The good news is that it is a fine cinema and the car parking is excellent. The bad news is that there are so few films around that are worth going to see. Judging by the 'trailers', and excerpts glimpsed on television, far too many modern films are overloaded with excessive violence an endless scenes of explosion and destruction. No doubt future students of the medium will look back and ask questions. I suspect that there is some truth in all of these questions, but that more than anything else, many present day films reflect a sense of that confusion and chaos which stem from a widespread loss of religious faith and belief.
Faith is a gift which needs to be cherished and encouraged.
It helps us to see that there is far more to lifew than the present malaise so overstated by our contemporary cinema. In faith, for our health's sake, we could take as our New Year Resolution those words of St Paul, whose wonderful conversion we celebrate later this month. They both continue to serve the diocese in retirement and I am sure their many friends will welcome this annoncement as a token of gratitude for their many years of leadership and service.