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Monday 27 October 2008 - 14:10:03

faith_family_future_003.jpgWe arrived late on Friday in time for a brief walk around the grounds of the All Saints Pastoral Centre. Perhaps a little star struck by meeting Fr. Aidan Nichols for the first time we had a sudden shock when Angeline thought she had lost her handbag... An unfruitful search, in the failing evening light, of all the places we had visited earlier resulted in me bordering on a Basil Fawlty moment, before we were inspired to return to the dinner table where the aforementioned Fr. Nichols and a few guests were gathered. Hanging innocently on the chair we had previously fled to begin the panicked hunt was the said handbag! Stress over, we found our room and crashed out for the night!

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An early walk on Saturday morning yielded this shot of a most unusual tree; looking for all the world like some giant, spooky hand pushing up from the depths of the earth through the crisp frost and shrouds of mist!

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During the day we saw this beautiful painting in the quadrangle cloisters before taking a breather in the fresh air of the inner quad itself.

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A highlight of the weekend must have been the family Rosary after lunch in the crisp, fresh autumn air. faith_family_future_010.jpg

Another blessed experience was the nightime Blessed Sacrament procession through the grounds to a nearby chapel for overnight hours of Adoration. The whole scene brimmed with priests, altar boys, and young families; whose gleeful children bore sumptuous banners - and all was made awesome and majestic with the chant of hymns, the flicker of candles and the rich aroma of incense.


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