31/08/2026
Join us this Wednesday, 2 September, at 7pm for Eucharist in the Chapel of St. Michael and All Angels, followed by supper and fellowship.
All are very warmly welcome!
The Revd Dr Peter French will preach.
🎨 Lucian Tapiedi (Modern Martyrs of the 20th century), Tim Crawley (b.1955), Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
At Sangara mission station in Papua New Guinea, there stands a row of graves: two of Australian women, Mavis Parkinson and May Hayman, and a third of Papuan man, Lucian Tapiedi. Tapiedi’s father was a sorcerer, who died when his son was still young. Taught in Christian mission schools, Tapiedi became a teacher and evangelist at Sangara Mission station where he was known as a diligent and cheerful presence and for his enjoyment of both sport and music. In July 1942 the Japanese invaded the island. A group of missionaries struggled to evade capture. Among them was Lucian Tapiedi, who was determined not to abandon the missionaries with whom he worked. “I will stay with the Fathers and Sisters.”
Lucian Tapiedi is one of the ten Modern Martyrs of the 20th century commemorated at Westminster Abbey. The Martyr statues were unveiled in 1998 above the west entrance door of the Abbey. The statue was carved by Tim Crawley from drawings provided by missionary Revd John Ewington.
