Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Continuity Walks and Talks

Jan. 29th. We meet at 3pm at Tower Hill Tube Station. Come and walk with members of SPES, St. Patrick's Evangelization School.

February 17th meet at 6.30pm (after thew 5.30pm Mass) on the steps of Westminster Cathedral. By popular request, a repeat of our Royal History Walk, going across St James' Park and finishing outside Buckingham Palace. Discover the links between the Crown and the Church, and join us in prayers for the Queen and the Royal Family.

February 25th meet at 6.30pm outside St Mary Moorfields, Eldon Street, London EC2. Come and learn about the Catholic history of the City of London, site of ancient churches and heroic martyrdoms.

March 10th. Meet at 6.30pm (after the 5.30pm Mass) on the steps of Westminster Cathedral. We'll be walking down to the River and traceing the role of the Thames in the history of London, the nation, and the Church.

Wear comfortable shoes for walking, and bring some money as we plan to finish in a pub. The walk will last approx. one and a half hours.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Continuity Walks and Talks

Thursday, November 19, 2009 • 6.30pm

Meet on the steps of Westminster Cathedral. We will be exploring, among other places, St James Park and learning of the Catholic connections of St James' Palace. We will also discover England's special connection with devotion to the Sacred Heart.

Nearest tube to Westminster Cathedral: Victoria or St James Park.

Wear comfortable shoes for walking, and bring some money as we plan to finish in a pub. The walk will last approx one and a half hours.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Continuity Walks and Talks

Thursday October 15th. A Thomas More evening. Meet at 6.30pm outside the Church of Our Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea. (The address of the church is Cheyne Row, London SW3. Nearest tube: Sloane Square then bus along the Kings Road).We will be visiting the statue of St Thomas More overlooking the Thames, and Chelsea Old Church where he used to attend Mass every day. The Walk also includes, by special permission, a visit to Allen Hall seminary built on the site where his house once stood, and we'll finish with prayers by the mulberry tree in the garden where he used to gather with his family.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

LAUNCHING CONTINUITY WALKS AND TALKS

LONDON--Thursday September 24th, 6.30pm. Led by Joanna Bogle. Meet on the steps of Westminster Cathedral. A Catholic History Walk. Come and discover the Catholic links that surround the heart of Westminster! An evening of history, in good company, in a spirit of cheerful faith and inspiration!

We'll be following a route that takes in the Abbey and its surrounding lands... you'll learn about the Saxons who lived there, and our last Saxon king before the Norman Conquest...and about the 17th century royals who escaped across the Thames one dark night...why Horseferry Road is so named...the nuns, a Duke's sister among them, who cared for orphans in a desperately poor slum district...the prison which stood where a Cathedral would later arise...and a Papal visit and more...

Wear comfortable shoes for walking, and bring some money as we plan to finish in a pub. The walk will last approx one and a half hours.

No need to book! Just turn up! Nearest tube: Victoria or St James Park.

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