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News from the Ordinariate
Ordination to the Diaconate
M gr
Keith Newton has arranged be with us as ordinations are very important events in
an ordination to the diaconate for Alastair the life of the Ordinariate.
Ferguson, John Tee and Michael Thompson for
Saturday 12th January, 2018. Bishop John Wilson will
preside at the ordination which will be at Our Lady
of the Assumption and St Gregory’s, Warwick Street,
London, beginning at 12 noon. Bishop John Wilson,
auxiliary bishop of Westminster, will be the ordaining
bishop. He hopes as many of you as possible will try to
Chichester Ordinariate
O n Saturday
27th October at St Richards
Church, Chichester, Arthur and Elizabeth Wilson
were joined together in Holy Matrimony by Fr Graham
Smith in a ceremony according to Divine Worship.
Fr Graham Smith with Arthur and Elizabeth Wilson
Burne-Jones at Tate Britain ... continued from page 13
1875, Burne-Jones became its main figure designer, 1850s by George Gilbert Scott.
with Morris providing the ornament. Together
they developed the firm’s distinctive compositions
Lightfoot approached Morris and Burne-Jones, both
combining figures with decorative surrounds for former students at Exeter. He suggested the subject
tapestry, embroidery and stained glass.
matter for the tapestry. Morris agreed.
The Fall of Lucifer
In Room Seven is a dark portrayal of the “Fall
of Lucifer”. It shows the devil being driven out of
heaven together with his angels. It is printed on India
laid paper, and is as dark as it is frightening. It was
designed for St Paul’s Within the Walls in Rome. Not
surprisingly, it was decided not to display the picture
in a church.
The overall composition and the figures were designed
by Burne-Jones, who completed a 26 × 38 inch design
in watercolour and body-colour heightened with gold
in 1887. Large-scale cartoons for the tapestry weavers
were created from photographically enlarged panels of
Burne-Jones’s watercolour.
A vibrant colour scheme was chosen with added
background and foreground details, including the
The majority of Burne-Jones’s designs were for flowering plants. The tapestry took four years to
stained glass windows, driven by the market for complete, including two years’ work by three weavers
church decoration throughout Britain and its Empire. at Morris’ Mills.
It has been estimated that some 660 of his designs were
produced as windows by Morris & Co.
Completed in February 1890, it was displayed in
Morris & Co.’s Oxford Street showroom in London
However, he did design tapestries that were worked that Easter before being presented to Exeter College.
by the Morris studio. There is one that drew me, in Another, identical tapestry was made for the City of
room seven of the exhibition.
Manchester. It is remarkable in so many ways, the
lustre of the green angels wings, the stunning colour,
Adoration of the Magi
the red robe worn by Joseph, the rose bush, the twigs
Also in Room seven is a piece that filled me with the three kings of the right, the angels toes – long and
delight, devotion, wonder and awe, is the Adoration fanned, and the crown at Our Lady’s feet. One could
of the Magi. It is a huge tapestry, and was woven spend hours in meditation upon this one tapestry. It is
in 1894. It was commissioned in by John Prideaux truly remarkable, and worth the visit on its own.
Lightfoot, rector of Exeter College, Oxford, for the
Gothic revival chapel built for the college in the
The exhibition is on until 24 th February 2019.