| Description | This edition includes the following news and articles:
Cathedral Life: Past and Present-
Cathedral History: 'The Host of Heaven' by Patrick Rogers. An article about the new mosaic which was unveiled in the Cathedral sanctuary in 1933, and the ensuing article in the Westminster Cathedral Chronicle which failed to mention Matthew in the list of Apostles.
A Photographic Record- 'Solemn Dirge for Cardinal Griffin, August 1956' A short article about the funeral and Funeral Mass for Cardinal Griffin, which features a black and white image which depicts the catafalque containing the body of the late cardinal lying in the nave of Westminster Cathedral.
Features:
'A Pilgrimage to The Somme' by Fr Nicholas Schofield. An article about the author's pilgrimage to the Somme with parishioners from Our Lady of Lourdes and St Michael, Uxbridge. The article was written to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
'The Cathedral That Might Have Been' by Philip Fowke. An article about architect Henry Clutton who had originally been commissioned by Cardinal Manning to provide plans for the building of Westminster Cathedral, before his predecessor John F Bentley was commissioned..
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