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Strength through Unity — L’Union fait la Force: A Service of Prayer for Haiti

Webcast of the service from the National Cathedral at 5 pm (CT), Sunday, January 17, 2010

http://www.nationalcathedral.org/webcasts/sunday.shtml

A service of music and prayer for the victims, families, and survivors of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. The offering will benefit relief efforts in Haiti. The service will feature prayers from interfaith representatives and a Haitian folksong sung by countertenor Jean-Luc Princivil.

Participants and Guests

  • The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, offering a sermon;
  • Bishop of Washington John Bryson Chane, offering the invocation;
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Washington Barry C. Knestout, representing the Most Rev. Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington;
  • Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III, offering the welcome; and
  • The Cathedral Choir of Men and Girls
  • Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
  • His Excellency Raymond Joseph, Haitian ambassador to the U.S.

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