...and the pleasant village of Pembury, where Father Ed Tomlinson is doing great things with this church dedicated to St Anselm. What was once a rather bleak hall is now a delightful church, in the care of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, with a beautiful sanctuary glowing with candles, and rows of neat pews that are well-filled every Sunday. The parish is thriving with lots of children. Father Ed celebrated Mass in the Ordinariate Form, and then gave us an illustrated talk on the history of the parish. I was touched to see the various kneelers that I had made - in various designs all worked in cross-stitch - all lined up at the altar-rails. It was beautiful to kneel there, with the sunshine streaming in through the windows on to us all at prayer...
And then on to a talkative lunch at the village pub - all thoroughly enjoyable.
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