As things begin to quieten down for a month or so, it’s time for a Summer At the Foot of the Cross podcast.
Canon Christopher Thomas, our General Secretary and regular studio guest, is in the chair to talk to us about what’s currently on the slate at the Secretariat of the Bishops’ Conference.
Since our last podcast, we’ve had a joyous number of Episcopal Ordinations, with new Bishops ordained in Westminster and Birmingham, as well as a new Bishop Ordinary for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
In addition we learned of the appointment of a new Apostolic Administrator for the Prefecture of the Falkland Islands – a role that also includes oversight of the Missions for the South Atlantic islands of Ascension, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha for a period of five years.
The working document for the synod, the Instrumentum laboris, has been released and we also look ahead to Adoremus at Oscott – a mini National Eucharistic Congress that will be held on 14-15 September.
Canon Chris Thomas then gives us a lovely reflection on the prophets during this time when we’re hearing so many of their warnings and guidance in our readings at Mass.
The podcast concludes with an interview with Bishop David Evans, our Lead Bishop for Marriage and Family Life, looking at the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly that falls on Sunday 28 July.
So much of our content this time looks at how each of us is called to deepen our discipleship and proclaim the Gospel mission of the Church. It’s not just a Sunday job, it’s how we go from Eucharist to service in our daily lives.
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