Wednesday, June 19, 2019

...And my book...

...on John Henry Newman is officially launched tomorrow, with what promises to be a rather good party.

Then at the weekend I will be at Westminster Cathedral for the ordination of a friend to the diaconate. And on Sunday, after the Martyrs' Walk, I'll hop over to Soho to be part of the Corpus Christi Pprocessiion from St Patrick's...

Been reading and enjoying this hefty tome on Newman: heavy to carry about, but a wonderful read, bringing one deep into the events of the 19th century and deeper still into continuing important issues in the Church, pointing to the future...

And after a satisfying but longish day at the University, a walk along the river to Kingston.  The Thames flows along as it has done for century after century...

2 comments:

Pelerin said...
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Joanna Bogle said...

Yes...the Martyrs' Walk will finish at Tyburn at about 4pm. The St Patrick's Procession starts at 6pm.

There is a bigger Corpus Christi procession through London that is mid afternoon and unfortunately clashes with the Martyrs' Walk. Next year I will check to make sure that clash doesn't happen...we'll move the Martyrs' Walk to another day.
J.