Thursday afternoon, pale light filtered through the stained glass windows of The Haven sanctuary.
Owen Brennan, executive director of The Haven day shelter, softly plucked hymns on a guitar as about 60 people slid into creaking wood pews and looked down at the small paper programs in their hands. Some held a single red or white rose.
They had gathered for a vigil to remember those community members whose lives were shortened this year by the experience of homelessness…