Father Jacques Hamel was killed by Islamists in a Church in Normandy,France. Please pray for him. Lord deliver us from Evil.
Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.
Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.
Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Thursday to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.
Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.
Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.
The ceremony began with Mozart's Requiem and ended to the sound of the Marseillaise, France's national anthem, after a minute of silence.
Hamel's funeral will be held in the Gothic cathedral of nearby Rouen.
Father Jacques Hamel was killed by Islamists in a Church in Normandy,France. Please pray for him. Lord deliver us from Evil.
Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.
Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.
Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Thursday to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.
Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.
Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.
The ceremony began with Mozart's Requiem and ended to the sound of the Marseillaise, France's national anthem, after a minute of silence.
Hamel's funeral will be held in the Gothic cathedral of nearby Rouen.
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Abbé Jacques HAMEL
1930 - 2016
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