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Happy Michaelmas!

Saturday 29 September 2018

Today is the feast that, in our Anglican days we called St Michael and All Angels. Now we have to get used to it being the feast of the archangels, St Michael, St Gabriel and St Raphael. There are some lovely folk traditions associated with this feast and we use the recipes from the Lavender […]

Dream of the Rood: Christ as hero.

Thursday 29 March 2018

Over the Christmas break, our eldest, home from university, was wrestling with a couple of essays. I was called on to proof read each draft and give feedback. One was an Old English task, looking at three texts, one of which was the poem “The Dream of the Rood.” The poem tells the story of […]

How Lent is like running.

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Eighteen months ago I began running. I have managed to establish a routine and have gradually built up. I am still running embarrassingly short distances embarrassingly slowly, but I am running. Both last year and this, I have noticed a similarity between running and Lent. One lesson learnt early on is that every run is […]

Msgr Keith Newton

Pastoral Letter from the Ordinary

Monday 8 January 2018

Mgr Keith writes on the highlights of 2017/2018, including the Ordinariate Families’ Fund to support clergy families. The Governing Council has mandated a second collection for this next week.

A statement from Fr Neil

Saturday 6 January 2018

With the permission of Mgr Keith, Fr Neil has accepted Bishop Richard’s invitation to become Parish Priest of Christ the King, Langney, in addition to his Ordinariate ministry which will continue at St Agnes and OLR. Please read the full article.

Red Wednesday

Wednesday 22 November 2017

This evening, 22nd November there will be an Ordinariate Use Mass at Our Lady of Ransom Church on Grange Road at 7:30pm. This mass is being held to support “Red Wednesday,” a compaign by Aid to the Church in Need to highlight the plight of persecuted Christians around the world. As the charity highlights on […]