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DIOCESE

Contents The "Waiting Place"

DIOCESE
News from around the Diocese including:
A letter from Bishop Hugh OSB.......................................... 3
Fr Martin Birrell celebrates 25th anniversary ................ 5
Kenneth Sadler "Waging Peace" ..................................... 10
Our Lady of the Snows ........................................................ 12
WITNESS
Jesus’ Garden of Souls ................................................................15
LITURGY he other day I came across a poem by Ted Geisel,
the American children's author, better known as
Choirs in the time of Covid .....................................................17 TDr Seuss. In his book Oh, the Places You'll Go! he
EDUCATION AND FORMATION describes what he calls the "Waiting Place" ...
Hope in the Lord ...................................................................19
Allowing God to love us ..................................................... 20 Waiting for a train to go
FAITH AND CULTURE or a bus to come, or a plane to go
Celebrating a traditional Polish Christmas......................21 or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
Grudniowe Świętowanie w Polskiej Tradycji .............. 23 or waiting around for a Yes or No
Churches of the Diocese of Aberdeen ................................. 26 or waiting for their hair to grow.
Oot an Aboot at Leuven's Park Abbey .......................... 29 Everyone is just waiting.
The Highland Gathering – Men's Conference ............ 31
It may be just a nonsense rhyme for small children but it
The Braemar Jesuit Mission .............................................. 33 certainly rang a bell for me when I started thinking back on
Eggsamination of Conscience! ........................................ 35 this year: waiting to go into lockdown; waiting to come out of
Perhaps .................................................................................... 37 lockdown; waiting to go back into lockdown!
Cakes and Wine ..................................................................... 38 And now we're into Advent and to more waiting, but it's
Authentic Italian Panettone ............................................. 39 not the Dr Seuss type of waiting, rather a type of waiting
Humour ................................................................................... 40 which should be full of hope, and joyful hope at that! It's an
Crossword ............................................................................... 41 expectation which transcends all the misery and heartache of
this world because, as we wait, somewhere at the back of our
We were delighted to have been given minds, a small voice will echo the words of Jesus spoken to his
up permission to use this charming painting apostles before his Passion, “So you have sorrow now, but I will
see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take
of the Virgin and Child of the Andes by
front the distinguished Peruvian artist Artemio your joy from you” (Jn 16:22)
And, while you wait, we do hope that you'll find some
Coanqui. The painting shows the Virgin
Mary carrying the baby Jesus in a sling. inspirational Advent reading in this issue of your magazine!
You'll notice that this online version uses a new format which
In his works Artemio Coanqui seeks to also includes a few surprises, not least Bishop Hugh's video
interpret the traditional painting of the renowned Cusqueña talk on Pope Francis on page three and a rendering of O Esca
School which was a Catholic artistic tradition based in Viatorum performed and recorded by St Mary's Cathedral Choir
Cusco, Peru (the former capital of the Inca Empire) during on page 16. Also, on page 19/22, Lidia Konar and some of our
the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Polish residents reflect on some of their memories of celebrating
Artemio Coanqui Carrasco was born in the city of Cusco in Christmas in their homeland.
1967 and comes from a family of artists; his father is a painter Have a truly meaningful Advent and a very blessed Christmas.
and his uncle, Félix Coanqui, is also a renowned artist.
Cowan

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