Happy Christmass!

I managed to get to a little village called Clive to celebrate Midnight Mass. The temperature was forecast as -18 to -20 and it was foggy! Saw very few brass monkeys, but a very enthusiastic and welcoming congregation of about 40. Lovely carols and a sense of peace and the presence of Christ. I wonder where some of us will be by next year?

Days getting longer again!!

I'm pleased that the winter solstice is passed and we can look forward to summer again! Must dust off the sun loungers and clear the snow off the BBQ!

The congregation arrives early for Mass....

The congregation began to arrive early for the Vigil Mass so that they could get home in time for "Strictly Come Dancing"!

Archbishop Bernard Longley to chair ARCIC

Archbishop Bernard Longley is to be the Catholic co-chair of the third ARCIC, or Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission. This is significant because of Archbishop Longley's record as a conservative. Coming in the context of the Ordinariate being launched at about the same time the third series of ARCIC talks will be announced, it shows that Rome is taking dialogue with the Anglicans more seriously than ever in light of recent developments. In other words, the Ordinariate is not a poaching exercise, but a further step along the road in the process overseen by ARCIC.