Ad Limina

On Wednesday afternoon the Beda hosted the Bishops of England and Wales, serving a mass for them at Saint Paul's Basilica as part of the Bishops Ad Limina visit to the Holy Sea. The Ad Limina is a duty performed by the Bishops every five years to inform the Vatican of each and every aspect of Catholic life in a particular country. The vatican can then offer aid and support as and where it is needed.

The mass at St Pauls was a wonderful affair, which began with a procession of about 40 Bishops and Archbishops who were joined by the Abbot of St Pauls Benedictinde community and faculty members of the Beda. The principle celebrant was the newly installed Archbishop of Birmingham Bernard Longley, with Archbishop Vincent Nicols, and Monsignor Roderick Strange, Rector of the Beda, Concelbrating. The Bishops party included four Southwark men, the three auxillary Bishops, Hine, Lynch and Hendricks and the Bishops to Britain's armed forces, Richard Moth. After the mass the Bishops were invited to the Beda for lunch.

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