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Summary
Wednesday, 15 September (Our Lady of Sorrows), the eve of the
Pope's visit, we will have a vigil on the Piazza outside Westminster
Cathedral 5.30 - 7.00 pm. Please join us if you can.
Thursdsay, 16
September - Scotland - He will be received by Her Majesty The Queen,
members of the Royal Family and people representing British society
in the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Having met the Queen,
the Pope will travel to Glasgow where he will celebrate an open-air
Mass at Bellahouston Park in the evening and then he will fly from
Glasgow to London.
Friday,
17 September - London - He is going to St Mary's University College,
Twickenham, where there will be three aspects to his visit. The
first is that he begins the day praying with representatives of
religious congregations - particularly those who have a charism for
education and a history of education. He will then go and meet 3,000
young people - schoolchildren, students - to celebrate Catholic
education. From there he will then meet with religious leaders and
people of religious faith in the Waldegrave Drawing Room and Walpole
House. He will discuss with them religion and belief in our society.
Later in the day, the Pope is scheduled to meet with the Archbishop
of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace in the presence of the Anglican
diocesan bishops and the Catholic diocesan bishops of England and
Wales.
He
has then been invited, as part of the State visit, to address
British society. Representatives of British society will be invited
to Westminster Hall to hear the Pope's address.
He
will finish off the day with the Archbishop of Canterbury and
Christian leaders at Westminster Abbey to celebrate Evening Prayer.
The Holy Father will also pray at the Grave of the Unknown
Warrior and also at the Shrine of Edward the Confessor.
Saturday,
18 September -London - On the third day of the visit, Pope Benedict
will celebrate Mass in Westminster Cathedral where he will also
greet the people of Wales. Later in the day he will visit a home for
older people and then be present at an open-air Vigil of prayer in
Hyde Park.
Sunday,
19 September - Birmingham - The final day of the visit is focused
very much on the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, and
the Pope will celebrate that beatification in Cofton Park in
Birmingham - adjacent, fittingly, to Rednal where Cardinal Newman
was buried. Pope Benedict will conclude the day by meeting with the
bishops of England, Scotland and Wales in Oscott College.
Our
action will probably focus on London. Please get in touch if you can
be in London on 17 and or 18 September.
You
can view the itinerary at http://www.thepapalvisit.org.uk/2010-Visit/Itinerary
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