Father Matthew Biedrzycki, Bear Neumann (dog) and Father Carlos Keen kneel in front of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul to pray the Divine Mercy chaplet.

Philadelphia police Sgt. Matt Maguire of St. Phillip Neri Parish in Lafayette Hill, receives a blessing from Archbishop Nelson Perez before the rosary walk for healing and peace.

Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy and Archbishop Nelson Perez participate in the rosary prayer walk through downtown Philadelphia.

David Sao, organizer of the Rosary Walk for Healing and Peace, kneels on the steps of the cathedral and leads the group in prayer.

A group gathers in front of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul on June 7 starting with the Divine Mercy chaplet and continuing to walk through the city praying the rosary for healing and peace.

Archbishop Nelson Perez offers a blessing to the Philadelphia police officers in Sister Cities Park across from the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.

The group on the rosary walk passes Love Park along with another group of peaceful protesters. There were 19 different prayer or protest groups organized in Philadelphia last Sunday, June 7.

Frances Collins, a member of the Cathedral Parish, holds a sign that reads “Saint Katharine Drexel fought the SIN of racism. Will you fight with her? Catholics for Black Lives.”

Organizer David Sao and Father Dennis Gill lead the group in the rosary as they walk on Market Street.

The group stops at Independence Hall to reflect.

Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, the mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination, is a one of the locations the group reaches in prayer.

The group prays outside St. Peter Claver Catholic Church which was named for the saint who fought the slave trade. The church was the first Roman Catholic parish for Black Catholics in the city.

The prayer group passes St. Peter Claver Catholic Church on Lombard Street.

The prayer group rounds Lombard Street to Broad Street as they process to City Hall.

A participant in a June 7 rosary prayer walk through downtown Philadelphia displays an icon of Mary at City Hall’s Octavius Catto memorial, where some 200 people concluded a two-hour recitation of all four sets of rosary mysteries. Event organizer David Sao of the Culture Project said the gathering was intended to “scream out to our mom” for “peace and healing.”

The group finishes their prayer walk at the Octavius Catto statue on the south side of City Hall.

David Sao, organizer of the rosary walk, holds the megaphone as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Borys Gudziak (left) and Archbishop Nelson Perez bless the group at the end of the four-mile walk through the city.