St. George’s Day An illustrated lecture

Friday, April 23, 2004
Commemorating Michael Ramsey 100th Archbishop of Canterbury
(November 14, 1904 – April 23, 1988)
    Michael Ramsey and The Little Church. In the Fall of 1925 Michael Ramsey, a debater for the Cambridge University Union, visited New York City and, on a Sunday morning, The Church of the Transfiguration. Seated opposite the window of St. Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury in the early 7th century, Ramsey is said to have first felt called to the priesthood.

6:00 PM: Solemn Eucharist
Preaching: The Rev‘d Douglas Dales
Chaplain & Head of Religious Studies,
Marlborough College, England,
and author of Glory. The Spiritual Theology
of Michael Ramsey

7:30 PM: Reception & Book Signing

8:00 PM: Lecture
Speaker: The Rev‘d Douglas Dales:
Living through Dying: Suffering & Sanctification
in the Spirituality of Michael Ramsey

The Church of the Transfiguration
"The Little Church Around the Corner"
One East 29th Street, NYC
(between Fifth & Madison Avenues)

Subways: 1/9, N/R/W, or 6 to 28th Street
Bus: M1, M2, M3, M5, M6, M7