St. Matilda's has moved!
Hello Everyone,
A fresh post to bring you up to date on things in Camberley,
England, or rather my little corner of it.
Having begun to get back on track after the various
visitations of the builders and their colleagues, I am heavily into
decluttering the place. There are at least four generations of photographs,
birthday cards, and letters to get through for a start! Books come an go.
Ornaments are discreetly offered to the charity shops along with clothing. Our local council has begun to collect small
electrical items for free which is a relief.
Doing this I learned a lesson – decluttering applies to the
whole of your life! It applies everywhere – body, mind, spirit, emotions,
finances, and the social round. So far as the body was concerned I had an
emergency admission to the hospital and was given x-rays, blood tests,
injections, drips and a couple of blankets before they sent me home at 4 o’clock
in the morning. As if that was not sufficient, I celebrated the Queen’s jubilee
by going down with some sort of summer flu! More decluttering followed through
a course of antibiotics to stave off any impending pneumonia. So much clearer
in that department.
Next up is the spiritual area. I have got a little fed up
with Bishops who don’t bother to reply to letters. So to order things better
and do some decluttering on the mental (writing) area, all has been placed
under the good offices of St. Matilda’s.
Most people in this area of web intentions have “virtual
churches.” St. Matilda’s has no such aspiration It remains utterly fictional, although, I hope, remaining highly virtuous.
To sample the new look with its incisive comment, outrageous
statements, good fun, and a summary of those publications likely to be
available online soon, all you have to do is go to the updated website: http://st-matildas.tripod.com
Be warned the scenario has moved from the Thames area where
it all started to the previously unknown estuary somewhere on the South Coast
of England. Here it fits cheerfully into the “Ad Templum” series of novels and
short pieces.
For the full list of publications click on the “Publications”
part of the navigation bar and get straight through. A straight link is to be had here (click)
There is much more. You can meet a variety of extra-ordinary
Anglicans and others apart from Fr. Raphael and his gang listed on the website.
Fr. Stan de Ferme leads his Ordinariate group with much aplomb. The advocates
of women bishops and those who demur therefrom engage in pleasant banter and
discourse. Unlike their representatives in General Synod familiarity breeds
mutual respect and affection rather than contempt, the watchword of so many sub
groups in our ruling body.
It is all the fun of the fair, in an agreeable corner of
England’s green and pleasant land.
Why not take a look?
All being well, I shall treat this as if it was a parish
magazine with monthly updates as well as keeping in touch with you all through
the blogs and the Fighting Fathers website.
Every blessing to you all,
Yours ay,
Fr. Ted.