Several
Christian student organizations at the University of Maryland campus in College
Park, Md. hold Together for Justice every spring. This is a week-long event
that includes a candlelight prayer vigil on McKeldin Mall and a panel
discussion at the Reckord Armory on immigration and faith.
Junior
government and politics major Nick Schmitz leads students to the next prayer
station at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall
on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8,
2019. As they walked between stations, students were encouraged to pray for
refugees and immigrants from a different part of the world (Outhier/Jour370).
Catholic
missionary Heather Addington closes her eyes in prayer during one of the last
prayer stations at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on
McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on
Tuesday March 8, 2019. Addington works with the Catholic Student Center on
campus (Outhier/Jour370).
Junior electrical
engineering major Nicholas DeGraba holds a wooden cross while a student reads a
passage from scripture at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on
McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on
Tuesday March 8, 2019. Each station included a response prayer and scripture
reading (Outhier/Jour370).
Junior
information science major Ashley Batugo prays at one of the later stations at
the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall on the
University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8, 2019.
Batugo lead the prayer at the following station (Outhier/Jour370).
Catholic
student center employee Jordan Cannella, left, and senior hearing and speech sciences
major Rachel Egan try to relight Cannella’s candle at the Together for Justice:
Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus
in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8, 2019. Due to the wind, Egan’s candle
was the only one to survive the first station (Outhier/Jour370).
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