Hello Clara, I see we are now two weeks off Christmas morning.
And I have been enjoying read quite a few of your posts lately, but now realize I have been quite forgetful and not tagged the like.
I knew a little of St Nicholas' story from the F. Stephen, the priest who prepared my sister and myself for our vows of confirmation in mid 1970's when we lived in Birmingham.
He was a very interesting, kind and spiritual guy. He had been a late convert to Catholicism after becoming C of E priest just after WW2 service as a commando. He had studied at Oxford maybe, but was interested in hagiography and the history of the early christian church.
Our church was the very baroque St Philip Neri Oratory and he was big fan of Cardinal Newman after whom so many university colleges are named.
So your incredible essay certainly made me recall much of this. I hope your PhD thesis is going well.
You and Beth were the next Substack writers that Ifound. The first was Ari Lee (Annyeong Ari).
And certainly a bit of communication due to the events in South Korea over the last 9 - 10 days. when you eventually have time , her posts certainly give an insight into Korea as a place and a society.
So hope you have a joyful and convivial Christmas, and maybe catch up in 25. Cristoffa.
Hello Clara, I see we are now two weeks off Christmas morning.
And I have been enjoying read quite a few of your posts lately, but now realize I have been quite forgetful and not tagged the like.
I knew a little of St Nicholas' story from the F. Stephen, the priest who prepared my sister and myself for our vows of confirmation in mid 1970's when we lived in Birmingham.
He was a very interesting, kind and spiritual guy. He had been a late convert to Catholicism after becoming C of E priest just after WW2 service as a commando. He had studied at Oxford maybe, but was interested in hagiography and the history of the early christian church.
Our church was the very baroque St Philip Neri Oratory and he was big fan of Cardinal Newman after whom so many university colleges are named.
So your incredible essay certainly made me recall much of this. I hope your PhD thesis is going well.
You and Beth were the next Substack writers that Ifound. The first was Ari Lee (Annyeong Ari).
And certainly a bit of communication due to the events in South Korea over the last 9 - 10 days. when you eventually have time , her posts certainly give an insight into Korea as a place and a society.
So hope you have a joyful and convivial Christmas, and maybe catch up in 25. Cristoffa.