O Lord our God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thine apostles and send them forth to preach the Gospel to the nations: We bless thy holy name for thy servant Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, whose labors in propagating thy Church among the English people we commemorate today; and we pray that all whom thou dost call and send may do thy will, and bide thy time, and see thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
26 May 605, Augustine, first #ArchbishopofCanterbury, died. Sent as a missionary by Pope Gregory in 597, he landed in Thanet & persuaded the Anglo-Saxons of Kent to become Christians. He founded @No1Cathedral & @KingsCanterbury where I was educated. #churchplanting @McCrimmons pic.twitter.com/FzNSWXW15o
— Revd Nicholas Pye (@RevdPye) May 26, 2025