By Ricky, on May 12th, 2016 The castle on Brownsea Island, as seen from the ferry from Sandbanks © Ricky Yates
Following worship at St. Clement’s on the morning of Sunday 17th April, when I and the congregation bid farewell to Rev’d Dr Karen Moritz, I was away from the Czech Republic for the rest of the month, only returning to Prague on the afternoon of Saturday 30th April, ready to lead worship the following day. It was first a week of annual leave, which was then followed by attending my final ICS Chaplains Conference.
I drove from Prague to the UK over a period of two days, following the almost identical route I described two years ago, when I last made this journey. The only difference this time was that I spent the night of Sunday 17th, staying with the York family in Luxembourg. . . . → Read More: My April 2016 visit to the UK – Brownsea Island & St Tecwyn’s Church, Llandecwyn
By Ricky, on May 9th, 2016 From l to r: Yours Truly, Rev’d Dr Karen Moritz, Jack Noonan © Sybille Yates
On Sunday 17th April, I, together with the St Clement’s congregation, bid a sad farewell to my friend and ministerial colleague, Rev’d Dr Karen Moritz.
As I explained in a post in May 2011, Karen is an ordained minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has been in the Czech Republic since September 2010 as a mission co-worker, working with the Ceskobratrská církev evangelická (CCE) / Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB), the main Czech Protestant Church, which is a united Lutheran/Presbyterian denomination. The Kliment congregation of the CCE/ECCB own Kostel sv Kliment, the Church building where we worship in Prague.
Since successfully getting Karen licensed under the Ecumenical Canons of the Church of England, she has contributed enormously to . . . → Read More: Farewell to Karen
By Ricky, on April 27th, 2016 Želiv Monastery © Ricky Yates
As I have explained previously in this blog, the Prague Anglican congregation legally functions as the English-speaking parish of the Old Catholic Church in the Czech Republic or Farní obec Starokatolické církve pro vericí anglického jazyka v Praze. This came about as the result of a covenant signed in September 2000 by Bishop John Hind, the then Anglican Bishop of the Diocese in Europe, and Bishop Dušan Hejbal of the Old Catholic Church in the Czech Republic.
Under the covenant, we are treated both as a Chaplaincy in the Anglican Diocese in Europe, and as a constituent parish of the Czech Old Catholic Church. One consequence of this is that I am expected, along with one lay person from my congregation, to attend any meeting of the Synod of the Old Catholic Church in the Czech Republic . . . → Read More: Electing a new Old Catholic Bishop for the Czech Republic
By Ricky, on March 18th, 2016 On the morning of Friday 21st August 2015, Sybille and I set out from the Pilgerherberge at Gröditz, to walk 20km to the large town of Bautzen. As you can see from the photographs, we were blessed with fine sunny weather.
Our route took us along a series of tracks and minor roads across undulating countryside.
The Pilgerweg approaching Drehsa © Ricky Yates
Here is the way approaching the village of Drehsa.
Flying pigs in Drehsa © Ricky Yates
Within Drehsa, there was this fun mural of a flying pig and piglet 🙂
Pilgerweg with shade © Ricky Yates
In view of the sunny weather, we both appreciated the shade provided by trees along parts of the route.
As on many pilgrim routes that I’ve walked, the approach to . . . → Read More: Walking Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg – Gröditz to Kamenz
By Ricky, on March 14th, 2016 Peregrinus Herberge, Görlitz © Ricky Yates
As explained in the opening two paragraphs of my previous post, back on Tuesday 18th August 2015, Sybille and I drove from Prague to Görlitz, in order to spend the following week walking the first part of Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg. We stayed overnight in the Peregrinus Herberge, where we were also able to leave the ‘Carly’ securely parked, before setting out along the Pilgerweg the next morning.
With Görlitz being located in the valley of the Neiße river, it was inevitable that initially walking westwards to leave the town, involved walking uphill! However, we were soon out into open countryside and having covered 5km……
Ebersbach © Ricky Yates
……reached the attractive village of Ebersbach.
Path . . . → Read More: Walking Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg – Görlitz to Gröditz
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