...across London Bridge to the birthplace of John Henry Newman in the City. On the way, we explored the history of Southwark and the City from Roman and Saxon times, via the Vikings, to the Middle Ages and beyond...it s a powerful thing to stand on the bridge a spring evening and watch the rip current on the Thames, the powerful water surging and hurtling along to reach the high-water marks along the embankment walls, and to ponder the great events that have shaped our history on and alongside this river...
The Monument and Fish Street Hill, Wren and Hawksmoor churches, the Tower dwarfed by vast office slabs, the pubs crowded with cheery Friday-night drinkers...and then a sudden quiet moment at the blue marble slab at marks where the banker John Newman and his family lived, round at the back of the Bank of England, where their son John Henry was born, a man who would help to re-shape the ecclesial map of England and the story of Christianity in our country.
Want to know more? There are other Catholic History Walks featuring Newman: read here...or come to the Newman Evening being sponsored by LOGS on June 3rd
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