A SPECIAL service was held to remember Madeleine and all missing children at the Nossa Senhora da Luz church in Praia da Luz at 6.30pm today (Saturday).
The emotional service, in both English and Portuguese, was conducted by the local catholic priest José Manuel Pacheco and resident Anglican Church priest Father Haynes Hubbard.
Yellow and green candles were handed out to the congregation to be lit during the service to serve as a light of hope.
Members of the McCann family, including Gerry McCann’s brother John, who arrived in Portugal earlier this morning, were present at the service and read a letter from Kate and Gerry to the congregation.
After the service, members of the McCann family stood outside the church with members of the congregation around them in a large circle and released yellow and green balloons.
John McCann told The Resident that this evening, members of the family would all be taking part in a private and symbolic lighting of candles.
clipped from: portugalresident.com 
