Dear friends, So Lent is finally upon us! Not quite as late as it could be but not far off - all to do with the calculation of the phases of the moon. Before we look at Lent, what about the keeping of Candlemass last month? That great Feast of Light was celebrated with devotion …
Author: Robert
Vicar’s Window February 2019
Dear friends, I declare this "Vicar's Window" a Brexit-free zone. Last month we celebrated the memorial of S. Francis de Sales. He was a Roman Catholic bishop who sought to encourage a spirituality appropriate to the lifestyle of the person concerned. He rightly discerned that the praying-pattern of a monk could not be the same …
Vicar’s Window January 2019
Dear friends, Barbara Roberts, our church treasurer, received a lovely present from the Diocese of Lichfield just before Christmass. It was the notification that the parish share for Sneyd Parish has now increased by 5% for 2019. This is an increase of £1,248, bringing the total to £26,244 per annum. We have to find £2,187 …
Vicar’s Window December 2018
Dear friends, The holy season of Advent is upon us in a few days time. A short Advent because Christmass Day falls on a Tuesday so there is barely time between Advent Four (23rd) and Christmass Eve (24th). At long last, the weather has turned colder and I forget how much I enjoy celebrating mass …
Vicar’s Window November 2018
Dear friends, I never approved of THE referendum - but I did vote, albeit with mixed feelings. What was interesting was the response of my fellow residents. People came out in their droves. Why they did so is not for me to comment, other than to say that it made me think that proportional representation …
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