By Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
About 350 people gathered outside a south Oklahoma City Roman Catholic church tonight for an interfaith prayer vigil of support for Hispanic immigrants.


Clergy members from various Christian denominations along with representatives from the Muslim faith community stood together near the steps of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2706 S Shartel. They said prayers of encouragement and hope for immigrants fearful of the impact of the state's immigration reform law known as House Bill 1804.

The Rev. Lance Schmitz, the Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene social justice minister who helped organize the gathering, noted that the vigil was being held on the law's implementation date.

"Brothers and sisters, we come together today on the strangest of days,â€