AIDS Care Candlelight Vigil Scheduled

Clergy from throughout Ventura County will participate in the 11th annual AIDS Care Candlelight Vigil on Oct. 5. The vigil will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Church of Religious Science at 101 S. Laurel St., Ventura.

“Each year, the turnout for the vigil grows as a reflection of the increasing number of people being touched by AIDS in our county,” said Pat Hoffman, AIDS Care chaplain.

Reading selections from the literature of the HIV / AIDS epidemic will be the Rev. Fay Hogan of Ventura’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Rev. Frank Johnson of Simi Valley’s United Church of Christ, Chaplain Mark Knutson of Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, the Rev. Paula Swavely from the Ventura Church of Religious Science, the Rev. Phyllis Tyler-Wayman from Ventura’s College United Methodist Church and Father Valentine Zdilla, AIDS Ministry Outreach of the Santa Barbara Region of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The Pacific Pride Quartet will provide music for the vigil and remembrance. Participants will then proceed through downtown Ventura to AIDS Care for a reception. The public is invited.