THE
P RTAL
March 2016
Joanna Bogle keeps us up to date
Regular readers
of The Portal will know that when
I write about LOGS I’m not referring to chopping up wood.
The Ladies Ordinariate Group is proud of its acronym and we like
to feel that we are making our own small, modest contribution to
the Ordinariate saga. So, here’s the latest on LOGS:
Father Brown the inside story
summer
One of our number, Patti Fordyce, will be giving us outing
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LOGS for the
coming year
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some insights into TV’s “Father Brown” at our May
Our summer outing this year will be to Chilworth,
meeting (Monday May 9th, 6.30pm, Parish Room, near Guildford in Surrey. This is a Benedictine
22 Redcross Way London SE1 1TA). Patti’s husband community and we will share in their midday Office,
Ian Fordyce produced the firstlearn something of their way
ever TV “Father Brown” series
of life, and enjoy a day out of
starring Kenneth More, and
London. You can find out more
Patti will be telling us the inside
about them from their website:
story of how it all happened, and
w w w.chilworthbenedictines.
what it was like working with
com Our day trip is being
Kenneth More (of Reach for
organised by Jackie Books of the
the Sky, Forsyte Saga, etc.) and
Croydon Ordinariate, who is
then we’ll enjoy a couple of the
also responsible for a number of
original episodes, courtesy of a
other LOGS activities including
DVD and parish posh plasma
sitting as our representative on the
TV screen.
committee of the Catholic Women
of the Year Luncheon, and the
The Ordinariate the story so far
committee planning the Towards Advent Festival at
In June, Mgr John Broadhurst will be updating us on Westminster Cathedral Hall.
“The Ordinariate – the story so far”: Monday June 6th,
6.30pm 22 Redcross Way – or, if numbers are large, Towards Advent Festival
we’ll move into the church itself. All visitors welcome
Which leads me to another date for in Ordinariate
– light refreshments, a good opportunity to catch up diaries: this year’s Towards Advent Festival will be
on news and ideas and to talk about the future…
on Saturday November 26th 2016. Yes, yes, I know
it’s a long way ahead, but it’s important to save the
Children’s Project
date! The Ordinariate has a strong association with
In May, June, and July, we’ll be busy marking the this Festival – Mgr Keith Newton opened the 2014
entries for the Children’s Handwriting and Artwork Festival. LOGS always has a stall and this year the
Project with which we are involved, along with a Sisters of Reconciliation, our Ordinariate sisters from
number of other groups across the country – including Walsingham, will be there. So make sure you are too...
the Ordinariate groups in Coventry (Fr Paul Burch and
team) and Pembury (Fr Ed Tomlinson and team). This And finally ... a Ding Dong Merrily
involves a lot of wrapping and posting of prizes, and
And then, looking further ahead – but we haven’t
also some visiting of schools. It is satisfying work and fixed the date for this yet – LOGS will be singing carols
the project is growing year on year. It is sponsored by at London Bridge station in 2016 as we have for the
an ecumenical group, Christian Projects, and involves past few years. Last year, Gill Newton volunteered to
children learning the Lord’s Prayer. It is really rather be the person getting the official badge and paperwork
wonderful seeing all the children’s work – we’ll be from the railway authorities. She came back with
making a display of it to share at some events later in the required materials and a wry grin – our badge
the year.
proclaimed us to be the Pressure Blood group!
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