![Standing with Imam Deen Shareef and Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz in front of Newark Penn Station, Bishop Beckwith prays for peace on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. NINA NICHOLSON PHOTO Bishop Beckwith, Imam Shareef and Rabbi Gewritz in front of Newark Penn Station.](https://dioceseofnewark.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_hero_image/public/images/IMGP6815-web.jpg?itok=5GuUsQg1)
The message was of peace.
At Newark Penn Station this morning, the Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Bishop of Newark; Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz of Temple B’Nai Jeshurun in Short Hills; and Imam W. Deen Shareef of Masjid Waarith ud Deen in Irvington commemorated the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with songs and prayer, and although they appealed to commuters to remember that clear, tragic morning, they also bid them to look forward.
“It gives us a sense of safety, a sense of peace, a sense of development to grow from what was a tragic situation … and establish a sense of cooperation and understanding,” Shareef said.
Beckwith said the interfaith service represents a coming together of a common humanity.
“Our metaphors are a little bit different, but the link that draws us together is the same god,” he said.