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.

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.

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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