German Honor Society Prays for Peace

Released: October 15, 2004

MILWAUKEE – During the month of October the Marquette University German Honor Society, Delta Phi Alpha, will commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by offering Friedensgebete (peace prayers) each Monday evening. These services are modeled after those that took place at the church of St. Nicholas in Leipzig in 1989, and which became a focal point for massive, peaceful demonstrations.

The prayer services will be held at 9:00 p.m. on October 4, 11, 18, and 25 in the Chapel of the Holy Family, located on the second floor of the Alumni Memorial Union at 1442 West Wisconsin Avenue . They will be conducted primarily in English. All are welcome to join in prayer and this commemoration of courageous faith.

Each of the services will recall ways in which the Berlin Wall restricted the lives of Germans for more than forty years, and will praise the courage of the East Germans who demonstrated for fundamental freedoms and political reform in the face of secret police and repression. They will also include prayers for solidarity with the Christians of St. Nicholas and all who continue to endure oppression.

Interested media should contact Anne Broeker in the Office of Public Affairs at Marquette University.