As part of its monthly “Celebrate Sonoma” program, the Sonoma City Council will tonight recognize the community efforts of Norah Collins.
The proclamation of September 9, 2020 as “Norah Collins Day” will be officially declared during the Council’s 6 p.m. meeting. How to watch it.
Collins began the “prayer shawl ministry” at Trinity Episcopal Church in 2012, leading a group of women who knit or crochet shawls and blankets for people who are ill or otherwise suffering.
The completed shawls are blessed by the priest and packaged for distribution along with a note and a prayer Since its inception, the prayer shall ministry has given out over 200 shawls. They are free, no questions asked; Norah and her fellow stitchers pay for and provide all their own materials.
Blessing the shawls at Trinity Episcopal Church. From left: Susie Hand, Norah Collins, Linda Dowd, Fr. Jim Thomas
“Celebrate Sonoma” is a program that started in 2019 to recognize people that make up the fabric of Sonoma. A community member is recognized at a City Council meeting with a presentation of a city recognition certificate honoring them by dedicating a “day” in their honor. Learn more.
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