Our hearts are broken by news of the mass shooting this morning at the Highland Park Independence Day Parade. As we write, six people are dead, 24 have been injured, a community has been devastated and the shooter is still at large. “Thoughts and prayers” have become devalued, thanks to the rhetoric of politicians who…
Gun Violence
From Bishop-elect Clark: Responding to Gun Violence
Dear People of the Diocese of Chicago, Like so many in the Episcopal Church, my heart breaks each time we endure the tragedy of gun violence in our communities. Most recently, we have been touched by those killed and injured in Buffalo; in Uvalde; and, last Thursday evening, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia…