PRAYERS
FOR PEACEMAKERS, May 23, 2012
Give
thanks with CPT for the more than fifty First Nation representatives who made a
Freedom Train journey across Canada’s West opposing Enbridge corporation’s
proposed tar sands pipeline through their territory. Pray that support for
their efforts will continue to grow.
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