597 experience

Notes: "As part of the 597 celebration, the parishes of the Canterbury diocese were offered a challenge by their bishops in a programme to help support the Bursary Programme for the Lambeth Conference 1998. The parishes were given a sum of money, which they in turn invested and turned into more funds for the forthcoming Conference." "The Diocese of Canterbury hosted an all day celebration entitled `597' to bring to an end the year long celebrations of the 1400th anniversary of the arrival of Saint Augustine in Kent. The day included workshops, a market place, and outdoor worship for thousands of people who gathered from around the Diocese."

Subjects: Augustine, Saint, of Canterbury, d. 604 or 605; Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury; Christianity - Great Britain - Anniversaries, etc.