...for students sponsored by this magazine for girls. It feels odd playing the role of Veteran Journalist Offering Wisdom. And the world of mass communications is changing so rapidly that it is hard to know is there is anything of value that one can offer...
On to Westminster Cathedral. Led History Tour. I always enjoy doing these. My favourite mosaic is the one of St Augustine being sent to evangelise England - he is there in Rome's Trajan market in the 6th century, with the Saxon slaves in their leggings. The story is that he and his monks set off at the behest of Pope St Gregory,to evangelise the land from which these poor slaves came, but on arrival in Gaul they heard such frightful stories about Britain - its cold weather, brutal people, stewed tea, Marmite sandwiches, whatever - that they hurried back to Rome and had to be told sternly to get on and do as they were told. So they dutifully set out again and...well....here we are, in Westminster Cathedral, and the evangelisation continues...
Evening meeting helping to plan the TOGETHER IN FAITH VIGIL organised for May 17th with Aid to the Church in Need. Book the date in your diary now!
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