Online service to remember Covid victims

In collaboration with Wells Cathedral there will be an online service to remember all those who have died during the Covid pandemic.

Led by Bishop Ruth and the Dean of Wells, families of the bereaved were invited to send in names of those for whom they mour. Candles will be lit and their names read out.

Bishop Ruth said: “So many people weren’t able to attend funerals or grieve properly when their loved ones died in the last few months, because of restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

“We hope this service will offer people a chance to come together and mourn their loved ones by name, alongside others who have also been bereaved.”

The service will include music from members of the Music Foundation of Wells Cathedral, and prayers will be said by some of Somerset’s hospital chaplains.

The service will be available at www.wellscathedral.org.uk and on the Diocese of Bath and Wells website– www.bathandwells.org.uk – from Wednesday, September 30.