Mother of God, Light in All Darkness, shelter Him our flame of hope with your tender hands. And in our times of dread and nightmares, let Him be our dream of comfort. And in our times of physical pain and suffering, let Him be our healer. And in our times of separation from God and one another, let Him be our communion. Amen

Cards with this image and prayer are available in the Lady Chapel at St. Victor's, a Memorial to those who have died in the AIDS epidemic. A copy of this icon is displayed in the entrance to Grewen Hall at Le Moyne College as a memorial dedicated to people living with AIDS. The original was painted by Rev. William McNichols and was commissioned by the National Catholic AIDS Network, P O Box 42298, San Francisco, CA 94142. You may also order a copy of this image by visiting St. Andrei Rublev Icons.

The Lady Chapel at St. Victor's is a memorial to those lost to the AIDS epidemic. It was dedicated on Palm Sunday 1994 and contains a Book of Remembrance with over 1,500 names submitted by parishioners and friends.

Parishioners pray for those included in this book at our twice-yearly HIV Masses.

You may submit the name of a loved one to be inscribed in the Book of Remembrance by e-mail or by downloading a PDF file of the submission card and faxing it, mailing it to St. Victor's or dropping it in the collection basket at church. If your browser does not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, required for viewing and printing this file, you may download it for free by clicking on the button below.

You may also download a PDF file of Thoughts on the Dedication of the AIDS Memorial Chapel at St. Victor's by the Most Rev. Stephen Blaire, formerly auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and current bishop of Stockton, which was published in the Los Angeles Times.