The nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945) killed hundreds of thousands of people and left countless others living with the effects, many of which continue today. Those who survived the bombings, known as Hibakusha, have been leading campaigners for nuclear disarmament for nearly eight decades.

This year the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship will come together on the evening of Sunday 6 August, 8.00pm, for an Online Vigil – ‘Reflections for Peace’ -including prayers, reflections and songs. While the evening will include prayers for the victims and survivors, it will also look forward with hope towards a world without nuclear weapons.

Register for the free Zoom link here.

In London, there will be also be a Pax Christi vigil and stall outside Westminster Cathedral from 11.00am to 1.00pm on both Sunday 6 and Wednesday 9 August.

On Wednesday 9 August there is a Service to Commemorate Blessed Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) on the 80th anniversary of his death at 6.30pm in the Crypt of Westminster Cathedral, which is followed by a walk to the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea to join an interfaith gathering to remember the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and pray for a world free from nuclear weapons.

In Hertfordshire, on Sunday 6^th August, 3.00 pm, the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Group from Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Church in St Albans mark the event with a short service on the theme ‘Against Nuclear Proliferation’ at the Abbey Peace Pillar in Sumpter Yard, Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1BY. 

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