Br Robert in Manchester
On St Francis’ day (Sunday 4th October) nearly 85,000 people met in Manchester to protest against the Government’s ‘austerity policies,’ among them Br Robert who sees at first hand the effects of these policies in the course of his ministry. He joined a group of students from the University Chaplaincy and commended – with them – the demonstration to the Intercession of St Francis. Br Robert writes “…it was really inspiring to see such a broad range of people and to enjoy the good atmosphere which existed… [but it was also] extremely unfortunate that a handful of people thought it right to throw eggs at delegates; very counterproductive…”
