Digby Stuart Training College, Roehampton
7.20am, Saturday, 29 May 1982

More than 4,500 religious gathered at Digby Stuart Training College in Roehampton to renew their religious vows in the presence of Pope John Paul II. The number included 300 contemplatives who had not been away from their enclosures for many years.

During his address the Pope said: "People of all ages and conditions benefit directly from your many different services to ecclesial and civil society. You teach; you care for the sick; you look after the poor, the old, the handicapped; you bring the word of God to those near and far; you lead the young to human and Christian maturity."

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