Requiem for the Lost Souls of the Titanic

For those who are not aware of it, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on the night of Sunday 14 April 1912.  Lifeboats were launched between 12:45 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. and the great ship sank beneath the dark waves of the North Atlantic at 2:17 a.m. Monday 15 April 1912, exactly 100 years ago today.

To honor and remember the 1,514 people who died, a requiem mass is being sung at St. Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, Ireland, this morning.  The requiem is a special composition for the 100th anniversary, and it was also sung yesterday, Saturday 14 April 2012 and broadcast by BBC.

The home page of St. Anne's Cathedral may be found here:  http://www.belfastcathedral.org/

The music of the requiem may be found at this website:   http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01g4s93

All are encouraged to participate in prayers for the dead.  May they rest in eternal peace.