Yesterday the canons met at the cathedral on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, the feast day of our diocese. After a business meeting in the morning - socially distanced of course - the Archbishop installed a new canon in the Chapter, Canon David Hayman, parish priest of Pontypool and Blaenavon, Chancellor of our diocese and Administrator of our Marriage Tribunal, where he works very closely with me. This took place during Mass, which was a solemn Mass but without the choir etc of course. We did have, however, a beautiful soloist to sing the Mass and hymns. Lovely day.
In our 3 Churches despite the Corona virus we are anxious to maintain the rhythm of the Church's year by still celebrating the seasons etc. So this evening we held an Advent Service which was live-streamed. By following the handing on of God's light through the Old Testament and then via Jesus on into the New, the light was then followed through Church history until the present, ending with the question 'Who will pass on the light now?' During this a series of candles were lit, starting from the left side, up the steps to the crib and then back down to the right.... The picture shows the finished tableau. I must say, it looked beautiful.
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