In Washington, amid an early spring snow storm, members of the Episcopal Church held a special Holy Week service meant to raise awareness about violence, particularly gun violence.  Alongside bishops from around the country, several hundred people prayed for end to all violence as they performed the traditional stations of the cross, which commemorate the final events leading up to Jesus’s crucifixion. The day was organized by the Episcopal bishops of Connecticut in response to December’s school shooting there in Newtown.