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All Souls Day event moves passers-by
Passers-by were moved by the simple act of receiving a single white flower with the message "this is for someone you've lost", in Portsmouth's Guildhall Square on Saturday, to mark All Souls Day. Click here to read the reflections of the Rev. Mark Rodel, city centre pioneer minister and associate priest of St. Luke's Portsea, who arranged this event.
