Kansas City Faithful Gather In Prayer After Deadly Mass Shooting

This post is focused on healing and community outreach in the aftermath of tragedy.

We share a bit of inspiration and then more insight into local grief & ritual for closer readers:

Father Stephen Hess of Rockhurst University said it doesn’t matter what you believe; we are all human.

“We need to come together with all of our differences to remember what we are about,” Hess said.

Hess said it was encouraging to see the crowd putting their differences aside and standing together as a community during this tragic time.

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