This afternoon I was up at the Good Counsel Network on one of my regular visits to give Benediction after the day's adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. This adoration is an essential part of the work of the Good Counsel Network. They are very much on the front line of pro-life work, providing compassionate and practical help to women who are tempted to have an abortion.
The tabernacle currently in use is not large enough properly to hold the pyx which contains the Benediction host. It has to be put in (reverently, of course) on its side, in order to fit into the small tabernacle along with the ciborium.
I'm delighted to see that there is now a better tabernacle (see the Maria Stops Abortion blog) donated by a kind priest. Quite properly it has been re-gilded to make it more respectable to hold the Blessed Sacrament. The cost was £1000 - maybe someone might be able to cover this? It would help keep funds available for the vital work of safeguarding unborn children and assisting mothers who are in trouble.
2 comments:
Very nice!
Which diocese is your parish in? I have a son attending Loughborough next year, in Nottingham diocese. I'm more than a bit chagrined about the accom. on campus, so I'm hoping to find something not unholy nearby. Wow. Are things ever different from my college days! He , BTW has his own hour of adoration here in our parish, St. Ignatius, Cayman Islands.
pax, Loretta
Southwark - quite a way from Nottingham, I'm afraid.
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