Special Service

Service Honoring Gun Violence Victims

Saturday, December 28, 2019 | 12:00pm

This noonday service will be dedicated to the children who have suffered from violence this year. December 28 is the Christian “Feast of the Holy Innocents,” also called Childermas or Innocents’ Day in remembrance of the massacre of young children in Bethlehem by King Herod the Great in his attempt to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:16-18).

This service is NOT a Eucharist.

Main Level St. Mary's Chapel Great Choir War Memorial Chapel Nave Click to Enlarge
Lower Level Bethlehem Chapel St. Joseph
of Arimathea Chapel Resurrection Chapel Center for Prayer & Pilgrimage Click to Enlarge
Grounds North Lawn Virginia Mae Center Cathedral Entrance Walker Court Bishop's Garden Amphitheater Cathedral Library Click to Enlarge

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