St David Lewis was born in Abergavenny Monmouthshire ( previously Gwent) d.1679

Clip of technicians walkthrough before making the digital tour of Plas Gunter where St David Lewis offered secret Masses during the Recusant period:

Technicians Walkthrough

We visited Stonor House today.  It is listed as number 7 in the list of 25 most magnificent houses in the UK.  It is home to the Stonor family and has been in their family for 850 years.  They hid Edmund Campion and even own one of four of the original slim volumes of EC's "Ten Reasons" the curator seemed very apologetic and cited them as political rather than religious reasons to remain Catholic.  Apparently there were copies of the Douay Rheims Bible but unfortunately I didn't spot them. I…

A fly through that you might be interested in:

https://youtu.be/AvGMILZJuBc

Pilgrimage church of St David Lewis and Francis Xavier - Usk

I thought I’d share the church that we walked to as our family pilgrimage destination . Please pray that our business continues to grow.

If you’d like to view “Ongoing Work” on our website, help yourself:

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What an amazing and grace filled weekend! We went up to visit the Sisters, and to attend their Oblation. We discovered a rather beautiful hidden grace:

Homeschool them all, do not split your family. Do not not encourage socialising with non – Christians when they are young much less so when they are older… workplace will provide the chance to test their apologetics IF they need it.

Pray with them. Take up short voluntary devotions to model compassion for others ( pray for celebraties, neighbours, family etc)

Take on the big ones…  with long term devotions- perhaps add Richard Dawkins and Milo Y etc to your…

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I am preparing for a Welsh Pilgrimage on 29th March (the day before St David's day) with family and some friends. Please pray for us that is is gracefilled and produced the fruit we need. We will take the intentions of the Crusaders.  

In Him

Kate

Novena to Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Come to my aid, O God. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before Thee to honor Thee in Thy Saints and to ask their help in my many needs Thou hast promised those who ask, would receive, those who seek, would find, those who knock, would have doors opened to them. Hear…

Ten aids to mental prayer

http://thecatacombs.org/thread/2007/aids-mental-prayer-soul-apostolate

By Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard

(1858-1935)

Abbot of the French Cistercian Monastery of Sept-Fons

This text is an appendix of the book “The soul of the Apostolate”, which was a favorite book of Pope Saint Pius X. The good Pope said he left this spiritual masterpiece by…

15th November Pilgrimage to Glastonbury.

My husband v and I prayed the rosary walking up the Tor followed by prayers with others Trads at the top ( collect from the Mass venerating Blessed Richard Whiting (abbot and martyr d. 1539) and singing, “Faith of Our Fathers” - lovely.

I noticed that 4 Roman Catholic Martyrs of the The Reformation are commemorated by a plaque on 100, Holywell Street in Oxford.

See: http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/central/catholic_martyrs.html

I will be exploring Oxford today in the hopes of finding the plaque commemorating the Welsh bartender / Reformation Martyr Humphrey Prichard:

https://lastwelshmartyr.blogspot.com/2019/07/another-faithful-welsh-catholic.html?m=1

Happy Pentecost- 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL0vp4MbLm0

Touching Wood

this saying has remained popular. It of course originated from the touching of  the wood of the True Cross, the most prized relic. Many a Catholic would venerate such a relic before setting out on a hazardous task.  Today most people are satisfied with touching any piece of wood as a substitute. By tradition the wood of the Cross  was from the aspen tree, which is why it always trembles.

I just came back from Oxford (I'm attending some lectures - The Great Ruins: Six English Medieval Abbeys in Context) Quite interesting but I read out that the general public can still attend lectures and classes (not tutorials) really cheaply - Basically you could study full time using Oxford University free / min cost Lectures and classes - cool for students taking a year out I thought...Especially if you wanted to learn beginner Latin and Greek or Medieval Philosophy, Logic, Metaphysics…