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'Oremus' our league of prayer, which joins us together:
the biggest ever competition for primary school age children;
successful participation in Towards Advent (homemade refreshments!);
two London events - a most interesting talk by Fr. Michael Lang of Brompton Oratory on the Venerable John Henry, Cardinal Newman and an encouraging and uplifting Day of Recollection for Lent, given by Fr. Antony Pellegrini.
Above all, we have had four excellent issues of the Review, thanks to the Editor, Ruth Real and the designer, Michael Real.
Following Holy Mass and a beautiful homily on Our Lady by Fr. Nicholas Kavanagh, and lunch, we enjoyed three outstanding and varied talks.
Lucy Nash , a student, gave an entertaining first hand account of the World Youth Day pilgrimage to Cologne.
Luke Coppen, editor of the Catholic Herald, gave an amusing introduction to his talk. He told us then of the excitement and the tensions involved in editing a Catholic paper. The Editor has often to make difficult decisions, balancing the 'good of the Church' with the need to acknowledge that the Church is a church of sinners. He admitted that editors do not always get it right and are targeted for criticism.
Aghi Clovis in conversation with Joanna Bogle revealed the excitement of discovering 'the God of love', through reading the Gospels for the first time, having come from a different faith tradition. She felt that it had enabled her to grow personally and illuminated her life.
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