if we make this a priority. [Note: Rhode Island Divest solicited the signers to write this document.]
