St John Paul II...

...and I had forgotten how angry some people were when he spoke about the significance of our being male and female, and the language of the body...

I spent the morning busy w. research in the large University library, where a useful catalogue initiates rich internet possibilities.

2016 will be spent largely working on a dissertation, and this research is beginning to show how extremely interesting it is all going to be...

And meanwhile, Advent is here, heralding Christmas. The annual arrival of the Chronicle from the dear nuns at St Cecilia's on the Isle of Wight is always a joy...it's always ful of good and  spiritually nourishing  things. But it's also a reminder that the Bogles have cards and letters to write, and domestic Christmas arrangements to make....and there is carol singing (some at a big London railway station, some at a local home for elderly people), and more..