AND FOR MORE ON THE CATHOLIC YOUNG WRITER AWARD...

 

....read here.  It's a project initiated by The Keys, the Catholic Writers' Guild of England and Wales, under the Guild's then Master, Antony Tyler CBE,  and is now sponsored by the Catholic Union Charitable Trust.

Some kind and anxious readers...

 ...have been enquiring about  this Blog and specifically why Auntie J. hasn't been writing on it recently...

It's partly that I felt a mild break might be useful.  When I began blogging years ago, the internet was different and less overwhelmingly dominant in all our lives. It's useful to step back a  bit from time to time.And life offers more: with lockdown easing,  it's been a v. v. busy summer. 

The launch of two books - one of them at a beautiful garden on National Gardens Day, and the other on a golden summer evening at the University...

Some glorious days in Suffolk, walking by the sea, visiting ancient ruined abbeys, relaxing  over meals, enjoying friendship and talk...

Busy mornings with various projects.

And, in addition, a good many History Walks (Chelsea, Battersea, Richmond, Tower of London, Westminster, and more), a number of meetings  and the reading and judging of entries for the 2021 Schools Bible Project...and  much work on the next book (deadline looming)...

Those book launches. For the Garden book - read here.  The University launch: read here

And plans for the Autumn...

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL...

 

....well deserves the tributes paid to him for his courage and dignity under pressure. Read about him here

SUNDAY MASS: IT'S TIME TO RETURN....

 

....and here is an excellent pastoral letter on the subject....

On "Stonewall" and the use of public funds......

 

...note this important analysis

Enjoy Auntie ....

 

....here...on an encounter in a London street....

WATCH CARDINAL GEORGE PELL....

 ...talking frankly about his life, his beliefs, the Church, the Pope, and more...here...