...the Ordinariate. A good combination. EWTN's Raymond Arroyo spoke last night at the Ordinariate parish, Precious Blood church at London Bridge. A lively and amusing talk, which went down well. He has all the patter. An audience of people who love EWTN - people want to tell personal stories about why/how/when they watch it. Some one asked about the daily Mass that is broadcast on EWTN and why Arroyo wasn't in the congregation...as I suspected, there are watchers who look obsessively for people whose faces they recognise. Arroyo explained that he doesn't live in Alabama but works from a studio in Washington or elsewhere. EWTN tries to avoid showing too much of the congregation in the televised Mass - at one stage, when the nuns were still using the old convent and so were shown at daily Mass, people used to write in when their favourite sister seemed to appear downcast, or unwell, or unusually cheerful, or whatever...
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the Ordinariate PIlgrimage to Walsingham.
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How wonderful! Last year we attended Mass at Precious Blood Parish. Everyone was so welcoming. We purposely attended in order to participate in an Anglican Use Mass. Alas, and fortuitously, that priest was away for the weekend attending the ordination of other priests. The pastor, however, personally greeted us and the parishioners who were part of the Ordinariate congregation (is that proper?) were so lovely as they told us how much they appreciated Precious Blood for taking them in and how much they loved Pope Benedict. A wonderful memory of our trip to London.
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