World AIDS Day Prayer Service Planned in Orange
People of the Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu and other faiths plan to pray together Dec. 1 at the Holy Family Cathedral in Orange to observe World AIDS Day.
“The spiritual needs of people living with AIDS are various,” said organizer George Raab of Laguna Beach. “This is the [religious] community’s effort to be there for them, and people with AIDS need to know that.”
The service will include music, a display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, readings from the Bible, Torah and Koran, and a prayer session.
World AIDS Day, which falls annually on Dec. 1, celebrates the lives of people with the disease and their families, while remembering those who have died. This year’s event will be the largest of its kind scheduled in Orange County, Raab said.
Sponsors are Koinonia, AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County, Laguna Shanti, AIDS Response Program and AIDS Ministry and Ecumenical Network.
Services begin at 2:30 p.m. at the cathedral, 566 S. Glassell St. A reception will follow from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Transportation can be arranged for the disabled and seriously ill.
Information: (714) 253-1500.
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