Archbishop Romero Memorial Lectures
Since 2007, the Archbishop Romero Trust has sponsored an annual public lecture to make the life, ministry and martyrdom of Oscar Romero better known in Great Britain. Here are the texts and/or video recordings.
Talk given by Luis Orlando Pérez Jiménez SJ in Leeds and Liverpool to mark the 45th Anniversary of the martyrdom of St Oscar Romero, March 2025
Lecture given by Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski at the Edinburgh Jesuit Centre on 18 October 2024.
The Life, Loss and Legacy of Romero
Inaugural Romero Annual Lecture given by Martin Maier SJ at the Edinburgh Jesuit Centre on 14 October 2022, the anniversary of Romero's canonisation.
Romero: An ecumenical inspiration for the 2020s
The Cytûn-Gethin Abraham-Williams Memorial Lecture given by Edgardo Colón-Emeric in Cardiff, March 2022.
Joy and Hope for the 2020s: the relevance of Romero for the times we are in
Lecture given by Edgardo Colón-Emeric at Newman University and Durham Cathedral with the Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University, in March 2022.
Rutilio and Romero, Martyrs for Our Time
Homily delivered by Julian Filochowski at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 14 April 2021.
Lecture given by Prof. David McLoughlin on the first anniversary of the death of Kevin Kelly, given at Hope University, Liverpool on 25 September 2019
2019: Romero Lecture Accompanying PowerPoint
2016: Rutilio, Romero and Pope Francis
Lecture given by Rodolfo Cardenal SJ in Plymouth, London, Durham, Glasgow and Preston in November 2016
2015: From Romero to Francis: The Joy & the Tensions of Becoming a Poor Church with the Poor
Lecture given by Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga SDB at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1 October 2015
2014: A Saint for the Whole People of God - Oscar Romero and the Ecumenical Future
Lecture by Lord Rowan Williams, given at St Chad’s RC Cathedral, Birmingham, 12 December 2014. To listen to the lecture, follow this link.
2013: A Disturbing Truth - the Church, the Poor, and Oscar Romero
Lecture given by Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP in Westminster Abbey, Manchester and Edinburgh
2012: Blood and Sweat - the Witness of Romero's Relics
Lecture, given by Jan Graffius - Curator, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire - is available to watch as a video by clicking here.
2011: Romero and the Social Gospel - the Challenge for us Today
Lecture given by Fr Juan Hernández Pico SJ from the University of Central America (El Salvador)
Lecture given by Fr Tommy Greenan who travelled from Central America to speak for the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Romero
2009: Crosses and Resurrections in El Salvador
Lecture given by Dean Brackley SJ at a number of locations in England and Scotland
2007: A Saint for the 21st Century
Lecture given by Mgr Ricardo Urioste - Vicar General of the Archdiocese of San Salvador in the time of Archbishop Romero