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St. Louis Review
www.stlouisreview.com
AUGUST 25-31, 2014
Ministry of presence
prayerful support to those affected by unrest in Ferguson
Lisa Johnston | [email protected] | twitter: @aeternusphoto
A clergyman gave Edward (last name withheld) a Jerusalem cross during the day. “It really came from Jerusalem too,” he said. He and his girlfriend, Sherae, live in the neighborhood and came out for another night of protesting in the streets of Ferguson where Michael Brown was shot and killed Aug. 9.
Priests offer care for those on both sides of
long road to healing M
embers of the St. Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition gathered on a rainy Saturday afternoon at the main memorial for Michael Brown in the middle of Canfield Drive in Ferguson. The group came to pray, then to march about two miles to Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Dellwood, passing the burned-out shell of QuikTrip on West Florissant Avenue — the flash point for the violence after Brown’s shooting death by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
Dave Luecking | [email protected] | twitter: @stlreviewscribe
Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. was the main attraction, conducting interviews, posing for pictures and leading prayers before the march. Others spoke on a bullhorn about drawing a line in the sand and wanting justice, now. Through this, Father Robert “Rosy” Rosebrough, the pastor at nearby Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, and Father Steve Robeson, pastor at St. John in Imperial, stood in the background. They offered spoken prayers with the assembled clergy, several hundred protesters and a dozen Harley guys, but most of the time, they remained in
A makeshift memorial on the site of the shooting of Michael Brown featured burning votive candles of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
prayerful silence — just being there. Archbishop Robert J. Carlson and Bishop Edward M. Rice did pretty much the same thing on consecutive days after that. On Aug. 17, Bishop Rice, along with Msgr. Jack Schuler, spoke with a few people as he walked about a third of a mile from the former QT to the memorial. Rice led his small group, which included Monsignor Jack Schuler, in prayers in Brown’s memory. On Aug. 18, Archbishop Carlson met with Father Rosebrough, then visited the memorial site for prayer. Meanwhile, at the police > > >
St. Louis Review
www.stlouisreview.com
AUGUST 25-31, 2014
Ministry of presence
prayerful support to those affected by unrest in Ferguson
Lisa Johnston | [email protected] | twitter: @aeternusphoto
A clergyman gave Edward (last name withheld) a Jerusalem cross during the day. “It really came from Jerusalem too,” he said. He and his girlfriend, Sherae, live in the neighborhood and came out for another night of protesting in the streets of Ferguson where Michael Brown was shot and killed Aug. 9.
Priests offer care for those on both sides of
long road to healing M
embers of the St. Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition gathered on a rainy Saturday afternoon at the main memorial for Michael Brown in the middle of Canfield Drive in Ferguson. The group came to pray, then to march about two miles to Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Dellwood, passing the burned-out shell of QuikTrip on West Florissant Avenue — the flash point for the violence after Brown’s shooting death by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
Dave Luecking | [email protected] | twitter: @stlreviewscribe
Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. was the main attraction, conducting interviews, posing for pictures and leading prayers before the march. Others spoke on a bullhorn about drawing a line in the sand and wanting justice, now. Through this, Father Robert “Rosy” Rosebrough, the pastor at nearby Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, and Father Steve Robeson, pastor at St. John in Imperial, stood in the background. They offered spoken prayers with the assembled clergy, several hundred protesters and a dozen Harley guys, but most of the time, they remained in
A makeshift memorial on the site of the shooting of Michael Brown featured burning votive candles of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
prayerful silence — just being there. Archbishop Robert J. Carlson and Bishop Edward M. Rice did pretty much the same thing on consecutive days after that. On Aug. 17, Bishop Rice, along with Msgr. Jack Schuler, spoke with a few people as he walked about a third of a mile from the former QT to the memorial. Rice led his small group, which included Monsignor Jack Schuler, in prayers in Brown’s memory. On Aug. 18, Archbishop Carlson met with Father Rosebrough, then visited the memorial site for prayer. Meanwhile, at the police > > >
