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Christian Thoughts On Why Our Fete Did Not Raise As Much Money This Time

Posted on May 26, 2016 by frpaulsblog

Last weekend we held one of our two Fetes for the year. The weather was beautiful. The lunch was duly organised, while we dutifully made jams and chutneys, baked, put out the bottles for our bottle tombola and put out … Continue reading →

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Being ‘Catholic’, that is, having an idea of the ‘whole’ of the Church in times of change

Posted on January 23, 2014 by frpaulsblog

In the late nineteenth century, the Church began to care for the poor in ways that had not been seen before. So the idea was born, for our times  at least, of the ‘welfare state’, which came to its fullest … Continue reading →

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Thoughts When New Christian Groups Come to Town

Posted on November 29, 2012 by frpaulsblog

At the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Commune of Montreux, one of the speakers had a wheel as his ‘show and tell’ piece. He said that the many different churches were like a wheel. Christ was the centre, … Continue reading →

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