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THE P RTAL May 2019 Church. My role was to care for him. I then met Chris, and we started coming to the Ordinariate Mass here. I am getting familiar with Divine Worship. It is very different. Chris says he went into St Joseph an Anglican and came out a Catholic!” Michael Long is an artist. He mainly paints landscapes. He taught art and design. He is a founder member of the Bristol Ordinariate Group. “Fr Paul Spilsbury was a great supporter before the Ordinariate took off. Page 13 “I was Church in Wales, but now a Catholic. I could not carry on as an Anglican. The game was up. I became a Lay Catholic working as a Police Officer, until the Ordinariate opened up new doors for me. Jim Thawley “I know Fr Simon Ellis from his time in Bristol. Indeed, I am doing a work for his church in Birmingham. It is to go in the gallery at the back. “As to the Ordinariate? What a wonderful link between the CofE and the Catholic Church! Does it have a long-term future? We shall see.” It is a dream come true. I work as a Hospital Chaplain now. It is the highlight of my month – coming here. They are good people, faithful and true. I love working with Deacon James.” We very much enjoyed our time in Weston-super-Mare. The church is indeed beautiful, and the Mass was equally beautifully celebrated. The congregation may be small, but it is devout and prayerful. Should you find yourself in Weston this summer on the second Sunday of the month, do call in at 12 noon. You will not be disappointed. However, do check beforehand – they might be on another “Away Day”! Shelia Berry organises the food brought by members for the bring and Fr David Prichard share lunch. We were told that she is Queen of the kitchen. A widow now for ten years, her Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham husband was in the RAF. “We were CofE at All Saints Personal Under the Patronage of Blessed John Henry Newman Weston, and joined the Ordinariate with Fr Peter and Ann. It all happened just after Michael (her husband) died.” Jim Thawley is a retired Assistant Principal of a Sixth Form College in Leicester. He joined the Ordinariate about a year after it began. He wanted to be Catholic from the time he was at school. “It took me a long time”, he told us. “I am a great fan of Divine Worship; we use it all the time here. It takes me back to CofE days before modern liturgy took over.” Fr David Prichard described himself as ‘a geographical anomaly!’ “Upon the retirement of Fr Peter, the Ordinary instructed me to step in here and celebrate mass for the group. I am under obedience, so I come! “Divine Worship The Missal fits in well here at St Joseph’s. It is a beautiful church. Catholic Victoriana all preserved and not swept away. Our Rite, our Use, complements it perfectly. Normally we start with the Angelus, but as today is Palm Sunday, we began with the procession. Pilgrimage to Walsingham Saturday 22 nd June 2019 11.15am Sprinkling in the 11.45am Procession to the Slipper Anglican Shrine Church Chapel with the Rosary 1pm Welcome at Slipper Chapel 3pm Sung Mass in the Chapel of Reconciliation - according to Divine Worship: The Missal 4pm Tea and Home! - free time for lunch, candles, shop, etc There is the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Chapel of the Reconciliation before the start of Mass Our Lady of Walsingham pray for us