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Advent viewed by an amateur astronomer.

Tuesday 1 December 2015

This term our home ed. student has been studying astronomy, which means we stumbled on the “Catholic Astronomer” blog. In amongst posts on asteroid mining and telescopes there is on, this week on Advent. It is a beautiful reflection by a priest who also enjoys astronomy as a hobby. It is well worth a few […]

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Divine Worship: The Missal — Mass in the Ordinariate Use

Sunday 29 November 2015

Divine Worship: The Missal was formally promulgated for use from Advent Sunday, and Mass will be celebrated in the Ordinariate Use on Mondays at 7:30 in the Lady Chapel at Our Lady of Ransom Church, starting on Monday 30 November with the Feast of St Andrew. It brings into modern Catholic worship as a permanent […]

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The Calais Jungle

Saturday 21 November 2015

On Saturday 10th October I made a visit with a friend to the migrant camp in Calais called the Jungle and a return visit was made on 7th November. I had heard much and read lots of contradictory things about this camp via the media. The Jungle is not a new phenomenon. I made contact […]

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Celebrating with the Angels.

Tuesday 29 September 2015

Today is the Feast of St Micheal, St Gabriel and St Raphael. When we were in the Anglican Church, of course we knew today as St Micheal and All Angels. The catechism reminds us that angels are “purely spiritual creatures, incorporeal, invisible and immortal and are personal beings endowed with intelligence and will. They ceaselessly […]

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Reflecting on Our Lady of Walsingham

Friday 25 September 2015

Many of us we able to take part in the joint celebration Mass with Our Lady of Ransom Church last night. Here is the reading from the saints for yesterday, to help us continue our meditations. A sermon by St Sophronius Through Mary, the Father’s blessing has shone forth on mankind Hail, full of grace, […]

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Heading for England’s Nazareth.

Thursday 25 June 2015

This morning, a group from Eastbourne will be heading north, to Walsingham ready for the Ordinariate Pilgrimage on Saturday. A historic day, it is also a chance of us to gather and meet up with other Ordinariate members, not easy when our part of the Catholic Church is non-geographical. Walsingham is a key part of […]

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