One thing leads to another....

TMD, through no fault of its own got slightly mixed up in Universal's search for Plainsong singing nuns.

Now, while we keep our hand in by singing Friday Compline, the daily Veni Sancte Spiritus, Missa de Angelis, Credo III, the Paternoster and the lyric Transitus of St Clare (and St Francis) etc in Latin plainchant, it is only as part of that universality an international Catholic community is bound to uphold. We did not volunteer for Universal's efforts and to this day are not quite sure why they asked to come and see us, but we sang some of our own music for them and provided a bit of variety in the BBC programme Nuns Aloud, broadcast 15 February 2011.

We also made some very kind friends that included, as well as the Universal and Thames Talkback crews, that artist with the still camera Venetia Dearden and the endearing terrestrial star-gazer Chrissy Iley.

This led by holy indirection to the making of a You Tube to make the sufferings of the Catholic Church in China better known - and especially the desperate position of Bishop Jia, see above.....