Shown below are various ways that individuals and organizations can remember the victims of September 11th.

Remember 9/11 Prayer (Word)

A Moment of Remembrance for the University Community (Word)

A Moment of Remembrance Vigil for the Faithful (Word)

A Moment of Remembrance for the Secular (Word)

Three Minute Script (Word)

Three Bells Tolling for use with Remembrance Ceremonies (WAV file)

Stand With Courage Flyer (PDF, Word)

Flame

Through the ages man has been fascinated by fire. It cooked his food, cleared his land and warmed his home. Symbolically, fire has been a positive influence on mankind. Whether it represents the light of life, the hope for a bright future or one’s age in candles on a birthday cake, a flame can be used to light our way through life. The torch held aloft by Lady Liberty is the reason she is named “Liberty Enlightening the World”. Religious ceremonies often involve the flame with candles lit upon an altar, as memorials to the dearly departed, or as a symbol of our prayerful intentions.

The Eternal Flame at President John F. Kennedy’s grave at Arlington National Cemetery, the Flame of Remembrance at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum or the Olympic Flame, lit symbolically every two years using the rays of the sun and a parabolic mirror at Olympia in Greece; all are ways that flame is used as a symbol. A memorial flame is an integral part of one proposed September 11th Memorial, “Freedom’s Flame”, just as many mourners carried or left lighted candles outside the World Trade Center site in the days following that tragic event. Flame is a beautiful way for us to show our faith in the future and our love and respect for those who have gone before us.