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Ascension Day

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This day marks the last earthly appearance of Christ after his resurrection on Easter day and celebrates Jesus;s ascension to heaven.

St Swithun, was Born in Wessex and eductaed in Winchester, He became welll known for builder and restorer of churches.He became the Bishop of Winchester in AD 852.One of Winchester Cathedrals patron saints.

Legend has it that the weather on his “feast day” dicatates the weather for the next 40 days. You decide.

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“St. Swithun’s day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days it will remain;
St. Swithun’s day, if thou be fair,
For forty days ’twill rain na mair.”

The Bishop of Winchester throughout the past century. [click here]

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Letter from the Chaplain – May 2009

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First let me say how extremely touched and grateful I am for all the support and the generosity which I have received from you all. I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done and are doing, have given and are giving, both to me personally but also for and to the church and Hospital of St Cross. The interregnum has, for me, been a time which has passed so quickly that I can scarcely believe that it has lasted eighteen months! Yet it has been a period during which much has been achieved through the hard work of so many and the excellent leadership of the Churchwardens and PCC.

However, we now have a new Master of St Cross and parish priest – as well as Archdeacon of Winchester – and it is with great joy that we welcome Michael and Debbie. I know that they will find a real desire from everyone to support and uphold them as they settle into the life of the ‘village’ and Hospital, and also discover the kind of hospitality that is second to one.

This month, as we know, sees the Feasts of the Ascension and of Pentecost and both remind us of God’s Promise – that He is Lord and that He will lead us, by His Holy Spirit, into all truth. Those first disciples, full of fear and trepidation, and uncertain as to what the future held and in which direction they were to go, were transformed, energised and filled with conviction by their experience of the Holy Spirit and from then on went forward with confidence and joy. So let it be with us.

With every blessing,

Reg Sweet
Chaplain

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