THE
P RTAL
August 2016
Page 3
Portal Comment
Will Burton casts his eye over the Ordinariate
for the coming month
R
ecently the priests of the Ordinariate of
Our Lady of Walsingham elected two of their
number to serve of the Governing Council. Fathers
Chris Pearson and Neil Chatfield topped the poll. We
congratulate them both.
Woolly Hat Appeal
As with last year, we are making an appeal for
you to get knitting woolly hats for Seafarers. All the
details are on our web site www.portalmag.co.uk. Go
to Resources, then to Woolly Hats for all the details.
Your woolly hats need to be ready by the end of
October or the beginning of November.
Blessed John Henry Newman
in Birmingham
The Ordinariate Year of Mercy Festival and
Pilgrimage to Blessed John Henry Newman in
Birmingham is on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th
October 2016.
You will remember that in the last two years we
have held an Autumn Festival in Westminster. This
year we are in Birmingham for our “Year of Mercy”
Festival and Pilgrimage.
Friday 7th October 2016
6:30pm Choral Evensong (Sung by the Cathedral
choir) in St Chad’s Cathedral, St Chad’s
Queensway, B4 6EU - Free Parking in
Shadwell Street Birmingham.
7.30pm Reception in the Grimshaw Room
8.15pm Talk by Dr Ian Ker: Newman on Vatican II
Rooms Booked at Strathallan Hotel,
Hagley Road - Twin Room B&B: £124
Free Parking at the hotel - to book contact
[email protected]
Saturday 8th October 2016
Birmingham Oratory, Hagley Road B16 8UE
Free Parking at The Oratory,
entry in Plough and Harrow Road
9.45am Tea and Coffee on arrival
in the Cloister Hall.
10.15am Confessions
11am
Solemn Mass (Divine Worship) followed
by Veneration of the relics of Blessed John
Henry Newman
Lunch in the Upper Cloister Hall (bring your own
packed lunch)
2.30pm Address on Newman
by The Revd Dr Stephen Morgan
Free time (opportunity to visit the Newman Shrine;
there is also regular
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 3-5pm)
4.45pm Benediction & depart
This is our first Pilgrimage to Blessed John Henry
Newman in Birmingham - his home. Let us make it
a memorable one.
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looking at ways to raise additional funds to support
the production of our online magazine. We are
grateful to those who supported our recent appeal for
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‘
Virtue is its own
reward, and brings with
it the truest and highest
pleasure; but if we cultivate
it only for pleasure’s sake, we
are selfish, not religious, and
will never gain the pleasure,
because we can never
have the virtue.
’
Bl John Henry Newman