THE
P RTAL
October 2015
He was followed by
Chris Smith (below) who
wowed the assembled
company with the story of
the Most Precious Blood,
London Bridge.
Finally,
Fr
Neil
Chatfield (below told
us of the plans to take
some young people to the World Youth Day with Pope
Francis in Poland next year. Each place costs £500.
It
was
later
announced that if
people would care
to send cash to
subsidise this cost,
they could do so
via the Ordinariate
website Donation
page or through The
Portal - see page 17.
We all walked round to the Cathedral for the
Mass, celebrated for the first time in this building
according to Divine Worship. Archbishop di Nioa
was the principal celebrant. He was joined by many
Ordinariate priests and a large congregation. In his
homily he drew a parallel with the foundation of the
Ordinariates and our personal lives. If we wait until we
are ready, we shall never do anything!
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After lunch, Archbishop
Di Nioa (right) spoke
about the foundation of
the Ordinariates and our
mission. You may hear his
talk, and indeed all the
talks given on Saturday on
the Ordinariate web site.
The day concluded with
Mgr Keith Newton (below
right) giving his charge, and
sending us home enthused
for this mission.
One feature this year was
a stall selling various bits
and pieces. These included
Ordinariate Mugs, cuff-links
and a splendid calendar
produced jointly by LOGS
and The Portal. These sell at
£5. Details of how to obtain
your calendar are to found
on The Portal web site www.
portalmag.co.uk.
On Sunday many of us
went to Mass at Warwick
Street where the music was
lovely and the mass beautiful. Afterwards there were
refreshments, and before long it was time to leave.
This year’s Festival was, if anything, even better than
last year’s, and that was wonderful and inspirational.
The date for next year’ Festival is Saturday 24th
September 2016. That is the Solemnity of Our Lady of
Walsingham. I wonder what the organising committee
will have in store for us on that wonderful day?
Photos: Eric Pittuck