I tend to enjoy my liturgy much like my pasta: Roman. Yet, as I am sure we might all privately admit, a little double cream in one’s carbonara can add a gentle sophistication. Hereford’s Easter Vigil was much the equivalent of a gentle dollop of cream to the carbonara, as the Anglican cathedral and Roman Catholic parish of St Francis Xavier came together once again for their joint celebration (a tradition which began in 2002). The ceremonies began in the Catholic parish in darkness. The procession entered in silence. About 30 Catholic teenage altar servers, another 10 more aged Anglican servers, followed by the Anglican clergy in woollen capes, before the Catholic parish priest of Hereford, Dom James Hood, entered coped
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Where Rome and Canterbury meet: Hereford’s Easter Vigil
Though separated at the Eucharist, the joint Easter Vigil in Hereford Cathedral brings together Catholic and Anglican traditions in a quiet expression of shared faith
William Morris

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