Monday, 20 June 2011

St Alban

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Today is the feast of St Alban, the protomartyr of Britain, in the current Roman calendar, although his dies natalis was June 22nd. Ther...
Sunday, 19 June 2011

Mass in the Pentecost Octave

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Last Thursday I served as thurifer at an Extraordinary Form High Mass for the Octave of Pentecost at St Antony's in Headington. I have a...
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Thursday, 16 June 2011

Ordinariate Solemn Evensong in Oxford

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Last night I attended the Ordinariate Solemn Evensong in Blackfriars here in Oxford. As Mgr Burnham pointed out this was the first specifica...

St Richard of Chichester

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Today is the feast day of St Richard of Chichester according to the modern Catholic calendar. I published a post St Richard of Chichester a...
Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Vigil of Pentecost at Oxford Blackfriars

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Last Saturday evening, as last year, I attended the Vigil of Pentecost at Blackfriars here in Oxford.  This was the second year that ...
Tuesday, 14 June 2011

King Ludwig II revised

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I have revised and extended my post of yesterday on the death of King Ludwig II, so if you have already read it you might like to look at it...
Monday, 13 June 2011

King Ludwig II of Bavaria

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This evening is the 125th anniversary of the death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The story of King Ludwig is well-enough known, but there is...

In Keble Hall

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On Sunday evening I was a guest at dinner in the Hall at Keble College. Designed by William Butterfield and completed in 1878 it was deliber...