St Mary’s Church in Tenby will join in with other cathedrals and churches across the UK tomorrow (Thursday) as bells toll across the country in ‘solidarity’ with France and its people as they mourn the Notre-Dame blaze.

Bells will be rung across the country on Maundy Thursday, three days before Easter, with St. Mary’s church due to ring theirs before the 7.30 pm service.The Archbishop of Wales John Davies has joined with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to encourage all cathedrals and churches across Wales to toll a bell for seven minutes at around 7 pm, as a simple sign of both sorrow for and solidarity with the people of France and, particularly, the cathedral community at Notre Dame.“The tolling of bells has, for generations, been a sign of mourning for the loss of someone precious and, although Notre Dame is a building, there is also a sense in which it is a vital part of the very heartbeat of Paris,” said Archbishop, John Davies.“The damage and destruction suffered to this holy and iconic site is something, therefore, which it feels quite proper for us to mourn. “In doing so, we will also be expressing our hope that, from the ashes, will rise a building restored and renewed for its life’s purpose, to proclaim to the world the Good News of Christ.”