Clarrie Mendy (pictured above, left), whose cousin Mary Mendy and her daughter Khadija died in the fire, has been helping shape the multi-faith service, which will focus on remembering the 71 victims of the June 14 tower block blaze.
She said she had asked for the event to be held at St Paul’s Cathedral, exactly six months after the fire, and that she hoped the names of the 53 adults and 18 children who died would be read out as a mark of respect and recognition.
Ms Mendy told the Press Association: “I think a lot of people are anticipating and looking forward to this service at St Paul’s. I know there’s a lot of expectations. I know there’s a lot of diversity from your normal tradition.
“I just hope this service resonates with people, with the hunger people have spiritually.
“A lot of people, right now there’s no trust in the Government, a lot of people have more faith and trust in their religion.”
She went on: “I just hope it measures up to everybody’s expectations and people will … a lot of family will find healing from the messages, the sermons, and I hope it’s soul-enriching.
“I hope there’s words that will just echo and resonate, and say, ‘yes, there is empathy, there is humanity, there is hope for the world’, because I think this service is the platform that can really start to change humanity depending on the right words and – it’s a church, people of…
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