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Monday, December 17, 2012

Vigil For Sandy Hook Victims To Be Held In Ijamsville Monday Evening

A candlelight vigil will be held at Centerville Elementary School at 7 p.m. Monday.

A candlelight vigil for the victims of Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be held Monday at 7 p.m. in Ijamsville, MD, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce announced in a news release. Noelle Tate, the mother 5- and 1-year-old girls, organized the memorial to show respect and support for the Newtown, CT, victims and their families. Follow ongoing coverage from Newtown Patch here “I’ve been deeply affected by the tragic events that took place on Friday," Tate said in a statement. "As a mother, I weep at the thought of those children being brutally murdered while innocently going about their school day. I grieve for the parents whose pain will never subside. "I know that there are other parents feeling this way …

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Local Sikh Temple To Hold Candlelight Vigil Tonight

People of all faiths are invited to join in prayer for victims of Wisconsin Temple shooting

The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation will hold a candlelight vigil at the National Sikh Center tonight in support of the Oak Creek, WI, Sikh temple victims. The center is located at 13814 Travilah Rd. in North Potomac. Rajwant Singh, a member of the foundation and chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, said in an email to the local Sikh community that there will be services every evening this week from 7-8 p.m. “in remembrance and prayer for the victims of the shootings and their families.” Six people were killed by a gunman and three others wounded Sunday at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee. The candlelight vigil will take place after formal prayers on Tuesday beginning at about 8 p.m. The foundation encourages people of all …

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