BRIDGEPORT—St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound will be hosting its 23nd Annual Memorial Service on Sunday, August 30, in a new, virtual format.
Due to circumstances surrounding COVID-19 and current social distancing precautions in place, St. Vincent’s will be presenting this year’s memorial online, in a virtual event that will be available to anyone who would like to be part of this moving ceremony. The event is free of charge, open to all members of the community and will celebrate the lives of family members and friends lost to cancer, regardless of where they received treatment.
People can submit the names of their loved ones to be recognized in a video presentation by visiting stvincents.org/swimmemorial. Please submit your request by Friday, August 21. The memorial service will be streamed as a video at 9 am on Sunday, August 30 and will remain available for viewing after the event.
The annual Memorial Service seeks to remember and carry on the spirit of those who have died from cancer. The service provides an opportunity for families and friends to heal after the loss of loved ones, and reflects St. Vincent’s Mission as it acknowledges the importance and contribution of every life. It is another way that St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound supports area residents in the fight against cancer.
The virtual event will include prayers, musical tributes and inspirational readings. Performers will include bagpipers P. Thomas Landry and Dave Curtis, soloist Tyler Cervini of Trumbull, and members of the St. Vincent’s Choir led by Chief Medical Resident Pius A. Osei-Bagyina, MD.
The service will also remember the late Miriam Raubvogel of Shelton, who has sponsored the memorial for many years in memory of her sister Linda Waterman and the Waterman family.
For more information, please contact Edna Borchetta of St. Vincent’s Mission Services at 475.210.6393 or edna.borchetta@hhchealth.org.