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As a new year dawns, we look for hope. Surely this next year can't be as bad as the one to which we say 'Goodbye'? There are two versions of hope worth pondering. One is that hope comes when we can look forward to an uncertain future from the...
The sad news of the death of Fr David John Irwin was received today. Fr David died at home in Findon Village, Worthing where he had been living in retirement. Fr David was born on 1 March 1944 and was ordained as a Catholic priest on 4 December...
Just over 38 years ago David Amess, Julia and I stood on this sanctuary. They were getting married and I was officiating at the wedding. He was the newly-elected MP for Basildon, just three months into the job. In the years that followed I...
'We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.' These familiar words with which we commence each Station of the Cross relate us immediately with the Via Dolorosa and the many times that we...
In November we remember in a particular way the sick and retired priests of our diocese - both in our prayers and by donating to the annual appeal to support them in their time of need.