• The Cumbrae Revels

  31/01/2013

  Here’s some pics from last Saturday. I was on the island of Greater Cumbrae at the Cathedral of the Isles to see its two new canons installed. They are the Dean of that diocese – the Very Rev Andrew Swift and the Provost of St John’s Cathedral, Oban the Very Rev Nicola McNelly.

  Here they are:
  

  This is how they process in the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles. (This tradition developed due to a history of Viking Raids, I believe)
  

  This is the bishop sporting a slighty twisty lappet.
  

  This is the light fitting that I once again failed to smuggle off the island but which I found myself coveting when I should have been praying.

  

  Andrew Swift, Cathedral of the Isles, Dunoon, lappets, Millport, Nichola McNelly, Oban

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• Seen Online

  11/12/2004

  On the website of St Salvador's Church, Dundee, I noticed this entry:      Wed 8 Conception of Mary 10.00 am My question is, how can they be so precise? It takes a true Anglo-Catholic to know the exact time.

• Questions for Ordinands #3

  09/12/2004

  Prepare an Advent sermon to explain the phrase, “we who bear your threefold likeness look for the City of Peace” [Hint – consider how you would explain this phrase to the young church group]

• Questions for Ordinands #2

  08/12/2004

  “Prayer is a cyberspace.” Discuss. [Hint – reflections on pastoral placements will be particularly helpful in answering this question].

• Questions for Ordinands #1

  07/12/2004

  Prepare a theological reflection on the natural affinity of the dog collar with the fruit bowl in the average clergy household. [Hint – Consider using poetry, collage, mime or song in your response to this question].