2025 homicide victims to be remembered at prayer vigil in Baltimore December 23, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News A coalition of public, private and faith-based partners will gather Dec. 29, 6 p.m., in Southwest Baltimore for a one-hour evening prayer vigil sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore to remember the lives lost to homicide this year and plead for an end to violence. The group, which all are invited to join, will meet at St. Joseph’s Monastery Church at 3801 Old Frederick Road in Baltimore’s Irvington neighborhood. The participants will then walk in prayer by candlelight to My Brother’s Keeper, less than half a mile away. The names of Baltimore’s 2025 homicide victims will be read along the 10- to 15-minute walk followed by hot chocolate and fellowship at the Catholic Charities resource center. The prayer walk is part of the ongoing efforts of Health By Southwest to improve and reform the social drivers of health through a partnership with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, Catholic Charities of Baltimore, My Brother’s Keeper, Our Lady of Victory Parish and Mount Saint Joseph High School. It follows the coalition’s annual gun buybacks that have collected 1,056 unwanted firearms in three years. Homicide-prevention advocates as well as elected officials and other dignitaries are expected to attend. Read More Gun Violence Mass shooting at Brown University a tragedy that strikes at heart of Providence community Pope, Israeli president speak by phone about Sydney attack, peace in Gaza USCCB president expresses church’s solidarity with Jewish community ‘Enough’ of antisemitic violence, say pope, archbishop after Australia attack Pope condemns ‘antisemitic violence,’ ‘terrorist massacre’ in Sydney Bishop Lewandowski offers prayers in wake of shooting at Brown University Copyright © 2025 Catholic Review Media Print
