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The Joy of Consecrated Life revealed on the 14 February, the feast day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, patrons of Europe.

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  A short diary page.   14 February 2023 Pray for peace The Feast of Sts Cyril and Methodius Patrons of Europe. Sts Cyril and Methodius (9 th century) is the feastday today. I met in the aftenoon a young Czech Salesian novice who lived very close to the place in the Czech republic where Cyril and Methodius lived. In Eastern Europe they are venerated and known as we in England might know Thomas More and John Fisher (16 th Century) or much before that time St Cuthbert (7 th Century). Near to our Abbey at Ampleforth in the 12 th century lived St Aelred of Rievaulx. We know the places where these people lived, the landscape, and can intuit something about them from within. She could do the same as Cyril and Methodius lived down the road from where she was brought up.  We had a day of praying for peace yesterday, done in a modern and yet traditional way, linking to the roots of the Christian life shared as consecrated religious linked with the other consecrated peopl...
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  Blog No 2 for Christmas 2022 From Fr Jonathan This photo is from outside the chapel door at the Claritas Spirituality Centre where I live in community with a small group of Men Religious. It was a beautiful view with a small bit of light overcoming the clouds above and the mists on the fields as the light will overcome the darkness. Left to Right: Milto (Brazil), Nadeem ofm min. Pakistan, Self, Theo ofm cap. Holland, Br Raphael O. Carm. Brazil, Rozhan Lal, brother of Nadeem, Aaron OC Workers of Christ, Philippines. We are celebrating the feast of the Immaculate Conception 8 December 2018 Here I add a Christmas song you might like to hear it or not; I would wish it would be sung and acted upon to end all the different wars on this earth today. It is a Christmas gift to anyone who wishes to read this blog. Type in or copy and paste into a computer or mobile or tablet: Celtic Thunder – Christmas 1915 I would recommend put it on full screen. In Loppiano all of us are trying to...
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17th October 2022 My first Blog

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A note at the start of this blog Those who arrive at this blog may know that I had my last mass at Leyland where I had been Parish Priest for 30 years, and for 5 years before that an assistant to Fr Ambrose. This last mass happened on Sunday 4 th of September, 6 weeks, and 3 days from today, Monday the 19 th of September.   Martin Cahill is a parishioner of St Mary’s and is a particularly good photographer. He shot a vast number of photos of that last mass and has made them available on the site below. Also, he has made a slide show to music that you can watch which is quite short if you are interested.   It was a wonderful send off and I want to thank all of you parishioners and friends who were present. It was touching for me and for you who attended as I have got to know so many people very well. You will always be my friends and I will not forget you. Friendships remain for ever and I hope that we can keep it touch. Certainly, we can pray for each other, and I am always ...
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