Fr Rodolfo Cardenal to give 2016 Romero Lecture

Fr Rodolfo Cardenal SJ.

Rutilio, Romero and Pope Francis is the title of this year's Romero lecture - to be given by guest speaker Fr Rodolfo Cardenal SJ.

Fr Cardenal is a Central American Jesuit and Director of the Monseñor Romero Centre at the UCA, the Jesuit University in El Salvador. He is a surviving colleague of the six Jesuit martyrs killed on the UCA campus in 1989 at the height of El Salvador's civil war.

Fr Cardenal is a historian and has written the biography of his Jesuit confrére, Fr Rutilio Grande, assassinated in March 1977 and now on the road to beatification. He has chaired the History Commission which documented Rutilio's story for the beatification cause. Fr Cardenal will be the guest of the Archbishop Romero Trust in Britain from 31st October until 5th November 2016. He will speak about Fr Rutilio and the impact his martyrdom had on Blessed Oscar Romero.

Check ICN Listings for details or see details below:

Lecture Venues

Plymouth, Catholic Cathedral, PL1 5HW.
Monday October 31st at 7pm
Archbishop Romero Trust together with CAFOD, Plymouth J&P Commission and Pax Christi.

London, Amigo Hall, Southwark, Lambeth Rd, SE1 7HY.
Tuesday November 1st at 4pm
Archbishop Romero Trust in conjunction with CAFOD and Pax Christi.

Durham, University Department of Theology and Religion, DH1 3RS. Wednesday November 2nd at 5.30pm
Archbishop Romero Trust in conjunction with the Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham.

Glasgow, St Aloysius College, 45 Hill Street, G3 6RJ.
Thursday November 3rd at 7pm
Archbishop Romero Trust together with SCIAF, Centre for Social & Environmental Justice and Pax Christi.

Preston, St Wilfrid's Church, PR1 8BU.
Friday November 4th at 7pm
Archbishop Romero Trust together with Lancaster and Liverpool J&P Commissions and Pax Christi.