Prayer Vigil for Human Trafficking Awareness Day at Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse

The flyer above gives all the details for a prayer vigil happening this Sunday. It's hosted by the Anti-Trafficking Coalition of the Boston Unit of LCWR and is taking place at our Motherhouse. If you're in the area, please join us in prayer.

Here is an excerpt from the media advisory sent to the local newspaper. The pictures are from the 2010 vigil:

Local Catholic Sisters representing sixteen congregations in the Greater Boston area will gather on Sunday, January 9, 2011, from 1:00-2:00pm at 637 Cambridge St. Brighton, MA, to commemorate the fourth 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.
 

Sisters, Associates, and friends commemorate National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, 2010

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.



2010 National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Vigil outside Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse, Brighton, MA



Roman Catholic women religious have been key leaders in the national and international movement to stop human trafficking. In the past three years the Boston area ATC has sponsored three 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, 2011. 

The prayer vigil is free and open to the public.