Border Peace Vigil

Dear Friends,

You are invited to participate in an Inter-faith (Christian, Muslim, Jewish) and Ecumenical (Catholic and Protestant) prayer vigil for Border Peace. There have been some 1,000 killings in Juarez, mostly drug related; and the violence continues to increase. There have been several incidents in El Paso also. Several clergy want to gather in prayer to seek a spiritual solution to the problem, to raise awareness of the link between US consumption of drugs and Juarez violence, and to pledge to promote peace along the US-Mexico border.

We plan to have three vigils throughout the year in different places unique to our respective religious traditions. The first one will be at St. Pius X Parish on Tuesday October 14th from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. A social gathering will follow for the participants.

At the vigil we plan to have a reading from the Torah with a prayer for peace, a reading from the Koran with a prayer for peace, and from the Bible with a prayer for peace. Three presenters will speak about border violence and how they have been affected by this violence. In the end we will all make a pledge to promote peace and to work to stop the use of drugs in our society.

We ask that you encourage and invite your friends, family members, congregation and other groups to which you belong, to this important spiritual vigil for peace.

From our friends who are unable to join us at St. Pius X on October 14, 2008, we humbly ask for your prayerful support.

Thank you for your part in helping to spread God's peace which overcomes all fear.

Yours in Christ,
Fr. Bill Morton