Tuesday, July 31, 2018

A pilgrimage by boat...

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...with LOGS. Read here
Sunday, July 29, 2018

An important read....

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...for an important anniversary. Read here ....
Friday, July 27, 2018

On Monday....

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...I will be off to Walsingham for the NEW DAWN gathering . Then, after a visit home to sort things out and reorganise....I'll be going ...

St Teresa's Home...

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...in Wimbledon is a most wonderful residence for elderly people , offering superb care and always in an atmosphere of great goodwill, joy, ...

Gratitude....

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...to God for the glorious rain this evening. London has been parched and ghastly, lawns scorched and grey, great cracks appearing in flower...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

...and the family...

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...gathered for the beautiful and moving traditional funeral of a beloved mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, SUSAN GOWAN BOGLE in t...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

...and the blackberries...

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...are just astonishing this year.  Two shelves in the Bogle kitchen are already stacked with jars of Blackberry Jam and Bramble Cheese, and...

Signing a book contract...

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...seemed a serious and exciting thing the first time.And in due course  we took a photograph in the kitchen where I posed with my completed...
Monday, July 23, 2018

The passing of...

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...a great lady from the finest days of the BBC World Service. Dora Lavrencic had a remarkable life. She was brought up in Maribor, Slovenia...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

It was a real pleasure...

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...at Westminster Cathedral the other day, to meet the Vatican Cricket team, enjoying a most successful visit to Britain. They have played ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

In scorching heat...

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...London's lawns are turning white, grass is dying, and feet  are pounding dry baked earth.At St Mary's University  the traces of t...
Monday, July 09, 2018

Recent news...

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...a glorious First Mass for newly-ordained Fr Jonathan Creer at the Church of the Most Precious Blood on Sunday July 1st. He had been ordai...
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

THIS BLOG...

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...has been silent for the past two weeks. Pray for the beloved soul of Mrs Susan Gowan Bogle, much-loved wife, mother, grandmother and ...
Monday, June 18, 2018

The Eucharistic Congress...

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.. .takes place in Liverpool in September and I'll be there...the ticketing seems unecessarily complex - there are meant to be 2 delega...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Meanwhile in Ireland...

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...what on earth do the organisers of the World Meeting of Families think they are doing by inviting  this priest to be among the speakers?...
Wednesday, June 06, 2018

and for more on that Arundel procession...

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...read Auntie Joanna here ...
Tuesday, June 05, 2018

"Why haven't you written up your blog recently, Auntie Joanna?"

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I am flattered that people have been asking. It's only been a few days.  But they have been busy days. Minor adventure in Arundel. Aft...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

On the train to...

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... Arundel, where every year there is a glorious Carpet of Flowers in the cathedral to honour the feast of Corpus Christi. Things culmina...
Sunday, May 27, 2018

A tragic...

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... and alas not unexpected, result in Ireland. One of the most baffling comments in the post-referendum round-up of interviews: a jubilan...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

After the Royal Wedding...

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...read Auntie's take on the subject: here ...