That is the common refrain of those who have passed through this place. That, indeed, is the aim of the Christian life, to be changed from glory to glory, into the likeness of the God who has created us and who calls us to Himself. That is the purpose of the sacramental life which is the foundation, and heart-beat, of the life of Pusey House: baptism, the Eucharist, the other sacraments of the Church, all set in the context of the regular, routine encounter with the converting power of the Word of God in the recitation of the Daily Offices. John Betjeman, in his verse-autobiography Summoned By Bells, famously put it like this:
Those were the days when that divine baroque
Transformed our English altars and our ways.
Fiddle-back chasuble in mid-Lent pink
Scandalized Rome and Protestants alike …
Despite my frequent lapses into lust,
Despite hypocrisy, revenge and hate,
I learned at Pusey House the Catholic faith.
SATURDAY, 24 APRIL 2010 at 10.30 a.m.
Professor Eamon Duffy
Professor of the History of Christianity, Fellow, Director of Studies, Magdalene College, Cambridge
Anglican Patrimony: A Catholic historian’s perspective
The Revd Canon Dr Robin Ward
Principal, St Stephen’s House, Oxford
The Anglican Tradition of Moral Theology
The Revd Philip North
Rector, Old St Pancras Team Ministry, London
The Church of England: Parochial and Pastoral
The Revd David Ackerman
Priest in Charge Sherborne, Windrush, the Barringtons and Aldsworth, Gloucester
Canon Law: A comparative study
Conference Fee £20 (includes coffee on arrival and buffet lunch)
Booking: Father William Davage either by telephone 01865 288024 or by e mail. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Early booking is advised. When booking you should make any dietary requirements known
The Conference will end with Sung Evening Prayer at 5 p.m.
4th February 2010
SUPPER AND TALK
Wednesday, 27 January (2nd Week):
Eric Milner-White (Father Orford)
Wednesday, 3 February (3rd Week):
Michael Ramsey (The Principal)
Wednesday, 10 February (4th Week):
Eric Abbott (Fr Davage)
Wednesday, 17 February (5th Week):
Evelyn Underhill (Father Orford)
Wednesday, 24 February (6th Week):
Eric Mascall (The Principal)
Wednesday, 3 March (7th Week):
Gregory Dix OSB (Father Davage)
Supper will be served at 7.30 p.m. in the Frederic Hood Room followed by the talk. Night Prayer (Compline), Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament Exposed, Benediction at 9 p.m.
If you wish to attend you must book a place for Supper by sending an e mail to alex.robertson@linacre.ox.ac.uk by Noon the previous day. The cost of Supper will be £2 payable on the night.
13th January 2010