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Ordination at Bourne Abbey Church

Good Friday Procession through Bourne AbbeyOver the end of June and beginning of July some exciting special Services took place involving Abbey-folk old and new. In addition to our final Family Service of the school year, the Church celebrated its Patronal Festival of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, together with the Ordination to the Priesthood of our deacon Fr. Peter Lister, and Ordination to the Diaconate of our new Assistant-Curate, the Reverend Sheena Cleaton. 

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Ordination at Bourne AbbeyRogation Day WalkSunday, 29th May, was Rogation Sunday, when it was customary for members of the congregation to ‘beat the bounds’, walking round the parish boundary and praying for the crops in the year ahead.
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Good Friday procession through Bourne Find out what happened at Bourne Abbey during Holy Week and the Easter Triduum.We celebrated the beginning of Holy Week with the Liturgy of the Palms and the Liturgy of the Passion in Dramatic Reading.  The Choir and Altar Party began the Service around the font with the Blessing of the Palms, the branches of which were then processed by the Choir to the Chancel. 
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Every Sunday is a Mini-EasterEvery Sunday is a mini-Easter.The Lord's Day, Sunday, is the time when we offer the Worship that Our Lord commanded us to do: we offer Eucharist – thanksgiving and remembrance – for his loving sacrifice on the Cross and the Resurrection which consequently opened to us the hope of salvation.
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