This will be a very solemn and unhurried portion of the service. Each custode will walk up to the pool, light their candles and then walk down to where there will be a big map of Jamaica and place the candle on the parish he or she is representing. The pool is symbolic of the start of life, and at the service, it will be surrounded by the candles. “We, as a chorale, do perform there on occasion, but what makes it so special is that they recently installed a baptismal pool. CHOICE OF VENUEĮwart noted that the choice of St Theresa’s as the venue for the function was deliberate. The service will unfold under the theme ‘Celebrating the Resilience and Unity of the Human Spirit’. Gregory, Archbishop of the West Indies Reverend Kenneth Richards, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kingston’ and officiating priest, Father Walter Dorsey. We thought about the need for compassion and to bring some sort of healing, and we hope to do that through this service of songs and the symbolic lighting of the candles from custodes representing all 14 parishes in Jamaica,” Ewart shared.Īmong the dignitaries who will be in attendance at the service, which starts at 4 p.m., will be Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, who will lead the candle-lighting ceremony Dr Howard K. “We are in this pandemic, and people are dying all around us, but relatives and friends did not get an opportunity to give their loved ones a final farewell. Musical director of the National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ), Winston Ewart, is now in production mode for the service, which will have an in-person as well as a virtual format on Zoom and various social media platforms. Songs that speak to healing, the resilience of the human spirit, and the Christian belief of life after death will echo throughout the St Theresa Roman Catholic Church in Vineyard Town on Wednesday, August 4, at a thanksgiving and candlelight ceremony to honour fallen soldiers of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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