Happy First Anniversary to our Dear Father George!

18 Months ago our worshipping communities could not be blamed for being a little down. We had lost Father Phil so suddenly (RIP) and despite the constant kindness and support of the Montfort Fathers saying mass and trying to support us, our future as a community was uncertain; some even drifted away.

Then a ray of sunshine, like a comet in the sky, Father George landed in our midst, his opening remarks in his first homily being "you can surely tell from my accent, that I'm Spanish"; we were immediately and remain, 'hooked'.

Laughter in the church? things sometimes going a little wrong but that did not really matter when at the same time Father for some of us, started to rebuild our bridge to God.

Then as suddenly as a comet appears, it disappears and so did Father George! Why? What's going on? - despair starts to creep back. Montfort Fathers reappear, kindly supply priests from the diocese and of course our good Father and 3 Rivers coordinating pastor, Father Michael Dennehey kept things going and we started to get used to running things ourselves.

What joy when we discover that Father George WAS to be our Parish Priest!

Then what sorrow as we learned that Father was also was so weighed down with worry about his own family and bereavements - how could we console and yet draw sustenance from Father's spiritual and pastoral reserves. All we could try to say is that he also has a family here who have grown quickly to care for him.

Thank you Father George for year 1 - with God's grace this will be the first of many years!

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