TOLEDO AREA RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER FOR INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
August 3, 2006 – Toledo, OH – The Diocese of Toledo will host an interfaith prayer service for peace and justice at Christ the King Church at 4100 Harvest Lane, on Monday, August 7 at 7:30 p.m. Members of the Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu communities will come together for prayer and reflection for the current conflicts in the Middle East and violence throughout the world.
Attending the service will be Bishop Leonard P. Blair, Rabbi Barry Leff of Congregation B’nai Israel, Cantor Jen Roher, of Temple Shomer Emunim, Imam Farooq Aboelzahab, of the Greater Toledo Islamic Center, Reverend Rae Lynn Schleif, the United Methodist District Superintendent for the Maumee Watershed District, and Ravi Joshi, Member of the Hindu Temple of Toledo.
For more information on the service please contact Father Mike Brown, pastor at Christ the King, at 419-475-4348.
The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest Ohio, serving 306,532 Catholics. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties. ###
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