Please pray for the respose of the soul of Fr George Towler who died on 4 April at Frimley Park Hospital near Ascot. Fr Towler was born on 3 September 1937 at Romford. He grew up in Holy Family Parish, Dagenham was educated for the priesthood at Wonersh and ordained on 16 June 1962 by
Bishop Paul Swarbrick, the Bishops’ Conference’s Lead Bishop for Africa, and Bishop Nick Baines, the Church of England’s Lead Bishop for Foreign Affairs, have issued a joint statement on the conflict in Sudan, saying the war is “a forgotten conflict with no winners”. The full statement is below: It is over one year since the
Pope Francis, has appointed Rev David Waller, parish priest at Christ the King, Chingford, as the next Ordinary and the first Bishop Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
Fr Mark Swires, the Vocations Promoter in our diocese, has written to all parishes ahead of Good Shepherd Sunday (21 April) to ask them to pray for vocations and for those currently training for the priesthood. Good Shepherd Sunday is also known as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations – and second collections on
The Bishops' Conference says it is important for Christians to proclaim the inherent and unconditional dignity of all human beings, without exception, as being the basis for authentic human rights.
Fr McCollough was a former Anglican clergyman and was ordained as a Catholic on 24 May 1997. He was Assistant Priest at Rayleigh, serving with Fr Andrew Dorricott, from 1997 until 2003 and was then appointed Parish Priest of Becontree from 2003 until his retirement in 2006. He died in Southend Hospital on 29 March
"When we are bewildered, when we are searching, we find meaning in the Easter story." Bishop Alan Williams sm wishes everyone many blessings at Easter.
