Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemorations with Pax Christi

Pax Christi stall at Westminster Cathedral

Sat 6th August

Pax Christi Hiroshima Vigil, Central London @ Westminster Cathedral Piazza @ 10am - 5pm.

Pax Christi will hold their annual Hiroshima Day time of prayer/information sharing outside Westminster Cathedral. They will have prayers at 11.30am and again at 3:30pm. Open to all who wish to pray with them. This is an opportunity to raise awareness about the impact of nuclear war and of the on-going preparations for nuclear war. Pax Christi will have an information stall with literature to share with the public. If you would like to help during the day please contact the office who will put a timetable together.

11am London N31LY Meet by the commemorative cherry tree in Victoria Park to Remember the victims of the nuclear bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Organised by Christian CND

12noon -- 1pm. London Region CND's annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration Meet at the commemorative cherry tree in Tavistock Square. Bring a picnic for afterwards!

Tues 9th August

Nagasaki Day Vigil, 10am - 6pm Westminster Cathedral Piazza. Pax Christi will have prayers at 11.30am and again at 3:30pm.

Nagasaki Day from 6.30-7.30pm, an ecumenical service organised by Pax Christi (020 8203 4884) will take place in the Crypt Chapel, Westminster Cathedral, Ambrosden Ave, Westminster, London SW1P in memory of the 73rd anniversary of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter's execution in 1943 for refusing to serve in Hitler's army. Franz Jagerstatter was beatified in October 2007. (Entrance in Ambrosden Avenue.)

Nagasaki Day. Peace walk and Floating Lantern Ceremony. 7.30pm Peace walk from Westminster Cathedral to the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park followed by the Floating Lantern Ceremony at Sunset.