Day of service honors lives lost in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Day of service honors lives lost in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

PITTSBURGH — Monday will mark seven years since 11 people who were spending their morning worshipping were murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Now, the grief, disbelief and heartache are still there, but so is the giving spirit of lives taken too soon. People packed dental kits for Catholic Charities. Dr. Richard Gottfried volunteered as a dentist.

“We are privileged to be able to carry out his legacy of compassionate care,” said Angie Zambito Hill, chief development officer of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Their dental clinic was named after Gottfried.

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