A Sign for the Isle

Papa Stronsay now proudly displays its own sign!  Under the Papa Stronsay Arms can be read the three ancient names of Papa Stronsay: Papey...
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Stronsay Pier View

Today marks the longest day in the year.  Here as I write, it is wet and foggy, but if the skies were clear one could watch the sun make it...
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Preaching the Glories of Mary

Father Anthony Mary, F.SS.R. Over the last few days he has been visiting the different Catholic schools in Christchurch in order ...
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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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