St David's Pilgrimage . . .

Some very good friends of ours take part in our annual Diocesan Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimage every year. This year the pilgrimage is wholly in Wales. I have on a couple of occasions in the past joined the annual pilgrimage as a 'day pilgrim' when the route has passed within travelling distance, and for the past few years have been a 'virtual pilgrim' following their excellent daily diary online.

If, like me, you enjoy walking, praying and beautiful scenery in the company of like-minded people, you might like to have a look at their website here.

If you live in Wales and are near part of the route, I can assure you of a warm welcome if you feel like joining them for the day, or even just a few hours.

Everybody's talking about it . . .

It's all over the 'blogosphere'. Everyone is talking about the News Conference this morning with Archbishop Vincent Nichols and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.

This was timed to take place at the same time as the announcement in Rome from the CDF. Thanks to The Hermeneutic of Continuity for the link and for the tip off that something very interesting was expected this morning.

After Mass this morning, I tried various news sites for details and couldn't find anything but got a link from Twitter (amazing how quickly news gets around by 'tweeting').

As a former Anglican myself, it is heartening to hear any news concerning a possible solution to the difficult question of how to integrate into the Catholic Church those Anglicans who wish to be received into Full Communion with Rome whilst still retaining some of their Anglican traditions.

Now I have to go and look up all these 'long words'! 'Ordinariates', 'Apostolic C0nstitution' . . .