Holding the light for those impacted by family and domestic violence
Dec 5th, 2023
As people gathered in silence, in a church in Melbourne’s CBD, a bell tolled 54 times—one toll for each women known to have been murdered in Australia since 1 January as a result of domestic and family violence. The ecumenical service, Holding the Light, is an annual opportunity to remember and pray for victims and survivors of family and domestic violence. It is also an occasion to name out loud, those who have died in the past year.