tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post769620193810805716..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: Broken, cracked and ignored underfootRichard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-6002225793781606632012-09-25T08:17:00.830+01:002012-09-25T08:17:00.830+01:00Amy - it has not improved with age. God bless.Amy - it has not improved with age. God bless.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-73983724447281850772012-09-25T02:58:13.678+01:002012-09-25T02:58:13.678+01:00I wonder if you'll see this comment...when my ...I wonder if you'll see this comment...when my husband & I and two of our sons visited England, we made a trip to see that little monument to the awful Tyburn tree, on a traffic island. That was in 2003.<br /><br />At the time, I felt like we were on a treasure hunt, and was amazed when we found it.<br /><br />Mark's comments above sound "wise as a serpent".Amy Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-33114850644884473962012-09-10T15:44:56.276+01:002012-09-10T15:44:56.276+01:00
Could not agree more Mike.<br />Could not agree more Mike.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-24030181979989517712012-09-08T18:53:25.101+01:002012-09-08T18:53:25.101+01:00Maybe - the Lord's ways are not ours- given th...Maybe - the Lord's ways are not ours- given the stoniness of certain official hearts, divine providence has ensured that we be spared anything like the new Statue of JPII in Rome..........<br /><br />Mike Cliffsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405021835510775527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-15860669956877873342012-09-08T11:53:59.904+01:002012-09-08T11:53:59.904+01:00Here in Durham a local group (Anglicans and Cathol...Here in Durham a local group (Anglicans and Catholics) asked the (very lefty) council for a sculpture (by a famous artist) of monks carrying the coffin of St Cuthbert to be put in a prominent and entirely secular public place built by the Council to mark the millennium. The request was granted. If people are properly organised, and can present local politicians with a specific, fully-costed proposal for a specific piece of work by specific artist and for raising the necessary funds, there is (if the Durham example is anything to go by) a good chance of approval - even councillors unsympathetic to the Church can be persuaded by "heritage" and "promoting top quality local artists" arguments. Really it's up to Catholics who passionately believe in this to come up with a specific proposal and then to do the necessary fundraising and political advocacy (with Council and Archdiocese). That way the people who care about this memorial are more likely to get the monument they actually want rather than one chosen by civic or ecclesiastical bureaucrats.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285355080459130149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-62389917814316047492012-09-08T09:45:23.224+01:002012-09-08T09:45:23.224+01:00Asking too much? Of Archbishop's House? I thin...Asking too much? Of Archbishop's House? I think so!<br /><br />God bless!Left-footerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154175028539882422noreply@blogger.com