Waldensian Day 2015

19 September 2015, 10.30am - 3pm

St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrews Road, Cambridge

850 years ago the followers of Waldo, a rich merchant who embraced poverty and began preaching the Gospel in ordinary language, were declared heretics and have since suffered a long history of persecution. It is thus truly historic that in June Pope Francis visited a Waldensian church in Turin and asked for forgiveness.

WHAT MUST ALL CHRISTIANS MAKE OF THIS HISTORIC ACT OF RECONCILIATION?

FIND OUT what a panel of very distinguished speakers has to say!

10.30am

Coffee, meeting old friends and making new ones…

11.30-12.30pm

Erica Scroppo, Newbury the Executive Secretary of the Waldensian Church Mission, will introduce the speakers:

• David Cornick (General Secretary of Churches Together in England)

• Ken Howcroft (2014-15 President of the Methodist Conference)

• Mark Langham (RC Chaplain to Cambridge University)

• Rowan Williams (Master of Magdalene College)

Ian Nimmo-Smith, Chairman of the WCM, will conclude.

12.30-1pm

A presentation by historians Simone Maghenzani and Richard Newbury of the much awaited 2nd edition of The Waldensian Story by Prescot Stephens.

1-1.30pm

Lunch: some delicious food and drinks will be available from our stalls or bring your own.

1.30-2.30pm

FILMs about the Waldensian past and present.

2.30pm- 3pm

Tea and coffee while winning raffle tickets are announced.