By @leigh_hatts, author of 'Keeping Lent & Easter: Discovering the Rhythms & Riches of the Christian Seasons' (also 'Keeping Advent & Christmas') @DLT_Books
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St Martin's Day on 11 November is the first liturgical hint of Christmas. It will be Advent next Sunday in Milan. Get 50% discount on 'Keeping Advent & Christmas' with code XMAS26 and follow the season.
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Christmas 2026 stamps unveiled by Royal Mail bbc.in/4sLF2XO
Our Lady's Birthday 8 September:
photo - Bronze statue by Diane Gorvin at @StStephensBmth
The focus of a village procession with school children carrying flowers on Ascension Day. A custom started by the vicar Thomas Keble, brother of John.
The lovely Bisley Wells, Gloucestershire. 1863, restored 1958.
Inscription reads: 'O ye wells; bless ye the lord; praise him; and magnify him for ever'.
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Today is Lammas, an Anglo-Saxon harvest festival celebrated on 1 August. The name comes from the Old English word 'hlafmæsse', 'loaf-mass', so it's a festival of bread - perhaps a day for blessing loaves of bread made from the first wheat of the harvest.
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On the Translation of St Thomas Becket
𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲!
On Tuesday 7 July, from 7.30–9.00 am, join the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2026 livestream. Over 700 MPs and church leaders will gather in Westminster Hall to pray and reflect on the theme ‘Hope for the Future’.
This year's speaker is Clare Williams-Sarpong. Clare is the founder of Real Questions and an Associate Speaker at OCCA, the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.
Sign up on the link below, to join online for free 👇
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Pope Leo XIV recalled that Thursday marks the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, encouraging the faithful to keep alive the public witness of faith made visible in Corpus Christi processions around the world.
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Happy Ascension Day! Not exactly a pilgrimage but I'm Beating the Bounds in Oxford this morning. 👣
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Beating the Bounds on the River Thames – The Thames Path by Leigh Hatts thamespath.org.uk/2026/05/13…
It’s still Easter! 50% discount using code SPRING 2026.
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On Good Friday, every church bell goes silent
Parents in France used to tell their children the bells have grown wings and flown to Rome to be blessed by the Pope
On Easter Sunday they fly back, dropping chocolate eggs into gardens as they pass overhead
French children do not look for a rabbit
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One of the beautiful traditions of Holy Week is where Jesus and Mary rush to meet one another after His Resurrection. ✝️
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Amazing! Watch until the end. This isn't just fireworks. This is a 900-year-old Easter ritual in Florence, Italy. It's called Scoppio del Carro - "The Explosion of the Cart." Read🧵thread for more details.
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🚨 Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
The incredible centuries-old Easter Sunday tradition of the “Explosion of the Cart”
A ritual of fire, archbishops, crusades, doves, resurrection, and a good omen! ✨🕊️
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Christ est ressuscité ! Il est vraiment ressuscité. Alléluia
Christ is risen ! truly, He is risen. Alleluia
#easter #paques #jesus #vigilepascal #notredame
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Jesus doesn’t wait for us to have it all together. He is with us in the darkness. He calls us by name and invites us to be with him in the light of the resurrection, to trust that we are known and loved.
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Dos detalles de la Celebración de la Pasión del Señor en la Basílica de San Pedro, el Papa aparece descalzo y sin anillos: signo radical de kénosis, despojo y comunión con Cristo crucificado. No poder, sino amor que se entrega hasta el extremo. #ViernesSanto
