On measures taken to keep us listing slightly to starboard.

Today, 21st November, the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Temple, is the day chosen by us to grapple with the de...
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Confirmations in Christchurch, New Zealand

On 18 October, His Lordship Most Reverend Basil Meeking, D.D.,  Emeritus Bishop of Christchurch ,  administered the Holy Sacrament...
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Signs, Seasons, Days and Years — 7

There is a Sarum Breviary located in the library of Wake Forest University, North Carolina. This breviary was published in 1555 and contain...
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Signs, Seasons, Days and Years — 6

The Hunterian Psalter (or York Psalter) was produced in England sometime around A.D. 1170 and is now part of the collection of Glasgow Univ...
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Signs, Seasons, Days and Years — 5

Isabella Breviary was given to Queen Isabella I of Castile (Isabella the Catholic) as a gift on the occasion of the double marriage of her ...
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Signs, Seasons, Days and Years — 4

Ancient astronomers and keepers of time divided the annual course of the Sun across the 12 Zodiac constellations into 12, 30 degree segment...
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Signs, Seasons, Days and Years — 3

During a moon-cycle, the Moon moves across the 12 Zodiac constellations. The first astronomers divided the monthly orbit of the Moon into 2...
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Signs, Seasons, Days and Years — 2

The Papa Stronsay Calendar is out now to order, and it can be purchased at the bottom of this post.  In the promotional video, also found b...
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Signs, Seasons, Days and Years — 1

There has recently been a question regarding the Papa Stronsay Calendar, which you can purchase at the bottom of this post. The question ...
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Phase Two Completed

August, 2014, saw the completion of phase two  of the work on the Oratory of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour,  the chapel attached to ...
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In His Great Goodness

God in His great goodness  through the prayers of Our Lady and St Joseph  has given Holland Farm in Stronsay  into our possession....
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Always a beautiful day!

22 August Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Since our foundation in 1988,  we have kept the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Ma...
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