Saintly Ramblings: Brugge in December

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Brugge in December

'Tis cold and wet, but good to be here nonetheless for a 5-day pre-Christmas break, staying at the English Convent.

Just off the main square there's a nice little pub ...

and the Christmas ligths are pretty, even in the rain!

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The Religious PícaroWed Dec 10, 10:22:00 pm GMT
Why is there an English convent in Brugge?
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Tim LewisThu Dec 11, 01:45:00 am GMT
(Sigh) How wonderful to be there! Wine, hot chocolate, nuns at prayer. All good Christian things...
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Doorman-PriestThu Dec 11, 02:47:00 pm GMT
Lovely. Enjoy!
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Rev. Richard ThornburghThu Dec 11, 04:47:00 pm GMT
The answer to BillyD lies with Henry VIII and the persecution of Catholic ladies in Yorkshire, who then fled to the Low Countries and established their community.
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The truth will be found, not in some middle, moderate, timid doctrine, which skilfully avoids extremes, but in a truth larger than either of these opposite views, which is the basis of both, and which really is that for which each party tenaciously clings to its own view, as to a matter of life and death.

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Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Brugge in December

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