Scottish Catholic Observer

Cardinal Keith O’Brien, a patron of the Archbishop Romero Trust, will attend the 2012 annual Romero lecture in Edinburgh on Monday. The lectures, which are organised by the Romero Trust, will take place next week in Edinburgh, York and in Southwark, London.

The Archbishop Romero Trust is an organisation to raise awareness and to celebrate the life of the ‘modern martyr’ (above), who was a well-known for promoting and supporting social justice in Latin American countries.

The 2012 UK lectures, taking place from September 24-27, will be given by Jan Graffius, the curator at Stonyhurst College. Her talk is entitled Blood and Sweat: the Witness of Romero’s Relics.

The lectures will explore the events of the archbishop’s life and death. Ms Graffius has worked with the organisation to ensure to proper conservation in preservation of Romero’s relics.

The events will take place at first at the Sacred Heart (Jesuit) Church in Edinburgh, the Bar Convent in York, and, finally, in St George’s Cathedral in Southwark.

EDINBURGH

Monday September 24 at 7.00pm

Lauriston Jesuit Centre

Sacred Heart Church

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YORK

Tuesday September 25 at 7.00pm

The Bar Convent

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LONDON

Thursday September 27 at 7.00pm

Amigo Hall

St George’s Cathedral,

Southwark SE1 7HY

-For more information visit http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/