Saturday, 29 June 2013

Transferred Feasts & Birthdays...

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My birthday felt a bit weird this year. It all started when my parents rang me up to sing "Happy Birthday!" down the phone... I li...
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Thursday, 27 June 2013

The Homecoming Present...

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When Zephyrinus posted an exclusive photo of the "welcome home" present obtained (at great expense) for His Hermeneuticalness ...
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013

A Little Nonsense (Thought I'd Share)...

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Back in the mists of time when I was a schoolgirl (not quite  prehistoric) teachers used videos in lessons. The videos were taped off the TV...
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Friday, 21 June 2013

Kudos To Shrewsbury Diocese...

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Shrewsbury Diocese tweets under the Twitter handle @ShrewsRCnews and Simon Caldwell has been busy tweeting about the flooding in Lourdes b...
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Disability Discrimination ?

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Disability groups have fought hard for years against discrimination, and rightly so. The 2012 paralympics was lauded as a tremendous sign ...
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Day With Mary In Dartford...

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I happened to be shopping in Dartford on Monday afternoon. Despite Dartford being only 5 miles away, to my shame I hadn't managed to g...

Pray For Lourdes...

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The flooding is much worse than last year - and it is happening at the height of the pilgrimage season, which will affect many of the townsp...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Lourdes Underwater Again...

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I was heartbroken to hear that, once again, the Grotto at Lourdes is under about 3 feet of water. Fr. George Byers posted the photo on h...

News to Gladden The Heart...

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The BPAS abortion centre in Bedford Square is due to close. The site will still run contraceptive services such as vasectomy, but the abor...
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Sunday, 16 June 2013

Speculation...

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After this morning's TLM in Blackfen, I asked Fr. Logan (covering for His Hermeneuticalness while he is in Oz) if he minded me taking p...
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Saturday, 15 June 2013

Wildlife Delivery...

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Yesterday, I noticed that both cats were staring intently at the bottom of my bookcase. I guess that a mouse must have escaped their clu...
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The Careers Teacher Never Told Me This Was A Possibility...

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I feel somewhat cheated. I didn't know that "cat scientist" was actually a career option. I've just watched yesterday...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Watching Paint Dry...

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Actually, watching the progress of the chapel of the Vocations Centre at Whitstble is fascinating. Fr. Stephen Langridge has done great t...
Sunday, 9 June 2013

More Blessings...

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Having made their First Holy Communions in May, three new recruits have joined the team of servers at Blackfen. The Senior MC believes in ...
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A Blessing For The Parish...

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At Blackfen we have just concluded our celebration of the Forty Hours, or Quarant' Ore. This is where Our Lord is exposed in the Bles...
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Friday, 31 May 2013

An Unforeseen Benefit...

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Because the Bishops of England & Wales have transferred the Corpus Christi Holyday of Obligation to the Sunday, Fr. Finigan likes to...
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A Problem With Nomenclature...

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Unlike Mothering Sunday, which is a real Church feast ( Laetare  Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent), Fathers' Day is an invention of the...
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Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Dame Joanna's Investiture...

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Yesterday I was privileged to be able to attend the Investiture of Joanna Bogle as a Dame of St. Gregory. Monsignor Keith Newton, of t...
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Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Auntie Being Economical With The Truth...?

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Nothing like a bit of British Broadcasting Company understatement ... After all, if the police have estimated 150,000 protestor...
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013

The Church Suffering...

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The phrase "the Church Suffering" most properly applies to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Church on Earth is referred to as th...
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