Vigils Tonight at Red Square and Seattle Center

According to the UW Daily: Both the UW and Seattle communities will hold vigils tonight to honor Virginia Tech massacre victims.

The University will gather in Red Square at 8 p.m. to observe the tragedy that took the lives of 33 people 3,000 miles away from its own campus Monday.

Washington CeaseFire, an organization dedicated to reducing gun violence, will sponsor a candle-lit vigil at Seattle Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Speakers including Mayor Greg Nickels and the Rev. Samuel B. McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church will give speeches, followed by a group walk around the fountain. A bell will be rung 32 times to commemorate the Virginia Tech victims.

Alumni Day of Prayer

Here's your chance to take a day off to pray and reflect and gather in fellowship. Clipped this from Magis: Alumni Committed for Mission. And, yes, that is our very own Maria as one of the presenters.

Alumni Day of Prayer: We are the Temple of the Living God
Saturday, April 21, 2007 from 9:00 - 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Saint Ignatius. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. in Paccar Atrium, Pigott Building.

Presenters: Mike Bayard, SJ ‘05 (Co-director, Magis), Erin Swezey, ‘89 (Co-director, Magis), Aaron Van Dyke ‘04 (Sullivan Scholar Alumnus), and Maria L. Ochoa, '02, Gonzaga (Saint Joseph's Parish, Seattle).

Eucharistic liturgy will follow the close of the retreat at 3 p.m. Pat OLeary, SJ, will be presiding. Admission is by free-will offering, with a suggested donation of $15. Call 206-296-2637 for more information.