Next month marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Romero.

As usual, there will be a variety of services, events and talks to commemorate the life and legacy of St Oscar Romero.

There are three main speakers this year.

Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald MAfr OBE
Cardinal Michael is an expert in Christian-Muslim relations. From 2002-2006 he headed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. At his retirement in 2012, he was the apostolic nuncio to Egypt and delegate to the Arab League. Cardinal Michael will preach at the National Ecumenical Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church on Saturday, 22 March.

Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ
Sr Gemma is a sister of the Congregation of Jesus, director of the Religious Life Institute and senior lecturer in pastoral theology at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge. Sr Gemma will preach at Evensong at St Albans Cathedral on Sunday, 23 March.

Father Luis Orlando Perez SJ
Fr Luis Orlando is a Mexican Jeuit priest, human rights activist, and currently a doctoral student at UCL on the families of the disappeared in Mexico. Luis Orlando will be speaking in Leeds, Liverpool, and London.

Sunday, 9 March - London

Spanish-language Mass at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 6HR 1.30pm
Main celebrant: Archbishop John Wilson
Preacher: Luis Orlando Perez SJ

Thursday, 13 March - Leeds

Leeds Justice and Peace Commission 2025 Romero Lecture
7pm at Leeds Trinity City Centre Campus LS1 6EB
Luis Orlando Perez SJ, Excavating Hope

Thursday, 20 March - Liverpool

Archdiocese of Liverpool Annual Romero Mass
7pm at St Edmund of Canterbury Church, Waterloo L22 8QF, in the Parish of St Oscar Romero, followed by talk
Luis Orlando Perez SJ

Saturday, 22 March - London

National Ecumenical Service
11am at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JJ
Preacher: Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald MAfr OBE

Sunday, 23 March - St Albans

Evensong
6pm at St Albans Cathedral, AL1 1BY
Preacher: Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ

Thursday, 27 March - London

Romero Anniversary Mass and presentation of the Oscar Romero Award
12noon at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 6HR
Main celebrant: Archbishop John Wilson