University Holds Second Vigil for Iraq Hostages

Rina Kashyap, a Fulbright student reflects on Canadian hostage Harmeet Singh Sooden at the prayer vigil.“Rina Kashyap, a Fulbright student from India in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, reflects on Canadian hostage Harmeet Singh Sooden at the prayer vigil.
Photo by Jim Bishop

Some 70 Eastern Mennonite University students, faculty, staff and community persons gathered Monday evening, Jan. 30 on Thomas Plaza of the Campus Center for a second prayer vigil on behalf of four kidnapped Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) members in Iraq and others on all sides of the conflict there.

The four CPTers