Today we were fortunate to experience Jerusalem entirely on foot, walking in the footsteps of Christ through his Passion. We began our day with Mass early in the morning in the Chapel of the Crusaders in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.Â
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My grandfather who was born in Preston was sent to France in 1916 with the Lancashire Regiment and was gassed after a few months in July 1917. I have a small photograph and a few lines which appeared in the
There are so many elements in his lif...
Having arrived in darkness the previous evening, we had not seen the vast expanse of the Sea of Galilee in front of our hotel, but this morning we woke to breathtaking views across the Sea.
Our first port of call was further round the shore to ...
In the long, rather exhausting run up to the General Election, I was told of a researcher, in Essex, testing views and opinions. He had a hard time from the group he was interviewing. Everything he asked received a negative reaction. Eventually, s...
An interview with Canon Louis Thomas as he celebrates his 70th anniversary of priesthood You were born in 1917, just as the First World War was ending... Yes, I don't have any memories of course of the war but I do remember growing up in Lon...