This Monday, people around the world will be remembering the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC where nearly 3,000 people from 82 different countries, including two Bermudians, lost their lives.

Sister Judith Rollo, who formerly served as the principal at Mount Saint Agnes and currently works in a variety of ministries through the Roman Catholic Diocese, has helped organise a special prayer service on Monday, September 11. The focus of this traditional Catholic prayer service will be to pray for peace around the world and for an end to violence here in Bermuda and abroad.

Bishop of Hamilton the Rt. Rev. Robert Kurtz, added: ?The service was occasioned by 9-11 and is in response to the violence around the world.?

?Everybody?s life changed that day. I thought it was an appropriate day [to pray,? Sister Judith said.

The event that actually started the discussion for such a service was the murder of Jason Lightbourne, who was shot to death on Ord Road on July 23 of this year.

Calls for changes in society were made, and community rallies and services were held, ?but it was a lot of talking, and not a lot of praying,? according to Sister Judith.

In addition to a growing issue of gangs and violence in Bermuda, Sister Judith also saw the need for prayer for other parts of the world, especially in Iraq, Israel, Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East, where violence is a daily occurrence.

The service begins at 5.30 p.m. at St. Theresa?s Cathedral and will consist of hymns, scripture readings and special prayers, ending with a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and the hymn: ?Let there be peace on earth.?

?The hymn says, ?and let it begin with me.? Peace begins in the heart,? Sister Judith explained. And that peace comes through a relationship with God.

?A lack of peace, she added, leads to anger, which leads to violence.

?There is the violence of language, the violence of behaviour,? she said, which pours out into road rage, rudeness and disrespect, which have become daily occurrences.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bermuda encourages people of all walks of life to attend the hour-long service.