THOUSANDS EXPECTED AT SATURDAY SERVICE
Thousands expected at Saturday service
THE 28 innocent people who were murdered in the Omagh atrocity will be remembered at a service on Saturday, which is expected to be attended by thousands.
At a meeting in Armagh on Monday the leaders of the four main churches in the North called on people throughout the island to express their solidarity with the people of Omagh.
Archbishop Sean Brady, the Catholic Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, Church of Ireland Primate, Rt Rev Dr John Dixon, Presbyterian Moderator and Rev David Kerr, Methodist Church President, will be in Omagh on Saturday.
They will join with the community for an open air Interdenominational Service of Prayer and Reflection organised by the local clergy at 2.45 pm in Omagh town centre. This will culminate in a time of silence at 3.10pm.
The event has received the co-operation of Omagh District Council, Omagh Vintners Association, the Omagh Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Tyrone Vintners Association.
It is advised that people be in the town at 1.30pm as massive crowds are expected. Car parking will be strictly controlled and people have been advised to share transport and park on the outskirts of the town.
All shops and business premises in the town are to close on Saturday as a mark of respect to all bomb victims.
It has been suggested that a minute's silence will be observed at 3.10pm throughout the island.
Plans are also being made for a National Day of Mourning, details of which have not yet been announced.
Numerous offers have been made to Omagh Council by people offering accommodation for relatives visiting family members in hospital, transport and holiday breaks for victims and their families. Further details are available on request.
Meanwhile, in Newtownstewart clergy of the four churches have also organised Community Act of Remembrance.
The Catholic, Methodist, Church of Ireland and Presbyterian clergy together with community leaders are organising the commemoration which will be held at 3pm outside the Church of Ireland in the town.
There will be bible readings, prayers, hymns and a minute silence observed to remember those killed.
Rev Bill McNee, of the Church of Ireland in Newtownstewart, said the whole community is totally united in a way he had never before experienced.
"People in Newtownstewart are in a state of shock and disbelief at what has happened".
It is expected that businesses in the town will close on Saturday as a mark of respect.
THE 28 innocent people who were murdered in the Omagh atrocity will be remembered at a service on Saturday, which is expected to be attended by thousands.
At a meeting in Armagh on Monday the leaders of the four main churches in the North called on people throughout the island to express their solidarity with the people of Omagh.
Archbishop Sean Brady, the Catholic Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, Church of Ireland Primate, Rt Rev Dr John Dixon, Presbyterian Moderator and Rev David Kerr, Methodist Church President, will be in Omagh on Saturday.
They will join with the community for an open air Interdenominational Service of Prayer and Reflection organised by the local clergy at 2.45 pm in Omagh town centre. This will culminate in a time of silence at 3.10pm.
The event has received the co-operation of Omagh District Council, Omagh Vintners Association, the Omagh Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Tyrone Vintners Association.
It is advised that people be in the town at 1.30pm as massive crowds are expected. Car parking will be strictly controlled and people have been advised to share transport and park on the outskirts of the town.
All shops and business premises in the town are to close on Saturday as a mark of respect to all bomb victims.
It has been suggested that a minute's silence will be observed at 3.10pm throughout the island.
Plans are also being made for a National Day of Mourning, details of which have not yet been announced.
Numerous offers have been made to Omagh Council by people offering accommodation for relatives visiting family members in hospital, transport and holiday breaks for victims and their families. Further details are available on request.
Meanwhile, in Newtownstewart clergy of the four churches have also organised Community Act of Remembrance.
The Catholic, Methodist, Church of Ireland and Presbyterian clergy together with community leaders are organising the commemoration which will be held at 3pm outside the Church of Ireland in the town.
There will be bible readings, prayers, hymns and a minute silence observed to remember those killed.
Rev Bill McNee, of the Church of Ireland in Newtownstewart, said the whole community is totally united in a way he had never before experienced.
"People in Newtownstewart are in a state of shock and disbelief at what has happened".
It is expected that businesses in the town will close on Saturday as a mark of respect.
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Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/0608
Published Date: 20-Aug-98
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