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The Tuesday night October 7 Candlelight Interfaith Service of NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) will be held at 7 pm at Holy Trinity Catholic Church on Oaklawn at Blackburn, just north of Lemmon Avenue.  The service features prayers and peoples from different faith traditions in an atmosphere of compassion and hope.  Renowned psychiatrist, substance abuse expert, and patient advocate Ed Nace MD is the key speaker and a reception follows  in Trinity Hall at 8 pm.  Past speakers have included psychiatrists Tim Wolff MD and Joel Feiner MD. 

Dr. Nace is in private practice, serves as medical director of Turtle Creek Manor ( a substance abuse rehabilitation program), chairs a Project Transform committee working to use faith-based initiatives to assist the public mental health system, is Past President and Current Vice President of the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, testifies as a forensic expert witness,  and teaches seminary students at SMU.