01/26/2026
Want to be in community with other like-hearted and like-minded Portlanders to pray for, sing for, and show solidarity and support for your neighbors?
Join us on Wednesday, January 28th for the Weekly MultiFaith Prayer Vigil: A prayerful gathering of Solidarity and Support for our Immigrant Neighbors, ALL ICE DETAINEES and all caught up in a BROKEN SYSTEM & SITUATION.
This vigil IS an intentional spiritual gathering, not a protest. Led by rotating MultiFaith Leaders, during this vigil we gather in sacred silence, pray, sing and send compassion and loving energy to heal the hearts and divides of all caught up in the system of injustice and ICE, including those detained as well as those working within the system.
This vigil IS NOT a protest. This vigil does not make specific political statements. We are bringing spiritual intention to a complex and hurting system and the people within it during a complex time. Political/protest/divisive signs, chants, songs and language are not appropriate at the vigil. We do not share what we are against but rather what we are for.
All who feel connected to the intention of this gathering are welcome. We are comprised of many different faith backgrounds including Unitarian Universalist, Christian, Jewish, Quaker, Interfaith/Interspiritual and more. You will be invited to sing songs of peace and also to be in silent prayer which can take whatever form of “prayer” feels good for you.
The weekly vigil has been held at The Cumberland County Jail since late October. Because the Cumberland County Jail is no longer holding ICE detainees as well as other relevant factors, the Vigil is moving locations.
This Wednesday, January 28th the vigil will be held at Congress Square Park (the intersection of Congress St. & High St. in Portland, ME 04101). You can find all details here: tinyurl.com/pwm-vigil.
NOTE: the vigil will continue to iterate to meet the moment and locations may change so please check the website every week for updates.