The Datebook Winter spring 2020 | Page 10

Life at St Katharine’s Meeting local community students at The Yurt Café. Master Roger, Bishop Sarah and Revd John, Chair of Trustees. O n 21st October 2019, a beautiful service of Processing through Limehouse Basin. installation and licencing of the new Master, The Venerable Roger M H Preece, took place, led by The Bishop of London, Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE at St. Anne’s Limehouse and then at The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine. The procession took everyone out of St. Anne’s Church in Limehouse and along the basin to the chapel. The whole group stopped at the yurt cafe in the precinct as the new Master said a few words and was symbolically gifted seeds and gardening implements from the community gardening group. 8 THE LONDON & UK DATEBOOK Commemorative Plaque in The Chapel. A Royal Visit to The Royal Foundation of St Katharine. On 30th October 2019, The Foundation was delighted to welcome Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall. She met with trustees and staff and was guided by the Master Roger Preece to meet with charities and review future plans for the Foundation. Later, the Duchess stopped by the Yurt Café for a cup of tea and a chat with everyone.