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Sunday, 27 April 2014

Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II

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How fitting that the canonisation of John XXIII and John Paul II should take place on Divine Mercy Sunday - the day we remember the loving a...
Monday, 3 March 2014

Lichfield Icon Exhibition

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My first thought was that an exhibition of icons  - even in a Cathedral - is, well, not quite right.  To understand and really appreciat...
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Friday, 21 February 2014

Saint Robert Southwell

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Today we celebrate the life of the Jesuit Martyr, Robert Southwell.  Born  in Norfolk in 1651, and subsequently became a priest . He was a...
Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Reading the icon with Catherine Docherty

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At the outset of this blog I was determined to let the blog go where it will.  That is,  to allow the reading of the icon and my own ‘lecti...
Saturday, 15 February 2014

Feast of St. Claude de la Colombière.

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In an earlier post I mentioned, en passant , that Servant  of God Catherine (Kolyschkine de Hueck )Doherty (1896–1985)  argued in her famou...
Wednesday, 12 February 2014

The Sacred Heart: The greatest love story ever told!

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Early February is a time when we see hearts all over the place. St. Valentine’s day illustrates all too well the very long association of...
Monday, 10 February 2014

The Sacred Heart in Lichfield

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One thing I remember Ian telling us when we received the icon was that it would change our house.  And that proved to be so very true. ...