Faith in the Public Square

The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations is hosting an Election Day Prayers gathering online tonight as election polls begin to close around the nation. Anyone can tune in from 8 p.m. to midnight EST via  The Episcopal Public Policy Network Facebook page  or  The Episcopal Church Facebook page . Viewers do not need a Facebook profile to participate. From the announcement: At the top of each hour, special guests from around the church will offer 10-15 minutes of reflection and prayer. Participants are encouraged to engage in prayerful conversation in the comments. The gathering will also feature simple video feeds from parishes throughout the U.S. Scheduled guests include Presiding Bishop Michael Curry; House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris; the Rev. Charles Graves IV, missioner for Houston Canterbury; the Rev. Donna Gleaves, an Episcopal Public Policy Network ambassador; and Willis H.A. Moore, an Episcopal Election Activator. “We welcome everyone as we...

A Kristallnacht Interfaith Commemoration will be helped at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 10 at Page Hall on the University at Albany downtown campus, 135 Western Avenue.  The evening will include a presentation of The Rescuers, the inspiring documentary about non-Jewish diplomats who helped save thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.   From the flyer:  The Rescuers joins Holocaust historian Sir Martin Gilbert and Rwandan anti-genocide activist Stephanie Nyombayire with Emmy winning director Michael King. They travel to 15 countries and three continents to explore the “mystery of goodness”-- that characteristic in people who make morally correct decisions when facing genocide, despite the risk to themselves and their families. Stephanie Nyombayire, who lost 100 members of her family in the Rwandan genocide, and Sir Martin Gilbert, who, as a child, was evacuated during the Battle of Britain and lost many of his family in the Holocaust, provide a unique cou...