Romero Week 2025

St Oscar Romero, wiki image 1978

This month marks the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Oscar Romero. There will be a variety of services, events and talks in London, Leeds,Liverpool and St Albans to commemorate his life and legacy.

There are three main speakers this year: Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald MAfr OBE, Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ and Father Luis Orlando Perez SJ.

Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald is an expert in Christian-Muslim relations. From 2002-2006 he headed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. At his retirement in 2012, he was the apostolic nuncio to Egypt and delegate to the Arab League. Cardinal Michael will preach at the National Ecumenical Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church on Saturday, 22 March.

Sr Gemma Simmonds is a sister of the Congregation of Jesus, director of the Religious Life Institute and senior lecturer in pastoral theology at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge. Sr Gemma will preach at Evensong at St Albans Cathedral on Sunday, 23 March.

Fr Luis Orlando is a Mexican Jesuit priest, human rights activist, and currently a doctoral student at UCL on the families of the disappeared in Mexico. Luis Orlando will be speaking in Leeds, Liverpool, and London.

Check ICN Listings for details of events or see below.

Sunday, 9 March - London 1.30pm
Spanish-language Mass at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 6HR
Main celebrant: Archbishop John Wilson
Preacher: Luis Orlando Perez SJ

Thursday, 13 March - Leeds 7pm
Leeds Justice and Peace Commission 2025 Romero Lecture
At Leeds Trinity City Centre Campus LS1 6EB
Luis Orlando Perez SJ, Excavating Hope

Thursday, 20 March 7pm
Liverpool:Archdiocese of Liverpool Annual Romero Mass
At St Edmund of Canterbury Church, Waterloo L22 8QF, in the Parish of St Oscar Romero, followed by talk by Luis Orlando Perez SJ

Saturday, 22 March London 11am
London: National Ecumenical Service
At St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JJ
Preacher: Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald MAfr OBE

Sunday, 23 March - St Albans 6pm
Evensong at St Albans Cathedral, AL1 1BY -Preacher: Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ

Thursday, 27 March 12noon
London: Romero Anniversary Mass and presentation of the Oscar Romero Award
At St George's Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 6HR
Main celebrant: Archbishop John Wilson

LINK

Romero Trust: www.romerotrust.org.uk/