tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post2103497506335767260..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: Latin Mass Society at OxfordFr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-78603507314762414862007-09-02T13:55:00.000+01:002007-09-02T13:55:00.000+01:00Richard, erm... I don't think I got the invitation...Richard, erm... I don't think I got the invitation (must open some of this mail mountain.<BR/><BR/>Considering I have been ordained for over 20 years, perhaps I am not the priest you think I am!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-13920530351056233832007-08-31T16:45:00.000+01:002007-08-31T16:45:00.000+01:00Thanks Richard. I hope I am the priest you think I...Thanks Richard. I hope I am the priest you think I am! People are sometimes surprised when they find out my age but I don`t think I`d pass for a fresh-faced 25.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-23830028168385885182007-08-31T13:22:00.000+01:002007-08-31T13:22:00.000+01:00If you are the priest I think you are be assured t...If you are the priest I think you are be assured that I put forward your name to the LMS for an invitation to Oxford. Looking so young I thought you would pass for recently ordained!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-13535717772972992222007-08-31T00:15:00.000+01:002007-08-31T00:15:00.000+01:00I would have gone along to Merton, but it was adve...I would have gone along to Merton, but it was advertised for those priests who had been ordained over the last ten years. I felt quite excluded...and ancient!<BR/> Now, unless they have been kept out of photographs for their own 'protection', there didn't seem to be many younger priests in evidence.<BR/>As you say,Father, the calculated absence of the study of Latin in many seminaries doesn't help those priests of a 'certain age'. Perhaps we should follow the litigious trend and sue the negligent seminaries for denying us our rights...and rites!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com