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Not Christmas yet…

Tim Stanley has written in his Daily Telegraph column about Christmas being marked too early. The date of his article is significant because 11 November was not only Armistice Day but St Martin’s Day which in Milan and parts of Spain triggers the start of Advent on the following Sunday. But, as Tim Stanley points […]

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Advent is starting in Milan

This Sunday 17 November in Milan and Toledo it is the beginning of Advent. Because last Monday 11 November was St Martin’s Day it follows that in the Diocese of Milan, which retains its own local liturgy, it must be Advent Sunday. The very long Advent is also observed in the Mozarabic rite found in […]

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Loreto to be part of Advent

Expect more focus this year for the Holy House at Loreto on Our Lady of Loreto Day 10 December which Pope Francis has ordered to be included in the universal calendar. Churches dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto can be found at Kew in London and Musselburgh near Edinburgh.

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Corpus Christi in Liege & Maiden Lane

In the Belgian town of Liege this year’s Corpus Christi on Thursday 20 June is being described as the 773rd. Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville of Liège says: “I am delighted by the growing interest of so many people from Liège and elsewhere for this intangible and spiritual patrimonial treasure of our city. Under the impetus of […]

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Rogation Sunday 2019

This year there are not so many special events on Rogation Sunday 26 May because, maybe, it falls unusually on the Bank Holiday weekend. The annual Beating the Bounds in Cambridge or Southwell are not taking place. But tradition will be maintained at Leighton Buzzard, Mudeford and in the Lea Valley. The Wilkes Walk to […]

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Quasimodo Sunday

The Sunday after Easter Day has many names. It used to be generally called Low Sunday although it is uncertain why. Was it because of a low attendance or less exuberance than last week? Today is the Second Sunday of Easter but since Millennium Year many call it Divine Mercy Sunday because St Faustina Kowalska, […]

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It’s not st George’s Day

It is 23 April which is Shakespeare’s birthday and Turner’s birthday. But it’s not St George’s Day. Today is Easter Tuesday. The great Easter celebration takes precedence. Liturgical celebrations for St George have been moved to Tuesday 30 April.

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It’s Easter!

“None rejoice at Eastertide less than those who have not grieved in Lent”, reflected John Henry Newman who later this year will be declared to be a saint. Easter has arrived overnight after our forty days of Lent and this last week of living with Christ in Jerusalem. We now begin Easter and break the […]

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In Limbo on Holy Saturday

If we are  following the real time of Holy Week today Saturday  is a limbo with Christ dead whilst  the apostles wonder what will happen next. But today we know that come dusk there will be the first flickers from Easter fires outside churches and in public areas in Finland and villages in Cyprus. So […]

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Good Friday: Hot cross buns

On Good Friday 1783 Dr Johnson described his breakfast as “tea without milk, and…a hot cross bun to prevent faintness”.  Today is a day of fasting and abstinence so a hot cross bun, invented by St Albans Abbey in 1361, should keep one going until after church this afternoon. The distribution of hot cross buns […]

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