A Candlelight Vigil

Several Christian student organizations at the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. hold Together for Justice every spring. This is a week-long event that includes a candlelight prayer vigil on McKeldin Mall and a panel discussion at the Reckord Armory on immigration and faith.

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Junior government and politics major Nick Schmitz leads students to the next prayer station at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8, 2019. As they walked between stations, students were encouraged to pray for refugees and immigrants from a different part of the world (Outhier/Jour370).

Junior electrical engineering major Nicholas DeGraba holds a wooden cross while a student reads a passage from scripture at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8, 2019. Each station included a response prayer and scripture reading (Outhier/Jour370).

Catholic missionary Heather Addington closes her eyes in prayer during one of the last prayer stations at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8, 2019. Addington works with the Catholic Student Center on campus (Outhier/Jour370).

Junior information science major Ashley Batugo prays at one of the later stations at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8, 2019. Batugo lead the prayer at the following station (Outhier/Jour370).

Catholic student center employee Jordan Cannella, left, and senior hearing and speech sciences major Rachel Egan try to relight Cannella’s candle at the Together for Justice: Candlelight Prayer Vigil on McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md. on Tuesday March 8, 2019. Due to the wind, Egan’s candle was the only one to survive the first station (Outhier/Jour370).