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Back again !!

2009-09-27T00:28:00.002+01:00

About to set out on holiday to France - a second visit in 3 months to my brother (who has been living there for the past 4 years!). Despite the restrictions imposed by Ryanair I think I shall take my notebook in the hand baggage and try to do some blogging. It seems to be going out of fashion almost as suddenly as it started. I see that Roman Miscelanist has gone into hibernation even after his recent move west. So much news to share! Also in the past few days I see that Cally's Kitchen is closing!!
Joee bloggs 2 has returned to strike a balance - now broadcasting from over the pond.

Away to print the boarding cards!

Not the most frequent blogger ?

2008-10-04T23:43:00.002+01:00

On posting the last note I see that it is 13 months since the last post. My 50th passed by without a "blogging"! Must try harder !!

50/50

2008-10-04T23:34:00.003+01:00

I am only two weeks away from my next birthday and as of yesterday I am 50/50. It must be true that as you get older time passes quicker and memories of times past seem like yesterday ! It certainly doesn't feel like a year since I woke to find the trees outside festooned with balloons and neighbours wishing me a Happy Birthday (because they had seen the "other" balloons on the road side!) Nothing like that for 51 I hope!

New Archbishop of Westminster ?

2007-09-04T15:13:00.000+01:00

Ruth Gledhill (Religion correspondent) of the Times tells us that Archbishop Vincent Nicholls is a "church traditionalist and papal favourite tipped as new Archbishop of Westminster" in todays Times (News page 11). The article in times2 by Simon Caldwell is far more intersting talking as it does of the reasons why he is not Archbishop (of Westminster)already.

Sunday 5th August - back again!

2007-08-05T19:32:00.000+01:00

Two interesting items in recent days in the Telegraph. I shall try to provide links to them both - having sought technical advice from the Roman Miscellanist (such a modern priest!).

Christopher Howse in his "End Column" on Friday talks about Brideshead Revisited (the new film) and the scenes around Lord Marchmain's deathbed

In Stella (which comes with the Sunday Telegraph) Linda Kelsey writing the first person column talks "20-something years down the line" about the child she never had ending with the comment "but this much I know: however supportive I am of the 'right to choose', I could never, having had one child, abort another. Abortion is as easy as signing a consent form; the aftermath may just linger a lifetime" Tell us something we don't know ! Good that an article such as this appears in a magazine which describes itself as "all about the very best in fashion and features"

Blessing of mosaics

2007-01-11T06:13:00.000Z

A belated note to record the blessing of the mosaics at Kingsland (in the absence of the Roman Miscellanist - on holiday in Rome) on the Feast of the Epiphany. Bishop Bernard Longley celebrated the 11am Mass during which he blessed the 2 new mosaics.

Return to blogging

2007-01-07T08:37:00.000Z

What better day than this to return to blogging. A title used for the Epiphany is The manifestation of Christ to the gentiles which is a fairly accurate description of a Catholic blog!

A further incentive was the presence here at Kingsland of possibly the most blogged about person I know - Fr Richard whinder - who is saying mass (as I write) before setting off for Rome. The picture shows Fr W (whose constant appearance on so many blogs may cause some sort of overload!) with Fr Schofield (of Roman Miscellany) in the sacristy.

Poland roundup - a 2nd attempt !

2006-10-15T18:43:00.000+01:00

The photo just posted was of the parents of Pope John Paul II which has been erected in front of the Pilgrim Hostel at Czestochowa. I wonder if anyone is keeping a log of the statues (JP2 related) as they are erected across the country?

Poland - a roundup

2006-10-15T18:27:00.000+01:00

A lack of "hotspots" or internet access has prevented my very good intention of blogging my way across Poland with our parish pilgrimage/holiday last week. Now back in London I need to collate the pictures and look back at our itinery so that the remaining days of our trip can be documented. One of our number will be writing it all up from her journal (after she has celebrated her birthday on the 16th) and all will be given to Dunadan (our parish web man) for inclusion on the parish website. In the meantime here are a couple of pictures taken during the final days of the trip.

British and blogging

2006-10-15T15:28:00.000+01:00

This little piece appears in today's Sunday Telegraph. No doubt bloggers across the UK will oblige !

Home news
A great day to be British and blogging
On Tuesday, English Heritage and the National Trust want as many people as possible to upload a diary of their day to historymatters.org.uk, to create a permanent record of "an ordinary Tuesday" in the Britain of 2006.

Poland - Tuesday

2006-10-10T21:01:00.000+01:00

A whole day out of the City. An early start took us to the Shrine of Our Lady of Ludzimierz - the Queen of the Lowlands, dating back to the 14th century. When during the coronation of the statue on 15th August 1963 the sceptre fell out of Our Lady's hand the then Bishop of Cracow Karol Woytyla picked it up setting the rumours amongst the local highlanders that a high position awaited him in the future. After mass at the shrine we sepnt time in the grounds where a statue has been erected then to Zakopane for lunch and free time to explore.

Before leaving the area we visited Our Lady of Fatima's Church which has been built as a votive offering by local people for Pope John Paul's survival from the assasin's bullet. Again a statue has been erected here (to which has been added in recent time SANTO SUBITO).

2006-10-09T17:03:00.000+01:00

This is the view from the hotel window. Just at the endge of the old city wall this band of green is what seperates us from the busy road which also has trams running up and down.

This photo got here via email from my mobile phone - so apologies for the quality (or lack of it!)

We shall keep on with the experiments as the days go by.

2006-10-08T12:24:00.000+01:00

It is Sunday and already we have visited the Basilica at Mogila and the Church at Nova Huta. This pm we are to visit the Divine Mercy Shrine for Mass. At the hotel it is possbile to purchase wireless connectivity for periods of 2 or 24 hours so in theory I should be able to post to the blog as we go along! Quite something to see as we visited the churches today. Large numbers of the faithful making their way to mass - all ages. Outside the buildings many on their knees during the service and inside the space crowded. Apparently it is only 40+% who are practising these days but the mass times advertised and the numbers would suggest otherwise. I shall hope to add some pictures but I realise that I have not brought the cable to connect camera to computer. I will have to use the phone and email to myself the photos - perhaps too technical but we'll try.

As others see us !

2006-10-04T16:20:00.000+01:00

I recently purchased (as a birthday gift for a friend) Rupert Everett's autobiography "Red Carpets and other banana skins" in which he writes about the funeral of Paula Yates.
"The pallbearers, big-fingered Mafioso types, lumbered from their seats and picked up the coffin as Paula broke into a final chorus and her physical remains left the church to be burnt at the crematorium." This was not as I remembered the event at all. What is equally surprising is the perhaps more important detail - the date! He prefaced the above remarks with the following "One October morning in 1997 the phone rang - it was Bob, ’Paula’s dead,’ he said, ‘and you’ve got to come and read a poem at the funeral. She wouldn’t forgive you if you don’t.’[Chapter 14 Pages 132 - 134]As I read this I realised that the funeral had taken place not in the October of 1997 but on September 23rd 2000 (as the many newspapers testify) There would certainly be no other reason for my photo on the cover of Hello magazine in October 2000! This is all a nonsense of course. What is however interesting to note is that in reviews of the book in various newspapers other inacuracies have come to light. Presumably at Little Brown Book Group proof-reading does not include checks for factual accuracy!

Virgin Blogger

2006-08-05T08:28:00.000+01:00

It's saturday morning (8.29) and I'm sitting in front of the screen and wondering how to start.

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I first caught sight of a blog. A chance comment in a publication led me to Roman miscellany and from there to callys kitchen and so many other sites that it has rapidly become a habit to log on and visit each day. I have always admired the people who create and maintain websites but seeing the variety and inginuity which goes in to blogging is truly amazing.

Well nothing much to say - if I stay at the computer there will be even less to say so I will get moving and on my way and see what the day has to offer.