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AAW - Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
DOW - Diocese of Westminster
DC - Diocesan Curia
5 - Communications
6 - Oremus
Repository
Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No
AAW/DOW/DC/5/6/21
Title
Oremus - February 2016
Date
February 2016
Level
Item
Description
This edition includes the following news and articles:
Cathedral Life: Past and Present-
Cathedral History: Pope St John Paul II' by Patrick Rogers. An article about Pope John Paul II's visit to London in 1982 and how he was the first Pope in history to celebrate Mass on British soil.
Cathedral History: A Photographic Record
'Ash Wednesdday-1956' An short article about the tradition of Ash Wednesday and an accompanying photograph which depicts Cardinal Bernard Griffin receiving the ashes from Mgr Gordon Wheeler, the Cathedral Administrator. The image was taken on 15 February 1956, six months before Griffin's death.
Features:
'Why do we have Ash Wednesday?' by Stan Metheny. An article about the origins of Ash Wednesday.
'The Architect's Daughter-Winefride de L'Hopital' by Peter Howell. An article about the daughter of Cathedral architect John Francis Bentley and the creation of her two volume book, 'Westminster Cathedral and its Architect' which was published in 1918.
'Capturing the Merciful Father' by Mike Quirke. An article about the two paintings created by the artist Mike Quirke, which are displayed along the Cathedral's Way of Mercy. In this article the artist describes the process that went into creating his painting which depicts the Merciful Father.
'St Dominic's Preachers of God's Mercy-The 800th Anniversary of the Dominicans' by Tim Lees. An article about the life and times of St Dominic as well as the Dominican Jubilee and its parallels with the Jubilee Year of Mercy which was also being celebrated in the same year, 2015.
Format
Printed document
Language
English
Album amicorum of George Strachan
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Catholic-Heritage.net
British Jesuit Archive
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Ushaw College Library
Scottish Catholic Archives
Cathoic Archives Society
The National Archives
The National Records of Scotland
University of Aberdeen
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