Cathedral’s Dean Kowalski calls Cindy Sheehan a “prophet”
by Daphne Mack

[ENS] More than 1,000 people filled the Cathedral Church of St. Johnthe Divine in New York City on September 19, 2005, to hear anti-waractivist Cindy Sheehan and supporters on the “Bring Them Home NowTour” rally support for a three-day march and anti-war protest inWashington, DC, September 24-26.

“We need to show Congress that we mean business when we say we wantour troops [to come] home,” Sheehan said.

Sheehan came to national attention this summer when she camped outnear President George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, demandingthat the vacationing president explain to her in person why her 24-year-old son Casey, an Army specialist assigned to 1st Battalion,82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, died in Iraq.The effort became known as Camp Casey.

In his welcoming address, the Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski, deanof the cathedral, received applause when he likened Sheehan to a“prophet.”

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