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DIOCESE RESPONDS TO TRAGIC SHOOTINGS AT VIRGINIA TECH

Bishop , campus ministers offer prayers, pledge of support

The people, clergy and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offer our fervent prayers for the students, faculty and staff members of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in Blacksburg, Va., in this time of shock and grief.  

We are deeply saddened by the senseless acts of violence that have occurred on the Virginia Tech campus. We grieve with the friends, families and teachers of those who have died and those who are hospitalized. We pray that God’s healing peace will enfold the Virginia Tech community in the midst of their loss and lead them to an awareness of God’s presence in the midst of unspeakable tragedy.

 We who work in campus ministries treasure the relationships formed on our college campuses, the gifts shared by all members of our schools and the unique communities that grow out of our times of prayer and fellowship together.

 In addition to our prayers, we offer whatever other help the people at Virginia Tech may need from us now and in the days ahead. And we pray that God’s powerful presence will enable all of us on college campuses to combat the darkness of violence with the light of God’s love.

In Christ, 

The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe, Ninth Bishop
The Reverend Craig Loya, Campus Missioner
The Reverend Susan Terry, Campus Missioner
Deacon Stephen Segebrecht, Chairperson, Higher Education Committee
The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas