Family
To St Augustine Kilburn for Christian/Muslim forum on the family: challenges and benefits. Bishop Paul Hendricks there all day, Revd Maggie Hindley and Father Colin Amos. It was interesting but ...1.
St Augustine’s was very cold and the seats were
uncomfortable. Some complained of not being able to hear the speakers well. Why
not use a smaller space and heat that? The toilets were not well signposted and
I had to ask where they were. I would certainly not go to an event there
in the winter in the future.
These were my comments to Aliya. The church is Pearson and very like St John's. The last time I was there was a Prom in the 70s. Tea with Liz who had served at the Lourdes Mass. Fr Alexander celebrated and the Byron choir were excellent - Victoria, Guerrero. Only 4 servers. Played the piano and opened red wine. Booked for the Globe.
2.
While it was understandable that we should be
invited to the normal 12 noon Mass it did place the Roman Catholics in an
awkward position which could have been avoided I think with a non-Eucharistic
service.
3.
The speakers took up all the time and there was
little time for questions in the morning session. In fact my question was
answered in part later in the day.
4.
The workshops simply did not have enough time to
really address the question. The afternoon speeches could have been shorter and
we could have gone on until 4.30. I was very disappointed that we were split
men and women. Mothers are the centre of any family and the men need to hear
their opinions directly. In fact the whole issue of the position of women was
not addressed in the face of very some conservative comments. In reality the
Muslim women I know have very strong opinions indeed and we need to hear them
directly!
5.
Having said all this there was much of value in
the day and I hope that you will arrange for a detailed report to appear on the
website. Many thanks to all concerned especially the excellent lunch.
These were my comments to Aliya. The church is Pearson and very like St John's. The last time I was there was a Prom in the 70s. Tea with Liz who had served at the Lourdes Mass. Fr Alexander celebrated and the Byron choir were excellent - Victoria, Guerrero. Only 4 servers. Played the piano and opened red wine. Booked for the Globe.
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