Safely through the tunnel, the relics of St Thérèse arrived in England yesterday afternoon, ready for their month-long tour. The first pictures of the relics in England were published yesterday by the official website for the visit, www.catholicrelics.co.uk.
The relics are now being taken by road to Portsmouth, where the Cathedral Cathedral is the first venue to host the relics on their national tour. From there the relics make their way up the western side of the country, visiting towns and cities including Plymouth, Taunton, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. They then arrive at Lancaster Cathedral on the afternoon of Monday 28th September, where they remain until the morning of Wednesday 30th. After that the tour makes its way down the east side of England, visiting (amongst others) Newcastle, Middlesbrough, York, Leeds, Walsingham, Nottingham, Oxford, Aylesford Priory in Kent, and London, where the tour finishes with a four-day visit to Westminster Cathedral. We hope to bring news of the tour's progress on this blog over the coming weeks.
