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RepositoryArchives of the Archbishop of Westminster
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TitleOremus - April 2015
DateApril 2015
LevelItem
DescriptionThis edition includes the following articles and news:
Cathedral Life: Past and Present:

Cathedral History: 'The Clock', by Patrick Rogers. An article about one of Westminster Cathedral's clocks which is part of the marble organ screen in the Cathedral. The clock and the organ screen were both designed by John Marshall of Bentley, Son and Marshall. The clock was made in 1924 by Messrs Dent & Co of Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square. The article also features John Marshall's 1924 design of the Cathedral organ screen and accompanying clock.

Cathedral History: 'A Photographic Record: The Bomb-Crater Garden, July 1944. An article about the crater that was left by a bomb that dropped on the Westminster Cathedral Choir School playground , during the blitz in 1940. The resulting crater was used to create an ornamental and productive herb and vegetable garden. A photograph of the Bomb-Crater Garden is featured in the article.

Features:
'Christianity and the Magna Carta ' by Sir Michael Tugendhat. An article which explores the significance that the Magna Carta has had on our daily lives since it was executed by King John June 1215.

'The Church's Year of Consecrated Life: The Jesuits', by Michael Marchlewski .An article about the founding and history of the Society of Jesus.

'Catholic Architecture in Cairo' by Gregory Bilotto. An article about 19th and early 20th centuries when European Catholics were invited to establish schools and parishes. This resulted in the creation of numerous Catholic schools, churches and cathedrals in Cairo and the surrounding suburbs.

'Catholicsm in Sharma eo-Sheikh' by Caroline Blake. An article about the Mission Church, Our Lady of Peace, which was recently built in Sharm el-Sheikh in Eqypt.

'The Coptic Martyrs of Lybia-A Reflection' An article about 21 Coptic Martyrs who were killed in Libya as a result of their religion by terrorists affliliated with the Islamic State.


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LanguageEnglish

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