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Walk for the John Bradburne Memorial Society!

Kate Macpherson • October 9, 2023

About the John Bradburne Memorial Society (JBMS)

The John Bradburne Memorial Society was founded as a charity in England in 1995 in order to help support Mutemwa Care Centre in Zimbabwe. It was set up in honour of its late warden, John Bradburne who spent the last 10 years of his life caring for the leprosy patients of Mutemwa. John Bradburne (1921–1979) was a pilgrim, hermit, mystic, and a theologian. During the civil war of 1979, John was kidnapped and murdered. Since his martyrdom, word of his life has spread around the world, and miracles have occurred in association with his name.


Why walk for JBMS  

JBMS supports the people living at the Mutemwa Leprosy Care Centre in Zimbabwe, home to 34 patients living with mixed illnesses ranging from leprosy, AIDS, mental and physical disabilities.


How to support the people at the Centre

You can support the people living at the Centre, by donating online at www.johnbradburne.com, or by post: Cheques payable to: JBMS (see contact details below). 

You can also ask people to sponsor your pilgrimage using our Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/johnbradburnememorial


Walk with us to support our work

JBMS holds an annual Pilgrimage Walk up Cross Fell in Cumbria in June. For more details see our website or contact us using the details below. All are welcome.


Prayer 

You can use any of the prayer resources on the Hearts in Search of God website to pray for the people at the Centre, but especially the following:


Dear God,

Your servant, John Bradburne showed the power of Your Love by his life and death.

May his love of Christ together with his selfless service to those considered least in the world be a model for us to follow.

Amen.


Please also pray for the Beatification of John Bradburne.


Contact: 

T: 07979 187498

E: info@johnbradburne.com

W: www.johnbradburne.com

Post: JBMS, PO Box 32, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0YB


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