NEW YORK — To raise awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan, the Save Darfur Coalition is launching the Dream for Darfur initiative here on Sept. 9 to focus attention on the positive role that China could play in helping convince the government in Khartoum, Sudan, to end the attacks against innocent civilians in Darfur.
According to a message distributed last week by Fr. Michael Perry, OFM, of the Province of the Sacred Heart, the Dream for Darfur Web site describes a campaign to carry an Olympic-style torch across the United States and other parts of the world to symbolize the connection between China, the Olympics, and the suffering and dying in Darfur.
— Fr. Michael lives in New York City at Holy Name Province’s St. Stephen of Hungary Church on East 82nd Street.