Posts tagged Reflecting on our journey

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 […]

Engaging with Tradition 1.

Thursday 7 June 2012

Thoughts are still going through my head from a lecture a few weeks ago on Life in the Spirit and the Church. There was much discussion about the interaction between us as individuals and tradition and the teaching of the Church. A couple of days later, I remembered something from my degree days. One year […]

The Shepherd of the Ordinariate.

Wednesday 9 May 2012

I have been thinking some more about the Catholic theology of bishops. What does this mean for us in the Ordinariate? Our diocese is non-geographical. We have local groups spread over the country. We have an Ordinary who embodies the mission of the Ordinariate, given to him by the Holy Father as our shepherd. As […]

Unity, diversity and candlelight: Lourdes 3.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

One of the things that hit me in Lourdes was the diversity of the Catholic Church. As we walked around the grotto for the first time, we ran our fingers along the rock. It has been worn smooth by millions of fingertips, all doing what we were doing. Our fingers, the fingers of past pilgrims […]

Reflections on the visit of Mgr Keith Newton

Sunday 5 February 2012

I think it is safe to say that everyone in our group had a wonderful time on 29th January. With shared lunch, then mass, followed by birthday tea, it was a day that was both enjoyable and important for us as a group. Having spent some time examining the last year and talking about what […]