Photo of the week

The Assumption of Mary Cathedral in Hiroshima, also known as the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace. It is built on the site of the old Nobori-cho Catholic Church, which was destroyed in the atom bomb attack of 6 August 1945. The four German Jesuits based at the church all survived the bombing. After the war, the Parish Priest Fr Lassalle set about raising funds to build a Cathedral for World Peace. The rebuilt cathedral was completed exactly nine years after the bomb attack, on 6 August 1954.

Tommy Teague

2024