GOLDEN JUBILEE 1957-2007

The Society's Annual Conference in May 2007 marks the beginning of our Golden Jubilee year. The year starts in the North East of England, which saw the Golden Age of Christianity in Northumbria, and the year will conclude with the Society's visit to Rome in May 2008.

At the first meeting of the Society, which took place in 1957 under the auspices of the Catholic Conference of Ecclesiastical Studies, just 19 priests in all were present. Our 2007 Conference had some 125 participating members, from at least 13 different countries - men and women from many walks of life, lay, religious and cleric. Membership now totals over 500.

A key event in the Jubilee Year was a Mass of Thanksgiving in Westminster Cathedral, London on Wednesday 24th October, 2007 at 5.30pm. The chief celebrant was Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, and the homily was given by the Rt Rev John Arnold, auxiliary bishop of Westminster.

We are grateful to Eddie Tulasiewicz, Westminster Communications Officer, for the following selection of photographs from the Mass and Reception afterwards.

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