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Advent Carol Service

Sunday 27 November 2011

Many Ordinariate Groups held an Advent Carol Service on the First Sunday of Advent, and ours was no exception. We were fortunate and grateful to have the services of some excellent local singers and comments received so far have been very favourable. Services of readings and music tend not to be particularly well-attended, even though […]

Praying as a Family

Sunday 27 November 2011

When we first had children we were pretty clueless in lots of ways (how to fold a nappy for example took quite a bit of mastering) and how to develop the spiritual lives of our children was no different. At the time there seemed to be little literature around that would help, so we ended […]

Recollections

Friday 15 July 2011

We have now had two masses at St Agnes at our new time of 4pm. Afterwards we have tea and cake followed by teaching. We ended each session with “Recollection”, a version of the Ignatian Examen. This practice came out of St Ignatius’ own experience of the spiritual life. He had been badly injured in […]

What are wasps for?

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Working at the allotment today I was weeding the beans, thinking about Eucharistic living, when I dug into an ants’ nest. All my worked stopped as ants ran everywhere rescuing eggs. I did not thank God for these creatures. I did start an anti-ant rant in my head. I have discovered nests in four of […]

“I love it when a plan comes together.”

Tuesday 14 June 2011

June 10th saw our last Friday class. Following Neil’s ordination, teaching will be part of our Sunday afternoons, after mass. I was struck by the fact that everything seemed to tie into the study I have done recently. Had someone sat down to write a session to answer my questions and take me on to the next […]

A badge for the Ordinariate

Tuesday 14 June 2011

One notable aspect of membership of the Church of England is how individual groups identify themselves. Many parishes have their own logo or badge; even dioceses have adopted them. And of course the Church itself has the “e” logo which it allows to be used to identify Anglican organisations, publications and events. It allows a […]