One of the very great things that has happened since becoming a Catholic priest (in contrast with my ministry in the Church of England) is that there has been far fewer meetings to attend. It is not that I disliked the people at the meetings, nor that I was uninterested in the business of the meeting, but rather that the 'meeting' seemed to take over and was less a means to an end, but for its own sake. Perhaps it is a defect of my memory, but I cannot really remember a meeting when the outcome was something that dramatically advanced the aims and purposes of the Church.
In this interesting video of Fr Robert Baron, he reflects on the great meeting of Vatican II, but how the Church has mistakenly, since then, tried to perpetuate the spirit of this meeting in the myriad of committees and meetings that has blossomed since the 1960s. He suggests that this is one reason why the Church has neglected evangelisation - it has been in committee instead!
A blog of the Ordinariate Groups found in Devon and Cornwall: Torbay, St Austell and Buckfast.
Thursday 29 November 2012
Wednesday 28 November 2012
ADVENT PROCESSION
The Advent Anthems |
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
invites you to join members of the Ordinariate for their
ADVENT PROCESSION
Sunday 16th December 2012
6.30pm
Catholic Church of the Holy Angels
Chelston, Torquay
psalms , carols , lessons and benediction
followed by mulled wine
(choir rehearsing from 4.30pm)
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