Oxford

It won't have escaped the notice of dedicated priestly-blog-watchers (including, it seems, their Lordships) that several priestly blogs have fallen silent (or at least quiet) this week, as the Latin Mass Society invested generously in an opportunity for priests to learn how to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass in the splendid surroundings of Merton College in Oxford.

As my readers will know, simple reporting of news is not normally my way—I prefer simply to record things that interest me without reinventing the wheel. You will find ample news about the conference on other blogs, which you can access on the left; I recommend St Mary Magdalen, The Hermeneutic of Continuity, South Ashford Priest, Mulier Fortis, the New Liturgical Movement, and, no doubt, others. But I will be remarking on some things that struck me, in the next few entries.