From the U.S. Dept. of Defense via icasualties.org:
Remember the U.S. soldiers whose lives were lost in Afghanistan between Oct. 1 and Dec. 3.
Jonathan Walker, 44; Christopher Kalafut, 49; Michael Cathcart, 24; Wardell Turner, 48; Joseph Riley, 27; Matthew Ammerman, 29
Remember their families and the families of all soldiers lost or injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Also remember the civilians lost in the violence of current conflicts around the world.
From the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, the Chicago Police Dept., and the Chicago Breaking News Center, by way of Chicago Tribune’s RedEye, Thursday edition:
In the city of Chicago, the following people were killed by violence, Dec. 5-11:
Cedric Goodwin, mid-20s; Mutahir Rauf, 23; Guvonni Johnson, 25; Guillermo Ocampo, 19; Leonardo Matias, 21; Unknown man, early-40s
Please keep their families and others touched by violence in your thoughts and prayers — including the perpetrators, whose lives are also impacted by their acts of violence.
The following list is sent by the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants:
Remember the 48 immigrant detainees at the McHenry County Jail this week. They are from Belize, Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Poland, Russia, and Sierra Leone.
Submitted each week by Mary Marling, Elizabeth Scanlon, and Kathleen Clark of the Unity Temple Unitarian/Universalist congregation where the names are read aloud at Sunday services.
