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\nLancaster Priory welcomed 26 members of the congregation from St James Church Lancaster (Pennsylvania) over the first weekend in July 2016,\u00a0 including the Rector, Fr David Peck and Associate Priest.<\/p>\n
Members\u00a0from St James\u00a0Episcopal\u00a0Church Lancaster, Pennsylvania visited Lancaster Priory as part of their pilgrimage.<\/p>\n
\nLancaster Priory welcomed 26 members of the congregation from St James Church Lancaster (Pennsylvania) over the first weekend in July 2016,\u00a0 including the Rector, Fr David Peck and Associate Priest.<\/p>\n
The group stayed with members of the Lancaster Priory congregation and attended Sunday services at the Priory, which included a special celebration and barbeques in the morning and Fr Peck preached in the evening.<\/p>\n
On Monday morning, July 4, the travellers were welcomed to Lancaster Town Hall by the Mayor of Lancaster, Cllr Robert Redfern. The Mayor was presented with a letter from Lancaster\u2019s Mayor, and gifts were presented. They were entertained to a visit of the Town Hall and heard of some stories from Lancaster\u2019s past, including the tale of Buck Ruxton who murdered his wife in Dalton Square in the 1930s and was hanged for the crime. While in Lancaster they also enjoyed fish and chips in Morecambe, and a trip to St Peter\u2019s Heysham, and the ancient chapel of St Patrick. A group from the Priory congregation is hoping to pay a return visit in the near future.<\/p>\n For more information about their\u00a0visit, please click here<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Lancaster](\"https:\/\/lancasterpriory.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Lancaster-PA-visitors-3.jpg\")
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\nThe American visitors were thrilled to receive such warm hospitality from their British cousins, and were very impressed that the Priory flag of\u00a0St George was flying to welcome them \u2013 and even the sun was persuaded to come out and shine on them.<\/p>\n
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