The City of London Corporation have organised an exhibition at Paternoster Square near St Pauls of photographs by artist and photographer Niki Gorick illustrating the diversity of faiths practiced in the City. These include pictures of weddings, communions, evangelical bible studies and Livery company carol services to Knights Templar investitures.
Today I attended a webinar to showcase the exhibition hosted by Niki Gorick with a distinguished discussion panel of guests from various faiths. On the panel were the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, DBE, Bishop of London, Rabbi Shalom Morris of Bevis Marks Synagogue, Shaykh Yunus Dudwala, Head of Chaplaincy at Barts Health, and Mandip Singh, Simran in the City.
All the panellists gave their impressions of the impact of the current pandemic on their faith communities, assisting with soup kitchens and food deliveries, practicing faith on-line and the difficulties of dealing with the increased number of deaths with funerals where families could not be present.
But they also all gave a message of their hope for the future describing the City as more than just a place for work and generating wealth, but also an important place for community and embracing diversity.
Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman William Russell, who provides the foreword for the accompanying book to the exhibition, said: “Niki’s wonderful photographs have the ability to draw the reader into the City of London’s diverse spiritual life which, despite the large number of places of worship in the Square Mile, many people will be unaware of. Whatever their beliefs, I do hope that they will be encouraged to view the exhibition and learn more about people’s different faiths and the beautiful places of worship where they find peace, meaning, and a sense of community.”
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