Church Times - Pastimes


Pastimes: Chansons d’amour AT SCHOOL, our French teacher tried to arouse our interest by bombarding us with all things French. Subscriber only	Diary ONE of my earliest memories of priesthood is of our vicar, the Revd Sydney Chapman, sweeping down the village street in his wonderful long black cloak... Subscriber only	Out of the question: Benedictus in 1552 Why was the Benedictus Qui Venit dropped from our eucharistic liturgy in 1552, and what are the implications of its reintroduction? Subscriber only

Word from Wormingford IT IS the eve of St Luke, and his blissful “little summer” is succeeded by his still blissful rain. Subscriber only

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