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About Me
- Barry
- Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom
- I am a retired Consulting IT Specialist. I have been married to Julia for 50 yearsrs and we are blessed with four children; David, Andrew, Lawrie and Hélèna. Not forgetting the "other half's"; Gaew married to Andrew, Lawrie's partner Emma and Hélèna's husband Sam. In addition we have two grandchildren - Henry Thomas, son of Lawrie and Emma. Henry was eight in April 2021 and his sister, Georgia Rose, born on 29 December 2017. I am ordained as a Permanent Deacon in the RC Church - date of ordination 8 June 2013 so am now in my ninth year of ministry.
My Blog List
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Priest in serious condition after 'shocking and brutal' attack in church - Police in the North are appealing for information after a priest was seriously assaulted in Downpatrick. It was reported to officers at about 10.10am on ...
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An Inspector Calls - Homily for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Estyn! Ofsted! CQC! His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services! And innumerabl...23 hours ago
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Saturday 7-Up - This week 701,253 visitors visited 810,256 times viewing 862,334 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: - Sky News Embar...1 day ago
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"Child of God sitting in the sun, giving peace of mind" - As one might imagine, over the past few weeks there has been an explosion of articles about the religious overtones and undertones of the music of Black Sa...
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Summer visitors - With the yachting season in full swing there are some interesting boats on the river Above I think this is an Excalibur 36, I love yachts of this typ...
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“Non Sibi Sed Patriae”: A Reflection on Patriotism - 4 July 2025 Commander William T. Ditewig, United States Navy (ret.) Most citizens of the United States are disheartened by the current state of...
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What happened in the Conclave? - A report from Ines San Martin provides some insight into what led Cardinal Prevost to choose the name Leo XIV. She got some intel into it from Chilean C...
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Learning from Yom Kippur - FIND forgiveness. There's an apt phrase. To find forgiveness, we must seek it out. We must be humble enough to admit our own broken humanity. To realize th...3 years ago
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DW: Daily Office – Portal Podcast - Portal Magazine · Lent 1 This week I contributed to the new podcast of The Portal Magazine, the monthly online … Continue reading →4 years ago
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‘The Jews are beloved of God’ - I wanted to break my silence today, to post something following the horrific attacks in my own backyard, close to where I live. Let us hold all those impac...5 years ago
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NEW BLOG URL - PLEASE BOOKMARK http://www.barrywhytestorage.blog/ - http://www.barrywhytestorage.blog/ Please note that IBM is sunsetting this blog website, as of 1st January 2020 this blog will vanish off the internet! ...5 years ago
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The Last Post - Teresa Shute 5/12/1949 – 10/4/2018 From July 2013 until the end of January this year I placed at least one post here every single day of the year. Every da...7 years ago
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Cara Budidaya Ikan Nila - informasi *Budidaya Ikan Nila* yang kami sampaikan dibawah ini sebagai pengetahuan anda semua dalam berbudidaya. Semoga dapat bermanfaat dan sebagai motiv...
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The Helplessness of God - an Advent Reflection - The bedroom in my houseboat has french doors that open onto the water. This morning I awoke to the sound of a swan approaching in flight. The power of t...
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Scottish Flora and Fauna - And here is some of the wonderful Flora and Fauna we saw Slightly overexposed orchid Look close and you'll see an otter... David Attenborough (!) Puffins...
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iOS 7 Design Consistency: Button Colors - While iOS 7 brought many welcome changes to Apple’s mobile operating system, one category of change that has not set well with many developers and users is...11 years ago
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Silence and Solitude of the Desert Fathers and Thomas Merton - *Introduction* We are all solitaries even if we do not realize it. It is basic and inevitable to being human, for it fundamentally as an individual that ...18 years ago
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