Notre Dame to offer prayer service in remembrance of victims of New Zealand shooting | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame to offer prayer service in remembrance of victims of New Zealand shooting Notre Dame to offer prayer service in remembrance of victims of New Zealand shooting Published: March 19, 2019 Author: Dennis Brown Candles in the Grotto A prayer service in remembrance of victims of the shootings at two mosques Friday (March 15) in Christchurch, New Zealand, will be held at 12:15 p.m. Thursday (March 21) in the rotunda of University of Notre Dame’s Main Building. All from the campus and local communities are welcome. Imam Rashied Omar, a research scholar of Islamic studies and peacebuilding in Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, will offer an invocation and lead in the singing of “God is Sufficient for Us” at the end of the service. Rabbi Karen Companez from Temple Beth-El in South Bend, Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., and Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic studies at Notre Dame, will offer reflections. Other religious leaders throughout the region also have been invited to attend. After the service, the bells of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart will toll for 15 minutes. Prayers for the victims have been offered at Masses on campus since the shootings. In the wake of the shootings, Father Jenkins issued the following statement: “On behalf of the University of Notre Dame, I extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the shooting victims in Christchurch, and to their extended family among the Muslim students, faculty and staff here at Notre Dame and in South Bend. “In this season of Lent, we offer our prayers for our brother and sister believers who were so cruelly murdered in houses of worship. “In our lifetimes, may we see an end to the brutal religious bias and hatred that results in the shedding of innocent blood across the world.” Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn