Tyburn and all London's Martyrs of Christian Disunity
On Saturday 27 May 2006, an Ecumenical Commemoration of all London's martyrs from the Church's divisions, Catholic and Reformation, took place at Tyburn Convent not far from Marble Arch in London.
Tyburn Convent is the national shrine to commemorate the Roman Catholic martyrs who lost their lives for their faith in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is situated on Hyde Park Place, a few hundred yards from the junction of Edgware Road and Bayswater Road, which was a principal place of execution for Middlesex, especially of those who had been held at Newgate Prison.
Site of the Tyburn Tree, Marble Arch |
In a generous move, the community of Benedictine nuns who maintain a vigil at the shrine daily invited fellow Christians of all traditions to join with them in recalling the fortitude and life's offering of the Cathoilc martyrs. as they likewise commemorated the Anglicans, Reformers and other Protestants who had died for the sake of their beliefs in Christ during the same troubled period of the Christian Church's in English history.
St Ralph Sherwin |
Follow these links to see more details.
John Cardmaker & John Warne's Martyrdom at Smithfield |
- The List of London's Martyrs of Christian Disunity, 1531 to 1681
- The Order of Service for the Commemoration
- Address by the Prebendary Dr Peter Elvy, Vicar of Chelsea Old Church
- Address by the Revd Bill Snelson, General Secretary of Churches Together in England
- Address by Cathy Corcoran, Director of the Cardinal Hume Centre
- Paper by Fr Mark Woodruff, Secretary of the Society for Ecumenical Studies, on the London Martyrs
St Robert Southwell |
Stratford Memorial to the Protestant Martyrs |