bagpuss, hymns, dancing, and songs in honour of Benny

The gang at work...

This week, Stephen, Andrew and I have been finding lots of fun now that there are two incarnations of Bagpuss, one Panda, two incarnations of Paddington and one Matthew le Cygne in the flat as well as the three humans. Some our particular favourites during our late night, just before bed, youtube surfing include: to […]

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‘six hundred of the men who got sick and died were young and fellow Catholics’

Fr Bernard Lynch's open letter to the Holy Father in London 18 September 2010.

I didn’t think that I would be posting quite as quickly after the last post – but reading what I have just read really makes me want to make sure others get to read what Fr Bernard Lynch said at a rally in London today. As someone living with HIV, Fr Lynch’s words somewhat grabbed […]

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lead, kindly light… Pope Benedict XVI

The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI spoke to young people in Hyde Park.

Sadly, due to illness, I was unable to use the ticket that I had been granted to attend the Vigil in Hyde Park, but thanks to the wonders of the internet, I was able to lie, sit, and kneel at a friend’s house in East Belfast to watch. Afterwards, he remarked that what the Holy […]

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homily in Westminster Cathedral – wordled!

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We were made to receive love… also to give love. – Pope Benedict XVI

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI's message to the Youth outside Westminster Cathedral

The words of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the young people outside The Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, Westminster, today. Thank you for your warm welcome! “Heart speaks unto heart” – cor ad cor loquitur – as you know, I chose these words so dear to Cardinal Newman as the theme of my […]

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