Interfaith clergy leaders gather at service for peace, reconciliation
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Brooklynites are responding with prayer and compassion to the recent events involving the deaths of black males in police custody.
Last Saturday, Sept. 6, the parish of St. Martin de Porres celebrated an Interfaith Service for Peace and Reconciliation at St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Leading this initiative was Monsignor Paul Jervis, who wanted to bring the Holy Father’s message for peace to our local communities in the wake of the recent tragic events in Staten Island and Ferguson, Missouri.