In March this year the Archbishop asked me if I would consider going to the Royal English College in Valladolid for a year as part of my discernment process towards being a diocesan priest in the Archdiocese of Westminster. I obviously said yes! At the time it all felt a bit far away and so although I knew it was happening never really got my mind around it.
A couple of weeks ago I received a letter from the college telling me the dates for the forthcoming year. Term begins on Tuesday 21st September. This is to allow us to take part in the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain. Time is suddenly starting to run out as I begin to get ready for the visit and the move. I've even had to get a date in the diary to have a leaving 'do' with work collegues. What with diary commitments and the preparations for the visit, we are going out two weeks before I actually finish!
Friends have been asking what the place is like and so I have managed to find a few pictures to put on here before I get there. Here are some pics.
This is looking at the college towards the chapel doors
This is one of the corridors in the college
This is the image of Our Lady in the Chapel which was desecratedby English sailors at the end of the sixteenth centuary
The College from the outsideI will post a few more bits about the college before I go. The history of the statue of Our Lady is very interesting. At the moment all I ask is that you say some prayers for me!
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