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Saturday April 27

Community of The Way member Eleanor Reid

Dispatch from a Lambeth Conference steward

“We Lambeth Conference stewards are a team of 48 young people, aged 18-35, from 22 different countries, with very different cultural and theological backgrounds and life experiences. Despite these differences everyone in the team treats each other with care and dignity, and openly hears others’ perspectives on difficult issues, working together to understand each other,” says Eleanor Reid from Community of The Way and The Parish of St Lucia

Canterbury Cathedral's historic ‘Harry’ bell tolling daily

For the first time in history, Canterbury Cathedral’s famous ‘Harry’ bell has been tolling daily to thank frontline workers and in remembrance of those who pass away each day around the world due to COVID-19

Archbishop Oscar Romero (1917-1980) (Image courtesy of https://cafod.org.uk/News/International-news/Oscar-Romero-life-timeline)

‘Utterly orthodox and utterly radical’

“The Anglican Communion honours this 20th century martyr with a stone statue, along with nine other modern-day martyrs, installed above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey, which was unveiled during the 1998 Lambeth Conference,” says The Rev’d Samuel Dow on Oscar Romero, who was assassinated 40 years ago this month

Reflections on Canterbury

Bishop John Roundhill shares his insights and experiences of the ‘Baby Bishops Conference’, which he recently attended in the United Kingdom, and where “the Communion’s ancient liturgical traditions were fittingly juxtaposed with the high-tech work practices of the Bishops”