LIttlemore...

...where Bl. John Henry Newman lived and prayed and worked, where in service in Church of England, he built a church and served as its faithful pastor, and where in study and reflection he came to the momentous decision to be recieved into the fullness of the Catholic Church...it's on the outskirts of Oxford and now has a large modern church dedicated to Bl Dominic Barberi who recieved Newman into the Church. The community of The Work, which cares for The College where Newman lived, holds an annual summer Garden Party: a gathering of friends, strawberries and cream, a raffle, stalls selling cakes etc....and in true English style, it was held in the church hall this year because of the weather. I met a number of friends there including a young man who was one of the big Quo Vadis group attending World Youth Day last year - and who was doing sterling work this afternoon selling raffle tickets...