From Diocese of Pennsylvania-
Father Michael Knight opened the doors at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Thursday night, offering “sanctuary” to adults suffering with grief.
About 12 people, all struggling in some way since the Feb. 25 suicides of Interboro High School sophomores Gina Gentile and Vanessa Dorwart and all searching for comfort, gathered for about 90 minutes.
“Everyone came with a story to tell,” said Knight, priest-in-charge. “No one wanted to leave.
“It felt like folks came and made a connection with each other and what we are doing,” he continued.
Knight, careful to honor anonymity, said participants were either touched because of a personal connection with the teens, or were touched because it brought back memories of other incidents in their own lives.
“It was a very powerful meeting,” Knight said. “We all had a conversation, a conversation began with, ‘How are you dealing with your grief?’”
Knight said those at the session were grateful for the focus on adults.
Participants ranged in age from about 20 to 70, he said.
Knight will again open the church for prayers, encouragement, counseling or healing the next two Thursdays.
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http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/03/12/news/doc4b99cad930047525717424.txt
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