Posts by Julianne Chatfield

Looking at the dark side: 2 Peter chapter 2.

Saturday 20 October 2012

Here is the second part of my Bible study on 2 Peter: The tone changes immediately as we read the beginning of chapter 2. The joy that Peter describes his encounter with the Living God is gone. The focus moves from the generosity of God and the wonder of the Christian life to dealing with […]

Beginning the Year of Faith

Monday 15 October 2012

As the Year of Faith begins, many of us are working our way through the Catechism. I have been reading through the first two days of the Doorways to Faith materials. We plan to start as a family tonight, using the Youth Catechism (YOUCAT) and the first paragraph to look at is 3. (This is […]

A generous and abundantly loving God: A study of 2 Peter 1.

Sunday 14 October 2012

Those who originated with us at Christ Church may well know that for sometime I have been going to a monthly Bible study group led by Phyllis Wilmoth. Each month we have taken it in turns to prepare a study on one of the books of the Bible, working through in order. I joined the […]

Within the bounds of Grace.

Friday 5 October 2012

On Saturday several of our group met up at Karlie and Kevin’s house for lunch together. The main aim was to get to know some of those who are beginning the RCIA with a view to joining the Roman Catholic Church via the Ordinariate. It also gave them the opportunity to get to know us […]

The Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham

Friday 28 September 2012

Sunday was Our Lady of Walsingham, the title feast of our Ordinariate. As we usually have cake afterwards we had to find something special and so we had truffles- some ginger and some mint. And lots of cake. So much that Kevin didn’t need to put out the brownies he had made. This cause scandal […]

Pilgrimage to Walsingham

Friday 21 September 2012

Last weekend several of us headed up to Walsingham for the first Ordinariate Pligrimage. For some of us, it was returning to a place that is close to our hearts and the scene of many times of drawing close to God. For one of our party it was a first time experience. We began in […]