Messages from the Chaplain

Messages from the Chaplain

Pope Francis RIP

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Pope Francis.  His twelve years as leader of the Roman Catholic Church have been marked by a humility, warmth of personality and commitment to social justice and environmental issues that were the hallmarks of the Saint whose name he took on being elected Pope.  His strong Christian faith and attractive manner of expressing it endeared him to so many of other traditions and of none.  May he…

Redemption: thoughts for Holy Week

At the beginning of Lent, many of us may resolve to give up something – or, indeed, to take up something – as part of our discipline of ‘fasting’ during the season.  And, rather as with New Year resolutions, we can soon find that we have not managed to maintain our fast.  This is just a normal part of our being human and we should not beat ourselves up over it.  We certainly shouldn’t despair and abandon all Lenten observance until we try…

The tension mounts

This Sunday, the fifth in Lent, is traditionally called Passion Sunday.  It marks a slight change in gear as we move towards Holy Week which begins on Palm Sunday (13 April) in a week’s time.  The Gospel for Passion Sunday begins ‘Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany …’.  For we who already know the story, the tension mounts because we know that it is in Jerusalem that the events of Holy Week will be played out and that Bethany is…

Welcome Reverend Canon Tony Monds

A warm Christ Church Lille welcome to Reverend Tony Monds. He and his wife will be with us from the end of February until Easter. He sent us this information. Tony is married to Jenny, a retired librarian and bookshop manager.  He practised as a solicitor in a regional firm rising to become the managing partner.  He was ordained as a non-stipendiary priest in 2000 before leaving the law and becoming a stipendiary priest in 2004.  After a ‘top up’ curacy at Sherborne…
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