Photos: Mourners Gather At Glen Rock Candlelight Vigil For Orlando Victims

GLEN ROCK, N.J.– Candles provided the lighting around the front porch of the All Saints Episcopal Church in Glen Rock as the sun set Wednesday night.

Representatives from Glen Rock's religious communities gathered at the vigil
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Two mourners offer each other a sign of peace
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Mourners helped light each other's candles
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A large lit candle stood in the middle of the patio for mourners to light their smaller candles with
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Lending a helping hand
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Mourners gathered at Glen Rock church's candlelight vigil for Orlando victims. The vigil closed with the singing of "America the Beautiful"

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"We're all grieving," said Eileen Murphy, who passed out flyers and candles
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Mourners held burning candles while singing songs and reciting prayers
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Lighting her candle
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Representatives from Glen Rock's religious communities offered prayers
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"May God give [the victims' families] the strength to mend their broken hearts," said Pastor Terry O'Brien of the Community Church.
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Over 60 people gathered to mourn the victims of the Orlando shooting
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Members of the Jewish community sang
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The candles provided light around the patio as the sun went down
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Father Mark Collins addresses the crowd
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The vigil began at 8 p.m.
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Attendees varied in faiths and age
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Members of the Sikh and Hindu communities gathered for the vigil
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Father Mark Collins
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06/16/2016 2:00 p.m.

"Everyone is grieving and everyone needs to find solace when something like this happens," said Eileen Murphy of All Saints, as more than 60 gathered for an interfaith service mourning the 49 people killed in a mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando over the weekend.

"We felt that we needed a way for the people in our church to come together and mourn."

Prayers were offered by representatives from the Community Church of Glen Rock, the Glen Rock Jewish Center, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, the Hindus of Glen Rock and Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Gurudwara.

"May God give [the victims' families] the strength to mend their broken hearts," said Pastor Terry O'Brien of the Community Church.

Imam Moutaz Charaf of the El-Zahara Islamic Center of Midland Park called on everyone to "live with each other in peace and harmony."

"Help us all stand together in solidarity against discrimination, racism, hatred and violence," he said.

The name of each victim was read aloud and a bell was sounded.

The vigil ended with the singing of "America The Beautiful."

"Here in Glen Rock we are really blessed with a group of religious communities that works sort of in advance of hard times and times of conflict to practice tolerance and to recognize and respect all of our traditions," said Fr. Mark Collins of All Saints. "We're used to getting together when bad things happen to call upon our many faiths to stand together against some of the bad things of the world."

"We're all humans," Murphy said. "We may be practicing different religious, but we're all grieving."

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