Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.
Ordinariate Evensong
Here, thanks to the Ordinariate on line mailing, is a picture of Fr Daniel Seward Cong. Orat., the Provost of the Oxford Oratory,preaching at the Solemn Evensong and Benediction in St James', Spanish Place on Sunday. The text of his excellent sermon can be read here.
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