Frank Seder, of Wilkes-Barre, holds a candle with dozens of others during a candlelight vigil at the Homeless Persons’ Memorial at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania hosted Luzerne County’s annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial on Saturday. The community was invited to attend this special event on the longest night of the year to observe National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-121, Wilkes-Barre served as the keynote speaker.
Attendees recite the names of deceased homeless people during a candlelight vigil at the Homeless Persons’ Memorial at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski delivers the keynote reflection during the Homeless Persons’ Memorial at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Frank Seder, of Wilkes-Barre, holds a candle with dozens of others during a candlelight vigil at the Homeless Persons’ Memorial at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
The Rev. Timothy Alleman, rector at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, offers the welcome to the Homeless Persons’ Memorial in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
The Rev. Timothy Alleman, right, lights the candle of Keith Estep, of Wilkes-Barre, before the candllelight vigil during the Homeless Persons’ Memorial at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral rector the Rev. Timothy Alleman leads a candlelight vigil during the Homeless Persons’ Memorial in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Dozens of people in attendance sing a hymn during the Homeless Persons’ Memorial at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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Attendees recite the names of deceased homeless people during a candlelight vigil at the Homeless Persons’ Memorial at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre on the winter solstice Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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