Boston Area Religious Women Host Prayer Vigil in Commemoration of Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Boston Area Religious Women
Host Prayer Vigil in Commemoration of

Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Boston, MA:

Local Catholic Sisters representing sixteen congregations in the Greater Boston area will gather on

Sunday, January 10, 2010, from 1:00-1:30pm

at 637 Cambridge St. Brighton, MA,

to commemorate

the third annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

A resolution passed by the US Senate on June 22, 2007 has forever marked January 11th as a day of awareness and vigilance for the countless victims of Human Trafficking across the globe.

Participants are invited to gather outside the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph, for a prayer vigil to raise awareness and pray for an end to human trafficking. All who are concerned about human trafficking are invited to join in this prayer vigil which is coordinated by the Anti-Trafficking Coalition of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious [LCWR] – Boston Unit.
Human Trafficking is modern-day slavery. While many call it a hidden crime, it exits right here, right now in the Boston area. The goal of the Anti-Trafficking Coalition [ATC] is to raise awareness of the reality of human trafficking both locally and globally and to alert concerned people of good will about how individuals can make a difference in eradicating human trafficking.

Roman Catholic women religious have been key leaders in the national and international movement to stop human trafficking. In the past two years the Boston area ATC has sponsored two symposia attended by well over 200 participants who want to be part of the initiative to end this crime against humanity. Another symposium addressing the issue of Human Trafficking is planned for April, 2010.

The prayer vigil is free and open to the public.

When:

Sunday, January 10, 2010 1:00-1:30pm

Where:

637 Cambridge Street, Brighton, MA,
We will gather in the Chapel of the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse

and proceed outside for the vigil.

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The Boston Unit of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious includes sixteen Congregations representing over a thousand women religious in the greater Boston area. Members of LCWR are Catholic women religious who are leaders of their orders in the United States. The conference has approximately 1500 members, who represent about 95 percent of the 67,000 women religious in the United States. The conference develops leadership, promotes collaboration within church and society, and serves as a voice for systemic change. Visit their website at http://www.lcwr.org/.