Christians give thanks for Augustine

OVER 2,000 PEOPLE joined the Prince of Wales in Canterbury Cathedral last Sunday to mark the 1,400th anniversary of the arrival of St Augustine in England.
Dr George Carey, the 103rd to carry the title since Augustine, who led yesterday's service, said that Augustine had preached reconciliation, which should serve as a warning to divided Christian communities throughout the world.
"It is a message to us, the Church, and it challenges our obsession with security, our faithlessness and our disunity," he said.
Among the congregation were 50 pilgrims who set out for England from Rome a week ago by coach for the anniversary of St Augustine's arrival in 597. Augustine's journey took over a year.