‘Candles & Roses’ memorial
service to honor COVID-19 victims
By Nelson A. King
The clergy and other leaders
of the Caribbean American Community
in New York City will
host a “Candles & Roses” memorial
service on Sunday, May 16,
at the Bethesda Healing Center
Church, 167 E 98th St., Brooklyn
.A
ccording to a statement by
the Brooklyn Center for Family
Life, the memorial service will
commemorate Caribbean Americans
and others who lost their
lives to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Center said the memorial
sermon will be delivered by US
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic
for the 8th Congressional District,
which comprises parts of
Brooklyn and Queens. Hakeem is
also chairman of the Democratic
Caucus in the United States
House of Representatives.
Tributes will be delivered by
New York State Attorney General
Letitia James; Congresswoman
Yvette Clarke; New York
Sen. Roxanne Persaud; New York
Assembly Members Nick Perry
and Diana Richardson; Justice
of the New York State Appellate
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Court, Sylvia Hinds-Radix; US
Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-
Ann Lynch; Chairperson of the
West Indian Day Carnival Association,
Michelle Gibbs; and members
of the Caribbean Clergy.
New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo, New York City Mayor
Bill DeBlasio, as well as other
federal, state and city elected officials
have been invited to attend,
the statement said.
It said the New York City
Police Department, the judiciary
and members of the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) diplomatic
corps are also expected to
attend.
“This commemoration will be
in the form of a gospel concert
punctuated by special tributes,
prayers and scripture,” the statement
said.
“Organizers hope to inspire
and help bring closure and healing
to families who lost loved
ones to the dreadful COVID-19
pandemic, but were unable to
grant them last respects with
traditional celebration of life ceremonies
because of emergency
restrictions,” it added.
The Committee has invited
families who lost loved ones to
attend, as well as to visit the
“Candle Roses Memorial” Facebook
Page and upload the names,
birth and death dates, and a photograph
of their loved ones for
inclusion in a video tribute to the
fallen heroes.
Artistes slated to perform
include, gospel singer Carol
These artistes will participate in the ‘Candles & Roses’ memorial
service to honor COVID-19 victims. Brooklyn Center for
Maraj, mother of superstar rapper,
Nicki Minaj; Guyanese R&B
singer Anthony Baynes; US
Army Veteran and winner of the
McDonald Gospel Fest, Gerard
Placide; gospel singer and Brooklyn
school principal Dr. Cherry
Ann Hislop; medical student
Denisha Mccurchin; gospel singers
Odayne Rhoden and Eugenia
Inyanobor; Bethesda Healing
Center Dance Ministries; and
saxophonist Noel Hale.
For more information, contact
the Rev. Gilford T. Monrose
at (718) 755-3418 or via email
bcqlny@gmail.com.
The event will be streamed
live at: Facebook/Instagram:
Bethesda Healing Center.
Quality Life
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
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