At nearly 102, Irene Zlotnicki still kneels to receive Holy Communion. Raised in a nominally Anglican family in the North of England, her eldest brother died as a baby during the First World War after a bomb blast shattered the windows of the house where the family was staying. Another older brother is now deceased, while her younger brother has just turned 100.
She later entered the Catholic Church and has spent decades reflecting on faith, history and the meaning of life.
Now living in Bradford-on-Avon with her daughter and son-in-law, Irene looks back on a life that spans the Second World War, Vatican II and the dramatic transformation of Britain’s religious landscape.
