The final national event of the Ordinariate year is a national pilgrimage to the Shrine of Blessed John Newman in Birmingham. We have been offered use of the Birmingham Oratory on the day nearest to Cardinal Newman's feast day. The pilgrimage begins at St Chad's Cathedral on Friday 7th October, with Sung Evensong and Benediction at 6:30 pm —the Cathedral Choir providing the music. This will be followed by a reception and a talk on Blessed John Henry Newman by Father Ian Ker, who has written several books on Blessed John Henry Newman.
On the Saturday we meet at the Birmingham Oratory. Coffee will be available in the Cloister Hall from 9:45. Confessions from 10:15 in preparation for Mass at 11am followed by veneration of the relics. Packed lunches may be eaten in the Upper Cloister Hall where at 2:30 there will be an address by the Rev'd Dr. Stephen Morgan and a talk on Newman and the Oratory by the Provost.
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