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Sister Roxane Jones, of Oakland, prays during a memorial service to commemorate the lives lost to homicides in Oakland this year at St. Columba Catholic Church in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. For the last fourteen years, St. Columba Catholic Church has commemorated Oakland’s victims of homicide by placing a cross with the victim’s name in the front garden of the church. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)OAKLAND — Amidst a sea of white crosses, a memorial service was held at St. Columba Catholic Church on Sunday to commemorate the 126 lives lost to homicides in the city this year. The church’s mission, as stated on their website, is to display crosses on their front lawn as a source of comfort for […]
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