Prayer breakfast to honor National Day of Prayer

Torus Tammer

HUNTINGTON BEACH -- In observance of the National Day of Prayer, the

greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council will be holding a prayer

breakfast at 7:30 a.m. May 3 at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, 16400

Springdale.

The intention, said members of the Interfaith Council, is to give

people in the community an opportunity to speak up about local and

personal issues. Dialogue circles will be formed and each group will

appoint a person to facilitate the session, summarize the discussions and

present the gist of the group’s concern to the larger gathering. An

intercessor will then pray over the issues brought forward and offer

spiritual problem solving advice.

The host of the event, Father Bruce Patterson of the St. Bonaventure

Catholic Church, said that the breakfast is just an opportunity for

people of various faiths to gather and pray for the wellness of not just

the community and its needs, but as an example to show all people of all

communities that it isn’t difficult to get together and pray.

“We want people of different faiths to interact and this annual

breakfast event provides that. The principal thing is to just be able to

gather together as different people of different faiths and spend time

praying for the good of our community and communities as a whole,”

Patterson said.