Dec 31 – NYE I had a very nice Christmas in Adelaide. Went to wonderful church services & enjoyed meals with old friends each day. Now it is the end of 2023. It has been a good year for me & I look forward to an even better 2024. Jan […]
blog June 2023 – December 2023
Thurs June 15 I left Melbourne on May 29, arriving in San Diego the same day. I spent 3 busy days in SD & then caught the train to LA for the weekend. On Mon June 5 I flew to Vienna via Warsaw. I was looking forward to Corpus Christi […]
blog July 2022 – May 2023
July 14 After my wonderful trip to Germany it took me a week to get over jetlag. Lots of practical things to do, of course, as well as contacting friends. There was also the usual round of medical appointments. Last weekend I went to Adelaide for a Port Adelaide home […]
blog January – June 2022
Wed Jan 5 2022 Here we are – a new year with many questions. Will Covid start to abate; will Melbourne (& Australia) return to some sort of normal life; will travel restrictions & rules settle down……..to say nothing of world peace! These questions & more will be answered soon […]
DAILY BLOG – in descending order
Sun 16 I have had 5 nice days in Riga. A surprise was discovering that Riga has a wonderful collection of Art Nouveau buildings dating from 1898. Also interesting to see the transition from communist government to democracy…..I am always fascinated by Eastern European countries & seeing their move from […]
Sermon to be preached at St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, by Fr Tony Noble on Sunday Feb 6, 2022 – Accession day
Luke 5:8 The words of St Peter in today’s gospel: “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord” And we know, of course, that Our Lord did not depart from Peter. Since Christmas the church’s liturgy has led us on a journey through the gospel readings. The […]
Blog – 2021
Tues Jan 5 2021 My Christmas was nice. Midnight Mass at St James & Mass of the Day at All Saints, followed by a great lunch with a diverse group of 6. The following Monday I had my new neighbour, Justine, here with Beata (my favourite neighbour) for lunch. On […]
blog April – December 2020
Fri April 3 What a lot has happened in the past month! Like most people, I am self-isolating & social distancing…..new words for the time! Planned footy trips have been cancelled & my next overseas trip to Walsingham is in doubt. Am hoping that Australia will get thru this quickly […]
Sermon preached by Fr. Tony Noble In St. Paul’s Church, Port Adelaide On Sunday 29th April 2007
IS THERE AN ANGLO-CATHOLIC ON BOARD? Mark 16:15? ? “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news”. I want to begin by saying thank you to Bishop Pickard, the locum of St Paul’s, for the invitation to? ? preach today, and thank you to Father Ross for organising […]
blog January – March 2020
Christmas Eve I have had a nice week in London after good flights from Melbourne. Jet-lagged, of course! Have caught up with various old friends & definitely enjoying being here for Christmas. I also managed to visit an exhibition on Troy at the British Museum & the London Mithraeum – […]