Time for plum tart made with plums that were on the tree 20 mins ago.
Saturday, 31 August 2013
La Rentrée
Singing starts again tomorrow and the Autumn, in outline, looks something like this.
Sunday 1st September
15th Sunday after Pentecost XI/I
Friday 6th September 8pm
Requiem Mass Fr Bailey RIP
Sunday 8th September
Nativity of the BVM IX/I
Sunday 15th September
Seven Sorrows of the BVM IX/I and sequence
Sunday 29th September
Dedication of St Michael Archangel VIII/III
Wednesday 2nd October 8pm VIII/III
Dedication of Our Lady of the Rosary Church
Sunday 20th October
Dedication of St George's Cathedral VIII/III
Friday 1st November 8pm
All Saints VIII/III
possible visit of St James's Spanish Place Gregorian Choir
Sunday 10th November
Remembrance Sunday, Requiem Mass
Sunday 1st December
1st Sunday of Advent XVII/I
Sunday 8th December
Immaculate Conception IX/I
Carol Service Date TBC
Wednesday 25th December
Midnight Mass VIII/III
Sunday 29th December
St Thomas a Becket VIII/III
Sunday 1st September
15th Sunday after Pentecost XI/I
Friday 6th September 8pm
Requiem Mass Fr Bailey RIP
Sunday 8th September
Nativity of the BVM IX/I
Sunday 15th September
Seven Sorrows of the BVM IX/I and sequence
Sunday 29th September
Dedication of St Michael Archangel VIII/III
Wednesday 2nd October 8pm VIII/III
Dedication of Our Lady of the Rosary Church
Sunday 20th October
Dedication of St George's Cathedral VIII/III
Friday 1st November 8pm
All Saints VIII/III
possible visit of St James's Spanish Place Gregorian Choir
Sunday 10th November
Remembrance Sunday, Requiem Mass
Sunday 1st December
1st Sunday of Advent XVII/I
Sunday 8th December
Immaculate Conception IX/I
Carol Service Date TBC
Wednesday 25th December
Midnight Mass VIII/III
Sunday 29th December
St Thomas a Becket VIII/III
Thursday, 15 August 2013
A casual glance
At Twitter says silly season.
It's making me want to go back to school.
Reminds me of when, rose- tinted specks on...
I held a small boy (11) back at the end of a lesson to confiscate his phone as per the school rules, it having gone off in the lesson - gets given to Second Master, boy then has to go and ask for it at the end of the day, before I get a com box full of anxious comments - listened to lengthy story ending with, 'My phone has been a bit funny, since I dropped it down a toilet.' On that occasion I did not follow through with the school rules. Oh inconsistent teacher, me.
Ah the nostalgia for petty class room disputes....
And now I am invited to eat burgers. Like proper summer stuff, followed by Mass.
Do people write awful things on Twitter? Yes.
Why do they do that?
A) they think they can get away with it.
B) the medium, like the Internet in general, disinhibits people.
C) it's a rubbish way of communicating compared to face to face. Hey we are into Incarnational type ways of being, being Catholics etc.
Are some people really horrible?
Definitely.
Best keep out the way.
They are not going to change any time soon.
Consequences can be very real world indeed.
Burgers. Ketchup. Yummy.
It's making me want to go back to school.
Reminds me of when, rose- tinted specks on...
I held a small boy (11) back at the end of a lesson to confiscate his phone as per the school rules, it having gone off in the lesson - gets given to Second Master, boy then has to go and ask for it at the end of the day, before I get a com box full of anxious comments - listened to lengthy story ending with, 'My phone has been a bit funny, since I dropped it down a toilet.' On that occasion I did not follow through with the school rules. Oh inconsistent teacher, me.
Ah the nostalgia for petty class room disputes....
And now I am invited to eat burgers. Like proper summer stuff, followed by Mass.
Do people write awful things on Twitter? Yes.
Why do they do that?
A) they think they can get away with it.
B) the medium, like the Internet in general, disinhibits people.
C) it's a rubbish way of communicating compared to face to face. Hey we are into Incarnational type ways of being, being Catholics etc.
Are some people really horrible?
Definitely.
Best keep out the way.
They are not going to change any time soon.
Consequences can be very real world indeed.
Burgers. Ketchup. Yummy.
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Immaculate Conception Basilica, Washington D.C.
Blogging-lite, these days.
Here are a few snaps of my hols, to stay with friends in Washington.
It's a huge church and contains side chapels to Our Lady of everywhere you have ever heard of and a few more besides.
The 'Hail Mary' features all over the building and one plaque reads thus:
After Mass on Sunday, there were the all important donuts. Mine was apple and cinnamon, if you are wondering and very good it was too.
Here are a few snaps of my hols, to stay with friends in Washington.
It's a huge church and contains side chapels to Our Lady of everywhere you have ever heard of and a few more besides.
The 'Hail Mary' features all over the building and one plaque reads thus:
After Mass on Sunday, there were the all important donuts. Mine was apple and cinnamon, if you are wondering and very good it was too.
Friday, 19 July 2013
Saucer in the freezer
Yes, the jam-making season has begun.
First off, black currant. Four jars. ( not handles. )
Unfortunately, as I have neglected to prune the bushes at all, the crop is not as abundant as one might have hoped for. Scaling the pic using a handy mug gives....
So a few ( OK a, ) celebratory breakfasts in store for the lucky recipients.
Five years those bushes have been there and I got 115g of black currants, I ask you.
I have now rectified the lack of pruning by watching a bossy Dutch guy on YouTube detailing correct pruning methods. A brutal Autumn to come.
My Welsh Grandparents never bought jam and had a cupboard in their bedroom containing the year's supply of jam in small honey jars. I aspire to this level of self-sufficiency.
I should reach it, thanks to next door's plum tree.
For the black currant jam, I used a Nigel Slater recipe. He says the stuff in the saucepan should, 'boil enthusiastically,' but what if your black currants are having a down day? Bring back the good, honest rolling boil.
First off, black currant. Four jars. ( not handles. )
Unfortunately, as I have neglected to prune the bushes at all, the crop is not as abundant as one might have hoped for. Scaling the pic using a handy mug gives....
So a few ( OK a, ) celebratory breakfasts in store for the lucky recipients.
Five years those bushes have been there and I got 115g of black currants, I ask you.
I have now rectified the lack of pruning by watching a bossy Dutch guy on YouTube detailing correct pruning methods. A brutal Autumn to come.
My Welsh Grandparents never bought jam and had a cupboard in their bedroom containing the year's supply of jam in small honey jars. I aspire to this level of self-sufficiency.
I should reach it, thanks to next door's plum tree.
For the black currant jam, I used a Nigel Slater recipe. He says the stuff in the saucepan should, 'boil enthusiastically,' but what if your black currants are having a down day? Bring back the good, honest rolling boil.
Sunday, 14 July 2013
A fantastic tool
Tom Windsor at St Bede's, someone who has produced one or two editions of chant himself, put me into this tool, via Musica Sacra.
We are changing what we sing and what we read from bit by bit and this will allow me to produce various bits and bobs with great ease.
We are changing what we sing and what we read from bit by bit and this will allow me to produce various bits and bobs with great ease.
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