With exhibit on Abraham, Episcopal cathedral in Boston organizes interfaith conversation
Visitors from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, Arkansas, view art in the “Abraham: Out of One, Many” exhibition at St. Paul Cathedral in Boston. (RNS/Aysha Khan)
The day after the deadly mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue last October, more than a thousand people gathered on the Boston Common to mourn and pray.
As Amy McCreath, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, which overlooks America’s oldest park, watched people of various faiths unite to mourn another national tragedy, she was hit with an emotional realization.
“I looked out over the crowds of people, and it was so clear that all of them really want a peaceful future,” she remembered. “We want to work together against violence, but we don’t even know each other. Unfortunately, the odds are good that something like that will happen again, and we need to be prepared to support one another and defend one another.”
