Southwark: Mass to celebrate 101st Birthday of Bl Oscar Romero

Southwark Cathedral Romero Cross - image: Sophie Stanes.

A special Mass to celebrate the 101st birthday of Archbishop Oscar Romero, and marking the threshold of his sainthood takes place next
Saturday, 11 August at 12.30pm, in St George's Cathedral, Southwark. The Principal Celebrant will be Archbishop Edward Adams, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

St George's Cathedral, Southwark, houses the National Shrine to Blessed Oscar Romero, including relics of the soon-to-be saint, which sit in a specially commissioned cross. The four-metre high three-dimensional painted Salvadoran Cross is a permanent memorial in Southwark to Archbishop Oscar Romero who was assassinated in El Salvador in 1980. He was gunned down whilst celebrating Mass in his own diocese of San Salvador.

The Cross was blessed by Archbishop Peter Smith in September 2013. "This place will truly be a little piece of El Salvador in the middle of London," declared the Salvadoran ambassador after the dedication of the Romero Cross in St George's Cathedral.The images on the Cross represent the life of Jesus, the Trinity, and the people of El Salvador.

There will be refreshments in the Amigo Hall afterwards.