Archives for June 2011

Another First Mass

Sunday 26 June 2011

Fr Geoff’s First Mass at Holy Rood Church Pevensey Bay on Sunday 26 June 2011  

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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 […]

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Presbyteral Ordination and First Mass

Sunday 19 June 2011

The Order of Service for the Ordination is available.

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“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 […]

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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 […]

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Holiness and Love

Thursday 9 June 2011

“This Church who, ‘clasping sinners to her bosom, [is] at once holy and always in need of purification, [and] follows constantly the path of penance and renewal.’” Lumen Gentium 8§3. This quote from the second Vatican council touches on a two-fold reality that anyone, journeying into the heart of God, will encounter. The first reality […]

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