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Forming mature men for priesthood
As we enter the ‘counting season’ (ordinal/ordinary time) and the white vestments give way to the green of continued growth, College life returns to a regular timetable – at least for a few weeks. Come the end of the month we enter into the examination week which is followed by a short break and then a period of recollection and retreat for all the year groups. That will mark the end of the first Semester - and the realisation that the Beda year is almost half-way through!
The Vatican Council document on the Church in the Modern World speaks of joys and hopes, griefs and anxieties - and all our lives bear the marks of the ebb and flow of these emotions. Both as individuals and as communities may the coming months bring us the grace of a healthy balance and so help us grow in the knowledge and love and service of the Lord and His people.
The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make his face to shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.
(The Book of Numbers 6; 24-26)Buon Anno
Father Philip
Note: The February article written for the Liverpool Catholic Pictorial by the Rector, can be found here.
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Beda Latest News
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February 1The weekly summary of the Beda Facebook page showed an increase in Post Reaches of 4900%, in Post Engagements of 316% and in Page Likes of 516%. How did this come about? Because the Beda post on 25th January about the 60th Anniversary of the Announcement of the Vatican Council was shared by the Vatican News Facebook page and 20,880 people have viewed our page in the past week! It does mean that next week's statistics will be in the red by similar percentages. Unless, of course, someone shares this news...Read More
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January 26Most ordinations take place in the summer months but a few are at other times of the year. Today Paul Smith is ordained in St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham. This is the first ordination this year and we send our congratulations and best wishes to Paul. Next week, on 2nd February, Ignatius Tully o.s.b. will be ordained in the New Camaldoli Monastery, Big Sur, California, and on 19th February, John Lovell will be ordained for Maitland and Newcastle Diocese in Australia. Congratulations, best wishes and prayers for all these past students. Ad Multos Annos.Read More
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January 25Sixty years ago today, an event took place a few yards away from the Beda College which changed the Church for ever. Across the road, in the Abbot's Parlour at the Basilica of San Paolo, Pope John XXIII made the announcement that he was calling an Ecumenical Council of the Church - what was to become the Second Vatican Council. As we celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul today, we remember this historic event which took place geographically so close to us 60 years ago.Read More
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We are..
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A Seminary for the formation of priests for Dioceses and Religious Congregations
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Based in Rome
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For English-speaking men over 30
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Under the guidance of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
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With students from 10 countries
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