The Episcopal Churches of Maryland commemorated the 150th anniversary of the official abolishment of chattel slavery in Maryland on All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2014, with the Trail of Souls: Truth and Reconciliation Pilgrimage.
ON THE TRAIL OF SOULS
A PILGRIMAGE TOWARDS TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION.
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland Awards $300,000 in Fourth Round of Reparations Grants Funding
The Reparations Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland selected six organizations to receive funds through the fourth round of funding from the diocesan reparations fund. The program reaffirms the diocesan commitment to returning resources and agency to communities of color and to repairing relationships with these communities.
Civil Rights Pilgrimage Day Five, Selma
Our pilgrims walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and ended their Civil Rights Pilgrimage at the National Voting Rights Museum and Institution.
Civil Rights Pilgrimage Day Four, Montgomery
Our pilgrims visit the Equal Justice Initiative National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and tour Montgomery.
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The idea for the “Trail of Souls” tour grew out of the Diocese of Maryland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s mission to discover and be reconciled with the Church’s involvement and complicity in slavery and its legacies.
