Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Work meets leisure on a Saturday (recce for college educational trip) 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A very full few weeks… so extra lovely to settle down with double kitties (very rare!) 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026My first/last/only wedding in Crewe… a lovely day. 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It’s weird here… nearly every morning there is petrichor smell but no rain… 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026So that’s me signed out from vicar school for a month’s annual leave. It’s been a crazy, wonderful, exhausting, challenging, learning, growing, discovering, precious year… for which I am hugely grateful. Definitely the best way to be spending (half 🤣🤣🤣) of my final years in paid ministry. 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A grand day at vicar school… Valedictory Service. 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Draft sermon for Sunday… sort of toddler/child theology… playtime, nap time, three legged races, milk and cookies… Well it makes sense to me! 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Lovely to spend time on retreat with Baptist and URC students. Colleagues excelled themselves. 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Afternoon tea in a beautiful garden, supporting BMS… what’s not to love? 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026May has been 216 mikes/500k miles, no mowing then mowing and tidying. Garden looking good. 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026No Mow May completed… keeping a couple of beautiful wild corners. One before and three after photos. 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026June will be a busy month… latest Baptism towel embroidery project in progress… 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Actually, I have walked 200 miles (personal challenge) and raised a whopping £500. Thank you everyone. @breastcancernow.bsky.social 110
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Good day with our students yesterday exploring legal, theological, liturgical, practical and pastoral matters around weddings and marriage. 021
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Never mind Percy pig… Betty’s pig… marzipan covered sponge with butter cream. Yum! 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Golly, it’s a VERY long time since I have seen one of these… if the registration is original (and I reckon it is) this car is 36 years old! 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Starting this year’s charity walk… 100 miles in May for @breastcancernow.bsky.social Each day, on average, around 160 people will be newly diagnosed, an around 31 will die of breast cancer. It’s not pink or fluffy. 110
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Human you need to rest after all that Holy Week and Easter shenanigans! 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Early on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb… they found the stone rolled away - but him they did not (as yet) see… 020
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Holy Saturday… the day of waiting (and attempting unknowing ) Holy Saturday… the day of wondering (mostly mundane matters!) Holy Saturday… home communion this morning, hosting reflective space in church garden this afternoon (final prep to make tomorrow special surprising and a bit sacred!) 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Good Friday = Manchester Passion (YouTube)…. How is it twenty years ago? 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Lovely afternoon creating an Easter Garden at church… 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Driech, cold and threatening rain/hail here.Brrrr 110
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Setting up ready for Zoom Communion on Palm Sunday for college online teaching weekend. 020
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Today’s home bound train just had a ‘full trip and reset to fix a fault’…. Or, in the words of the Train Manager, ‘we switched it off and on again and everything is now fine’ 😁😁🚝 Strangely peaceful sitting in the dark on a ‘switched off’ train😁 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Proud of the volunteers at church whose hard work earned us a five star rating for food hygiene 😁👏🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026College Open Day at @lutherkingtheology.bsky.social was full of joy and smiles, yummy food, meaningful worship and deep conversations. The sunshine through the stained glass made the chapel sparkle! 011
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Especially these from C20… English: Edith Gates Violet Hedger Maria Loving-Taylor Constance Coltman Scottish: Beth Dunlop Margery Taylor Jane Henderson Mary Flora McArthur 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026It’s International Women’s Day (19th Nov for men). I have an away preach, and the gospel reading centres on a conversation between Jesus and a woman. I am not preaching about International Women’s Day, am taking a moment before I go out to be grateful for the she-preachers throughout history. 100
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026End of an era… just renewing my passport online (crazily simple) and sending burgundy one to be cancelled. Keeping my wallet cover thingy for the next one though! 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Wow, scary to realise I have been dipping into this for two decades! 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Ash Wednesday… the start of Lent… Remember, oh mortal that you are dust… The same stuff as the stars… So, sparkle with light In the darkness of human sin and finitude Bringing joy, hope and love. 020
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Courageous of #callthemidwife to address male breast cancer. For more information and advice check out @breastcancernow.bsky.social 050
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Ready for Transfiguration Sunday and intro to Lent! 020
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Community time and worship… loosely linked to the Transfiguration story with options for singing, walking, colouring and crafting. 000
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Always good to see my Pastoral Supervisor… good and helpful reflection, and the physical journey is great for processing too.😊 010
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Beetroot and feta couscous doesn’t sound very Scottish! But delicious. 100
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 08/02/2026What a fantastic international banquet after church… 110
Catriona/Rev Cat @revcatg.bsky.social · 08/02/2026A bit of a Sermon on the Mount meets Candlemas mash up, followed by hot and cold food that I love ready for our international bring and share banquet. 000
