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PASSION PLAY IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Peter Hutley, who has been responsible for the very successful
“Life of Christ” pageant which takes place on his
estate at Wintershall every year, has managed a real coup
in getting permission to stage a 1 ½ hour play on Good
Friday (2nd April) in Trafalgar Square. This will begin at
3.15pm and will be a free event. Rehearsals will take place
for an hour or so beforehand. About 100 members of the Wintershall
cast will participate. The play will begin with the Triumphal
Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem from Lord Nelson’s column
to the northern steps opposite the National Gallery and St
Martin in the Fields will be location of Pilate’s palace.
The play will include some of Jesus’ miracles, His trial
and crucifixion and the Resurrection. Peter Hutley comments,
“I know from our experience at Wintershall, the amazing
impact the visual and live actors have on people who don’t
regularly go to church and what better place to show the story
than Trafalgar Square.”
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HEAL OUR LAND – FESTIVAL OF LIGHT 2
Jimmy and Carole Owens’ musicals “Come Together”
and “If My People” have played a significant role
in past renewal movements including the 1971 Festival of Light
in the UK when 35,000 Christians gathered in Trafalgar Square
and 100,000 gathered in Hyde Park to pray for the nation.
“Heal our Land” is their latest musical, which is
being used as an interactive prayer and mobilization event
this year round the country, focusing in particular on London,
Birmingham and Liverpool. Various ecumenical prayer movements
are backing the venture, which they hope will be a catalyst
for prayer and repentance for the nation. See Coming Events
page 17 under “ARTS”
POPE INVITES PRIESTS TO COME TO ROME TO CELEBRATE THE
END OF YEAR OF PRIESTS
Pope Benedict XVI is inviting priests to join him in Rome
to celebrate the ending of the year for priests by participating
in a world meeting of priests organized by the Congregation
for the Clergy. This will take place 9th-11th June 2010. Day
one will be celebrated in St Paul’s Outside the Walls,
where the theme will be “Conversion and Mission”.
On day two the priests will gather in the Basilica of St Mary
Major where the focus will be on the theme of “The Upper
Room: Invoking the Holy Spirit with Mary, in Fraternal Communion”
This will conclude with a vigil service at St Peter’s
with the Pope with testimonies and music and adoration of
the Blessed Sacrament. On the Friday, the theme will be “With
Peter, in Ecclesial Communion” and the Pope will celebrate
a Mass at St Peter’s marking the 150th anniversary of
the death of St John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, and
the closing of the special year for priests. (Priests who
want to participate in this event shuld contact Opera Romana
Pellegrinaggi, the Vatican institution whose mission is to
evangelise through pastoral tourism and pilgrimages). ICCRS
(International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services) will
be contributing to the occasion by organizing a day long event
on 8th June to dovetail into this which will be held at St
John Lateran basilica. Log on to the ICCRS website for details.
ICCRS is organizing an International Intercession Event
open to all in Assisi over the Pentecost Tridium 19th-23rd
May this year. There is also an optional one day pilgrimage
on 24th to special sites in Assisi. The aim of the meeting
is to help people to deepen their understanding about the
call to intercession and to intercede for the Nations in the
power of Pentecost. The speakers will be Michelle Moran(UK),
Cyril John(India), Reinaldo Berserrados Reis(Brazil), Kim
Kollins(Germany) and Fr Bob Canton (USA) http://www.iccrs.org
or call 00 3906 6988 7126 or write to ICCRS Palazzo San Calisto,
00120 Vatican City, Rome, Europe
CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR AT A GIANT CATHOLIC PRAISE EVENT
IN LONDON
A team led by Enda Devine, the chairman of the London Day
of Renewal, has hired the Friends Meeting House opposite Euston
Station in London for a big New Year’s Eve celebration
called “Lift Jesus High”. The evening will begin
at 9pm with a vibrant, joyful Mass and end around 3 am, so
with buses not stopping until 4.30am plenty of time to get
home. For details see www.thedayofrenewal.org or tel 07767
765262
TELEPHONE PRAYER LINES
If you need someone to pray with you, there are various ministries
that have volunteers praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament,
available by phone for this. They are:
- St Patrick's 020 7434 9211 (7pm-11pm every day)
- Catholic Bible School 01243 377331 (7.30pm - 12 midnight
every day)
- Providence Convent 020 8447 8982 (Tue & Thurs
at 7pm-9pm)
CATHOLIC EVANGELISATION SERVICES
P.O.Box 333, St Albans. AL2 1EL
Tel (01727) 822837
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AGAPE TAPES
Agape Ministries,
58 Marshside Road, Southport PR9 9TH,
Tel. 01704 224286
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