![]() ![]() ![]() “Give them insight, wisdom and courage,” she implored, “to address the epidemic of gun violence.” Saint Joseph’s is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, a 192-year-old society of nuns that has accused the firearms industry of “profiting from these killings.” Toward the end of the vigil, a graduate assistant asked the mourners to pray for political leaders. The college had shut down for two days as police sought the killer, whose body was found in the woods after he turned a gun on himself. A nursing student sobbed as a small group of mourners read aloud the names of the 18 people slaughtered with an assault-style rifle in late October at a bowling alley and a restaurant up the road in Lewiston. Inside, candles flickered, and the dying autumn light filtered softly through stained glass. Outside Healy Chapel on the campus of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, the American flag swayed at half-staff. ![]()
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