Archives for Reports

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 […]

Heart and Soul 3: Living in the Spirit.

Friday 27 July 2012

I began reports on Jo Gilbert’s workshop on Christian Community with her explanation of Koinonia. She had talked about how communion is rooted in the life of the Trinity and is our deepest vocation, as individuals and for the Church. She went on to look at how this communion, this koinonia comes out of experience […]

Koinonia

Wednesday 18 July 2012

As mentioned here, Karlie and I attended a workshop by Jo Gilbert of the Wellspring Community, during the Celebrate Conference. Jo talked about the concept of koinonia. This is a Greek word that is used in the New Testament when speaking about the communities that formed the newly born Church. She said that koinonia is […]

Heart and Soul: Report from the Celebrate Conference

Friday 13 July 2012

Last Saturday saw several of our group go over to Brighton for the Celebrate Conference. We saw so many friendly faces, some from Eastbourne, some from further a field. For both Karlie and I, one of the best parts of our day was the seminar we went to after lunch. The one we chose , […]

Making the Ordinary ordinary

Sunday 24 June 2012

No, not THE Ordinary! With the return to green Sundays we’ve taken the opportunity to change the Mass setting which we have been using with the New Translation. Except for Lent and a few Masses at Christmas and Easter, we have got to know the Parish Mass by Fr Peter Jones, published in the supplement to […]

And we ate cake…

Monday 18 June 2012

This Sunday, 17th June was a special day for us. One younger member of our group celebrated a rather significant birthday and Frs Neil and Geoff celebrated the first anniversary of their ordination to the Roman Catholic Priesthood. This, of course meant lots of cake.