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Continue reading →: Don’t forget to say ‘Thank You,’ Bishop.
On 17th October the MP for mid-Buckinghamshire, Mr Greg Smith, raised an interesting question in the House of Commons. He asked if the Church of England could do more to recognise the hard work done by clergy who were retiring. He gave an example of a priest retiring in his…
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Continue reading →: Seldom Seen
William Gomersall died at Seldom Seen on 10th November 1893. Earlier that day he had sprained himself while at work at Newfield Colliery, he returned home from work and began spitting blood and died a few hours later. William was my great great great grandfather. William was born in 1831…
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Continue reading →: Tangerine churches
I worshipped this morning at Escomb Saxon Church, England’s most complete Saxon church. When I retired I considered how I’d go to church. I decided I’d help out from time to time, if asked, in churches which had no clergy at the time – and there are plenty of those.…
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Continue reading →: A Retiring Rector
I retired as Rector of St Chrysostom’s, Manchester in October 2022. The photo above shows the congregation at my last mass. I’d been the parish priest for 24 years and I had many, many wonderful times there, and met a huge variety of people from different backgrounds, ages and cultures,…
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A Retired Rector's Reflections 