Vigil held at Saint Augustine's University ahead of meeting to address latest financial crisis

This comes as the school deals with multiple financial issues. In December, the Southern Association of Colleges placed the school on probation due to their finances.

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Sunday's vigil at the Saint Augustine’s Chapel brought together current and former students, and people in the community offering support.

"This building was built by amateurs, and we it under it with full-faith that this roof will hold, that the wall will contain the love bursting in this space," Rev. Hershey Mallette Stephens said.

Vigil organizers said the vigil is “an effort to show physical and spiritual support to those who have been affected by the concerns of the university’s status.”

"It is in my imagination that each of you represents a community a household, a group of people who are also praying for Saint Augustine's [and] praying for the current students who are working tirelessly" one speaker said. "They are doing their job as students."

Those in attendance said it has been a tough situation for everyone involved.

"It's tough for students to focus," Stephens said. "It's tough for professors and staff to pay their bills. It's tough for the administration to have to make promises and then break them."

Saint Augustine's will hold a press conference on Monday at 11 a.m. to detail the school's financial strategy going forward.