{"id":149,"date":"2008-11-15T19:04:36","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T19:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2008-11-15T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T19:04:36","slug":"blog-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Blog – October 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEDNESDAY Oct 1 – St Theresa of Lisieux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arrived back in San Diego yesterday a\/noon. Good to be back! Was fairly tired, but managed to do 2 loads of washing, shopping & look at the pile of mail. Also found time to go to gym\u2026haven\u2019t been since the end of July. I had a restless sleep – my body is probably wondering what time zone it is in!<\/p>\n

This morning I walked to church at 8.30 am. A lot of things to attend to, as well as pastoral matters & sickies to catch up with.\u00a0This is Stewardship Month, with a busy program leading into All Saints\u2019 Day. Terry is ready to do the October magazine, so I finished my last 2 contributions.\u00a0\u00a0Confirmation classes start next week\u2026\u2026no rest for the wicked \":-)\"<\/p>\n

FRIDAY Oct 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 years ago today I arrived in San Diego to be Rector of All Saints\u2019. 5 years!! My farewell Mass at St Mark\u2019s was on Sunday Sep 28\u00a0& my last Mass was on Wed Oct 1st. On Thurs Oct 2 I flew to SF, where I stayed overnight to get over jet-lag. Arrived here next morning. Saturday Oct 4 – St Francis \u2018 day – I said Mass for the altar & flower guilds & then met them all at breakfast afterwards. What an amazing & wonderful 5 years it has been \":-)\"<\/p>\n

FRIDAY Oct 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is Saturday 11th in Australia & the 12 month anniversary of my Auntie Betty\u2019s death. I said the 9.30 am Mass as a Year\u2019s Mind Requiem for her. Later I will phone my cousin, Noelene – & also read again the eulogy I gave at her funeral.<\/p>\n

Last night was the 1st adult Confirmation study group. We have 6 this year. As usual, I began with introductions from each one. We have a fascinating variety of people & each different in how they came to All Saints\u2019. Saturday morning is the youth study group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Friday evening I went to the season\u2019s\u00a0opening performance of the SD Symphony. 3 excellent works: Shanghai Overture by Sheng – a young chinese composer – Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 99\u00a0by Shostakovich – featuring an amazing guest soloist who moved with the music – & excerpts from Swan lake by Tchaikovsky. Chatted with\u00a0Fr & Mrs Thurmston & Mark Matthews \":-)\"<\/p>\n

SUNDAY Oct 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good attendances today. In my sermon I used the readings (strange as they were!) to comment on the economic crisis. Received an extraordinary number of comments. Monday is a holiday (Columbus Day) so I continue my habit of flying away for 2 days to an American\u00a0city I have yet to visit. Today I fly to Miami Beach. I had planned to do this for the holiday last January, but all my flights were delayed\/cancelled, & I never made it. The hotel I booked kindly gave me a voucher for 2 nights, to be used by Dec 31st, so this is it. As someone at 8 am Mass said – using a\u00a0coupon is very American!<\/p>\n

SATURDAY Oct 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I had cake & coffee with Tracy Cornish. Tracy is the daughter of Ann, one of my oldest & closest friends – not least because we share the same birthday. Tracy is a fine young woman, with that Aussie sense of humour shared by her mother & I! She recently arrived in San Diego, having received a scholarship from UCSD in her field of photography. Unfortunately I seem to be developing a cold \":-(\"<\/p>\n

SUNDAY Oct 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today the sermon was given by our Stewardship C\/tee chairman, Rick Ochocki – & he was brilliant! Unfortunately we had the breast cancer walk up 6th Ave, & this drastically reduced attendance at 10 am. This is the only charity walk that does not communicate with us beforehand, & they do not allow our congregation to cross the road for church. So much for freedom of religion\u00a0in San Diego!<\/p>\n

WEDNESDAY Oct 22<\/strong><\/p>\n

My cold is still hanging around. Last night was our monthly Vestry meeting, & by the end my voice was terrible! A good meeting, with good decisions made about many things. All very positive. Despite the economic climate, we decided not to cut expenses in the 2009 budget.<\/p>\n

FRIDAY Oct 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I received my 1st Christmas card – from Australia!<\/p>\n

Tonight was our stewardship dinner. An excellent night of fellowship & food – about 90 attended. Rather than emphasising our finanical needs, I spoke about the growth & life of our parish & referred to the music\u00a0& sunday school. Ruby Littler spoke about building\u00a0improvements & projects. Rick Ochocki spoke about plans to celebrate the church centenary in 2012. We concluded with a wonderful slide show from John Gray of various events in the parish during the year.<\/p>\n

SUNDAY Oct 26th<\/strong><\/p>\n

My parish administrator was back from holiday in England. Good to have him back \";-)\"<\/p>\n

Good attendances at Mass. At 8 am we blessed the new gold High Mass set. Beautiful vestments made in England, & in memory of dear Mr Ying Hing Ttsui. They will be worn for the first time next weekend, when we celebrate All Saints\u2019 Day. Pics will follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

THURSDAY Oct 30th<\/strong><\/p>\n

My friend, Joan Hooton, arrived from London last night. She will be here a week.\u00a0I met Joan at Walsingham in 1998, &\u00a0she has accompanied me on my annual pilgrimage to the shrine ever since. Because of my sabbatical this year, I didn\u2019t go to Walsingham (the 1st time in 12 years) so Joan decided to come out here for All Saints\u2019 Day. She joined us\u00a0for our parish pilgrimage\u00a0last year, & there is a renuion of the group on Saturday.<\/p>\n

FRIDAY Oct 31st<\/strong><\/p>\n

This a\/noon I visited my urologist. It is 3 years since my surgery & last year he said that I only needed to see him every 12 months. My PSA = 0%, which is very pleasing. All is good\u2026he says I am fit & healthy!<\/p>\n

In the evening I took Joan, Clare & Terry out for dinner. A little celebration\u2026.& I managed to avoid Halloween at home \":-)\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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