[07
OCT 98] COVENTRY CATHEDRAL PRESS RELEASE
Cabinet Minister At City Hunger LunchThe Rt Hon Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development,
will be visiting Coventry on Sunday 11 October 1998. She will be addressing the Cathedral
congregation at the 10.30am Eucharist, and will then be going on to speak at the City of
Coventry Hunger Lunch.
The Lord Mayor, Cllr Mrs Maggie Rosher,
will chair the Hunger Lunch which is being held at St Mary’s Guildhall, as has been
the case for the past few years. The Lunch aims to raise awareness of the problems facing
many Third World Countries but there will be a retiring collection for the World
Development Movement.
The Department for International
Development is a new ministry, created after the 1997 General Election. It promotes
policies for sustainable development and the elimination of poverty, and manages
Britain’s programme of assistance to developing countries.
It is perhaps of great relevance that Ms
Short will be coming to speak after Coventry Cathedral has hosted the Christian Aid
‘Body of Chains’, representing those in the Third World enslaved by foreign
debt.
MORE INFORMATION:
Revd Allen Edwards 01203 672658
Mrs Muriel Stubbins, Cathedral International Department 01203 227597 |
