Sunday, 8 July 2012

Friday 13th - Lucky For Some...

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This Friday there will be a meeting of the Sodality of the Five Holy Wounds at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Blackfen. The meeting wil...

Can You Break The Internet...?

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It always amuses me when people tell me they are afraid to explore their computers because they might delete something vital. I try to exp...
Wednesday, 4 July 2012

A Very Old One...

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I'm going to have to add Higgs-Boson to the parish mailing list after today's news from CERN. After all, we can't have Mass with...
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Monday, 2 July 2012

If It Annoys The Liberals...

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The new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has been announced. Bishop Gerhard Müller appears to be a controversial ch...
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Friday, 29 June 2012

Emotional Rollercoaster...

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Monsignor Miaowrini is obviously going through the feline equivalent of the teenage years. She hadn't been home in three nights, and t...
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Sunday, 24 June 2012

Archbishop Smith At Lesnes Abbey...

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Archbishop Peter Smith, chatting here with Fr. Tim Finigan at Lesnes Abbey, after the Blessed Sacrament Procession, at which he gave a rea...
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Friday, 22 June 2012

The Education Kerfuffle...

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I don't normally do political stuff on my blog... but I wanted to get this off my chest. Michael Gove has, if the leaks are correct, p...
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The LMS London Conference...

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I thought I'd put up a post about the LMS Conference before returning to tales from my Rome trip. The Conference was scheduled for the d...
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Visit To The Venerable English College...

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I was fortunate enough to be invited to dinner at the Venerable English College during my holiday in Rome. I say that "I" was inv...
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Sunday, 17 June 2012

Photos From St. Peter's...

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Yes, I know these are sorely overdue! I've been battling the dreaded lurgy all week, and it's taken all my spare energy, after the s...
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Sunday, 10 June 2012

Hunting "Il Corvo"...

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His Hermeneuticalness thought that, in order to sort out those responsible for the Vatileaks, we should bring along a couple of "the b...
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Blackfen Visitation

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The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (Papa Stronsay) popped along for Mass this morning...
Saturday, 9 June 2012

Home Is The Wanderer...

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Blogging wasn't so much sporadic as non-existent. There was a computer available for guests to use in the hotel... but it was out of act...
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Saturday, 2 June 2012

The Eternal City...

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This year, I suddenly found myself free over the summer half term. Not particularly enamoured with the idea of staying in the UK to celebr...
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Saturday, 26 May 2012

Liability Insurance...

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This morning, Matthew Schellhorn served Mass and then Benediction at Blackfen. It was apparently the first time he'd ever handled a ...
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Friday, 25 May 2012

Solemn Vespers At The Oratory...

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This is one of those weekends - becoming more frequent, Deo gratias  - where those with a traditional leaning are spoilt for choice. Cardina...
Monday, 21 May 2012

Miaowrini's Sulking...

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I was planning to have a well-deserved and very rare "early night" curled up under the duvet with my kindle. I heard a loud comm...
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Our Lady's Month...

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I was running a little late on Sunday morning, and didn't make it to church in time for the crowning of Our Lady's statue after t...
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Sunday, 20 May 2012

Green Eggs Without The Ham...

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Apologies to Dr Seuss! Annie Elizabeth very kindly presented me with a box of newly-laid eggs. Her hens lay eggs of varying colours, the...
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Saturday, 19 May 2012

'Tis The Season To Be Wet...

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The jury is still out on whether the rather more than slightly damp conditions started as soon as the drought was declared and a hosepipe ...
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