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2025 FESTIVAL
in the jubilee year

ALL MY HOPE
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It is 300 years since this place opened its doors for daily centre the Ordinariate, the present occupiers, the shield
Mass for the persecuted population of London. George alluding both to the ancient Priory at Walsingham and
I was on the throne and King Louis XV of France was to Newman, under the mitre of its apostolic authority.
only 15 years old. This long history is shown in heraldry
at the bottom of the banner. First the royal arms of In a little heraldic whimsy, the shields are heartshaped,
Portugal, on the “dexter” side, the senior side, as it was alluding again to Newman’s arms and his motto “Cor ad
the Portuguese embassy, under the Marques de Pombal, cor loquitur”, which is very much the pious tradition of
which first built the chapel here. Then the Electorate of this holy place over the last three centuries. It is to be
Bavaria, which succeeded in the occupation of these hoped that when carried in procession in the streets of
houses by its diplomatic mission, (showing the correct London this banner will add gloriously to the Church’s
arms for their dates in residence!), and finally in the mission.