Remember The Homeless On The Year's Longest Night

A press release from All Souls Church

On the longest night of the year, people will once again gather to remember the homeless of New London who have passed from this realm, often before their time was fully accounted. This annual memorial will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, at the All Souls Church located at 19 Jay Street in New London.
     
For those who attend, whether homeless or amongst the many who help the homeless, this chance to reflect on lives marked by all measures of hardship offers a poignant moment of closure within the open wound that marks the nation's conscience. 

The causes of homelessness have been clear and well known for a generation, the effects counted in lost health and time, measured in lives cast out and cut short. This memorial will afford the chance to remember and then, to move forward with the work and challenges of ending homelessness in New London.
     
Memorials to the homeless are held each year across America on the Winter Solstice, the day marked by the long darkness of winter's rising. Yet the darkest day also marks the beginning of light's return, as the days ahead grow longer and brighter even as the cold and storms of winter linger on. On such transitions hope is borne, and the pursuit of choices by those up or down to move closer to resolving old problems in need of new answers.

All are welcome at the Homeless Memorial, to join in song and offer thoughts and reflections on the lives of friends and strangers gone too soon. A reading of the names of those who have passed will keep them in our presence for one more moment of another year.

More information on this year's Homeless Memorial is available at: 860-439-1573