I went to St Catherine's on my own to celebrate the Sunday Eucharist this morning in honour of St John the Evangelist our original Parish Patron Saint. The civil Parish of Canton was carved out of the ancient Parish of Llandaff in 1858 and its first church was dedicated to St John the Evangelist. Several missions were started within its boundary, two of them developed into full Parishes with their own churches, St Catherine and St Luke, over the next thirty years. In the 1990s all three were reunited in the Rectorial Benefice of Canton. Services on the Sunday after Christmas are often poorly attended and fear of covid contagion keeps vulnerable people away. Even so, there were seventeen of us worshipping today.
Owain and Clare had to stay home to take delivery of the new fridge at a time which coincided with the service. By the time I returned the the old fridge and the packaging of the new had been taken away and the new one was settling in. Clare had been worried that it wouldn't fit in the kitchen unit, being slightly taller than the original, but it fitted perfectly. By tea time it was at its operating temperature, and Clare had retrieved the freezer content from hospitable neighbours.
After lunch, a walk in the park. It was cold and cloudy with sunshine and occasional showers. The park was crowded, in contrast to yesterday, when foul weather kept most people indoors. As we were having tea on our return, we realised that the afternoon TV movie was 'The Sound of Music', which we sat and watched together, singing along with familiar songs. It's several decades since we last saw the movie or the stage version. Owain didn't realise there was a real life wartime refugee family story underlying it. After supper we watched another feel-good movie the Christmas edition of 'Call the Midwife'. Back to normal routine when Owain returns to Bristol tomorrow. We shall miss him.
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