[Magdalen] Urgent prayers requested

[Rick Mashburn]

We have a complete curfew in downtown San Antonio from 10 pm until 6 am.
Restrictions from 6 pm.

Thanks, Rick

On Sun, May 31, 2020, 8:41 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Similar situation in Philadelphia. I don't know about the transit
> situation, but yesterday's initially peaceful protests turned into rioting,
> looting, and fires. A curfew was in effect from 8:00 last night and 6:00
> tonight. Senseless destruction that only damages the protester's message. I
> wouldn't be surprised if there had been agitators trying to incite the
> violence to make the protest look bad. Lord have mercy.
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 8:59 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > For the first time in its 140+ years, the Chicago Transit Authority is
> > closed overnight. No trains or buses. Curfew 9pm to 6am except essential
> > workers, who now must find another way to/from work if they rely on
> public
> > transport. A beloved camera shop that opened in 1899 went up in flames
> last
> > night. Many other items like this.
> >
> > On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 4:11 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The demonstrations here have been large and peaceful.
> > > I wish I could get out to stand in witness.
> > > Can hear the helicopters over both the State House (a quarter of a mile
> > to
> > > the southeast) and City Hall (a quarter of a mile to the northeast).
> > > According to the tv, the full assembly just knelt for nine minutes to
> > honor
> > > the victim, Mr. Floyd.
> > >
> > > Just saw a priest I know (surplice and red stole) near the head of a
> > group
> > > walking up from Dudley Square.
> > >
> > > Your niece is doing good work. A couple of years ago I met a young man
> > (he
> > > was shadowing my PCP) who'd returned from a church mission to Haiti.
> His
> > > trip there had woke him good. He'd decided what the world really needs
> is
> > > nurses and he was headed to nursing school.
> > > -M
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sunday, May 31, 2020, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I request prayers for my niece Siri, who is in the middle of the war
> > zone
> > > > in the Twin Cities. She is very much a child of the family, devoted
> to
> > > > justice. She has been running supplies (food, water, etc.) and also
> > > > assisting in the medical tent. Although she does not have any medical
> > > > credentials, she is the daughter of two doctors, and this outbreak
> has
> > > her
> > > > thinking about possibly becoming an EMT (she once thought about
> medical
> > > > school but the years-long training kind of discouraged her). She and
> > all
> > > > her friends and the other civilians in the area need prayer. There
> are,
> > > she
> > > > reports, definitely bands of neo-fascist types infiltrating the
> > > > demonstration and causing much if not most of the damage.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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