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Behold the Dowry

Saturday 18 January 2020

England will rededicate itself as the Dowry of Mary on 29 March 2020. This Re-dedication is both a personal promise of the people of our country, and a renewal of the entrustment vows made by King Richard II in 1381.

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Homily from Mary Bacon’s Requiem.

Friday 10 January 2020

The choice of readings and hymnody for Mary’s requiem are her own. One might be asking oneself why these readings, and in particular this gospel? Mary never saw herself as saintly, but neither could one say that Mary’s life had a great deal in common with the thieves on their crosses either side of the […]

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Avenge me of mine adversary (Luke 18:1-8)

Monday 21 October 2019

In the Parable of the Unjust Judge and the Persistent Widow we are given a purely human account of how ‘justice’ works. Men grant ‘rights’ and follow ‘laws’ simply out of convenience, rarely if ever, and seldom for the right reasons, groping towards the natural law. What is justice, anyway? When we confront this knotty, […]

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Celebrating the Canonisation of our patron, St John Henry Newman

Friday 18 October 2019

This weekend was very significant in the life of our Ordinariate. St Peter’s Square in Rome was packed for the canonisation of Saint John Henry Newman, one among five that day. Because he is our patron many Ordinariate clergy and laity were there, as many photographs on social media proved. Here in Eastbourne we had […]

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Novena with Newman: Day 9 — Model of Friendship

Saturday 12 October 2019

Form a link in a great chain of prayer by joining in the Novena with Newman leading up to his canonisation.

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Novena with Newman: Day 8 — Servant of the Church

Friday 11 October 2019

Form a link in a great chain of prayer by joining in the Novena with Newman leading up to his canonisation.

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