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McCanns to lead prayers for Madeleine, one year on

HOMEPAGE NEWS REPORTS INDEX NEWS MAY 2008
Original Source:  TELEGRAPH; SATURDAY 03 MAY 2008
By Patrick Sawer
Published: 10:58AM BST 03 May 2008
 
A year after the disappearence of their daughter Madeleine, Kate and Gerry McCann were today set to lead prayers at their local church

Drawing on their determination to keep the missing girl’s fate in the public eye, the couple will once again step into the glare of the media spotlight to mark the anniversary at a vigil at St Mary and St John church, near their home in Rothley, Lancashire.

The McCann’s had initially planned to spend the day privately, but Mrs McCann, a devout Catholic, decided yesterday she wanted to attend the Church of England service.

Today’s painful milestone follows several days of intensive press and television interviews by the couple, who have mounted a 12 month global campaign to ensure Madeleine does not become just another statistic on the list of disappeared youngsters. The pair continue to lobby for a Europe wide alert system for missing children.

But there are signs they may now try to return to some kind of normality, if only for the sake of their other children, three-year-old twins Sean and Amelie.

“We take it day by day,” said Mr McCann, 39. “We will do what’s right for ourselves and the twins.”

Mrs McCann said: “It’s a difficult day, but ... you kind of think it’s just another day, really. I don’t think we’ll know until the morning what feels right.”

Friends and supporters of the McCann’s are planning to light candles , lights and lanterns around the country between 9.15pm and 10pm tonight - the time Kate and Gerry McCann say their daughter, - just a few days shy of her fourth birthday, was abducted from their holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz.

The group Helping to Find Madeleine has urged people to “light the way home” for the her and already Everton Football Club has said it will shine its floodlights into the sky. Mrs McCann is an Everton supporter and one of the last photographs taken of her daughter showed her in the club’s blue shirt.

The 40-year-old GP said: “We think lighting a candle or lantern is a lovely idea. We are very grateful to everyone who remembers Madeleine at this time.”

Mr McCann’s brother John and other relatives are travelling to Praia da Luz on the couple’s behalf, and will attend a vigil in the Algarve town’s Church of Our Lady of Light. Here photographs of Madeleine have been displayed near a candle which has been kept lit for almost a year. Mrs McCann has written a message for the congregation which will be read out by her brother.

Madeleine’s parents have not been back to Portugal since being made official suspects in her disappearance last September.

Meanwhile the Archbishop of York has written a prayer to mark Madeleine’s disappearance from the Ocean Club apartment, where she and the twins had been left for the evening by Mr and Mrs McCanns.

Dr John Sentamu says a daily prayer for Madeleine and keeps a candle burning next to a picture of her.

His prayer reads: “Father God, we pray for Madeleine McCann, keep her safe and take away her fear and anxiety.

“May your holy angels guard and protect her. We pray that she may be reunited with those who love her. Give hope to all her loved ones and hear our cry for her safe return.”

* The McCanns have appealed for anyone with evidence to call their private investigators on 0845 8384699.

 

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