Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL) invite all Talbot County residents to the interfaith prayer service commemorating St. Patrick’s Day, at 12 noon, Thursday, March 17, in Temple B’nai Israel, 101 West Earle Avenue, adjacent to the Emergency Room at Shore Regional Medical Center.
Always an upbeat event, the service includes songs, readings, and greetings from Talbot’s religious communities, with no long sermon. It is the event which begins Talbot’s social festivities of the day.
Patrick was a 4th Century English teenager, whose autobiography relates that he was kidnapped by Irish pirates, escaped home to England, becoming a monk, priest and bishop, returning to his captors, then capturing the spirit of the Irish tribes.
“Patrick’s legend illuminates ours,” said TACL chairman Bishop Joel Marcus Johnson. “In this time of religious bigotry, the rise of anti-semitism, and Muslim disdain. By his bravery long ago, Patrick unites us today in our common work, our faithfulness with God and our fellow humanity.”
TACL, now in its 51st year, is Talbot County’s interfaith organization promoting its spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good. It achieves this through education, relationship building, and its diverse ministries. For more information about TACL, please write to [email protected].
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