Many households will have a set of cookie cutters in the back of a kitchen drawer. Great for baking and often used by the kids with play dough. Everyday objects can take on a different significance when associated with the sacred. That's what happened when I opened a box labelled MA 8 to find host ...
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For the Harry Potter fans – basilisk spotted in Archive
The founders of our diocese brought books for the training of clergy. The Luck Room in Bishop's House holds many volumes printed before 1840. When returning a book, a small volume on the top shelf caught my eye. On the spine was N. TESTAM. GR. R. STEPH. 1568.
Much to my surprise, when I opened ...
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The Feast of All Saints, Decrees, Relics and Certificates
On November 1st the Church celebrates the feast of All Saints so I thought I would display some items linked to this celebration. The founders of the Diocese imported books for the training of priests. Included was this 1699 publication of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent.
In ...
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