Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Those bells tolling in Portland echoed nationwide gesture against gun violence

From Oregon-

The bell inside the Cathedral Church of St. Luke on State Street rang out at noon Tuesday. A dozen people – most in their 60s or 70s or older – bowed their heads and clasped their hands in silence. Outside, walkers who breezed past noted the sound and looked up toward the church but didn’t stop.

The bell continued to ring for an uncomfortable length of time, each toll of the bell representing a victim of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas – the deadliest in modern U.S. history.


“It is discouraging,” said Bishop Stephen Lane. “There is a feeling that nothing can happen that would motivate us as a people to change. But we want to give hope. Things are dire, but they are not hopeless.”

More here-

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/10/03/st-lukes-to-ring-bells-hold-service-tuesday-in-memory-of-las-vegas-shooting-victims/

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