Here is the homily I preached at 12 noon Mass in the Cathedral last Sunday, 17th October. It was a special Liturgy for the Opening of the Diocesan Phase of the Synod. The Mass was that for a Council or a Synod with red vestments, and the readings were Acts 2: 1-11, 1 Corinthians 12: 27-31 and John 16: 12-15.
 
Forgive the brief history lesson, but in the very early days of the Church, as the apostles after Pentecost and St. Paul on his missionary journeys spread the Gospel across the Mediterranean world, often arguments and disputes arose about the right way forward. One of these was a row about whether pagan converts to Christianity, those who were not Jews but Gentiles, should be expected to adopt Jewish customs and rituals such as circumcision or not eating pork. There were two camps on this and things came to head in the 40s AD. So entrusting themselves to Christ Who had promised to be with His Church until the end-time and guided by the Holy Spirit, the apostles summoned a great gathering in Jerusalem to resolve the issues. You can read the speeches and what St. Peter said in Acts Chapter 15. But Church historians point to this gathering in 49 AD as the first Council of the Church. There have been many other councils since to deal with issues, among which the 21 Ecumenical Councils – ecumenical here means ‘the whole world,’ all the bishops – have pride of place. The last Ecumenical Council was Vatican II which took place from 1962 to 1965. It was attended by all the bishops of the Church, over 3000...

This Friday, 22nd October, Members of the House of Lords will once again consider the question of assisted suicide when Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill has its Second Reading debate. If successful it will permit a terminally adult with less than 6 months to live, to be helped to commit suicide. Boris Johnson has come out against the Bill and many others too. Many Christian doctors, it is said, may opt to leave the NHS if this amendment is passed.
 
The Church is clear that assisted suicide is a crime against human life, and we cannot directly choose to take the life of another, even if they request it. Pope Francis has said, ‘Physician-assisted suicide is part of a ‘throwaway culture’ that offers a ‘false compassion’ and treats a human person as a problem...True compassion does not marginalise anyone, nor does it humiliate and exclude- much less considers the disappearance of a person as a good thing.’ I wish to ask you to join me in a Novena of Prayer (prayer for nine days) this week. We need to redouble our prayers, advocacy and action to thwart Baroness Meacher's 'Assisted Dying Bill 2021'. To this end, I encourage you to seek the intercession of St John Paul II, using the following Novena Prayer:
 
Merciful God, we pray with thanks and gratitude for the great spiritual gift of Saint John Paul II’s apostolic life and mission. Through his heavenly intercession we ask that the ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill be defeated and that the infinite worth of each human person is upheld through proper investment in palliative care. Grant also that we may grow in love for You and proclaim boldly the love of Jesus Christ to all people. Through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
Our Father … Hail Mary …. Glory be …

Tickets are selling fast for the (online) Symposium on Politics and Religion. It takes place on Saturday 6th November, and boasts an exciting line-up of speakers and topics! Our two keynote speakers are Rt. Hon. Jacob Rees-Mogg and Rt. Hon. Ruth Kelly, both tackling the question: “Should Religion have a Role in Politics Today?” Besides the Keynotes, there is also a choice of workshops on immigration, homelessness, diversity, being a Christian on the front line of politics, climate change and Catholic social teaching. These are being led by other informed and well-known personalities: Lord David Aulton, Rt. Hon. Mark Hoban, Dr. Mary Sutton, George O’Neill of the Cardinal Hume Centre, Dr Elizabeth Slinn, Visiting Fellow, University of Winchester, and Rev. Dr. David Goodill op, moral philosopher from Blackfriars Studium. Here is the programme for the day:

Last Saturday, 16th October, I went to St. Edmund’s Horndean for a lively Nigerian Mass. It was a Mass of Thanksgiving for God’s protection during the pandemic and also the thirtieth anniversary of Fr. Daniel Agber’s ordination as a priest. There were lots of guests, including Rev. Dawn Banting, the lead chaplain at QA hospital, and a lot of the Nigerian community and members of the Catholic Women’s Association were present. The parish community, noted for its warmth and hospitality, put on an amazing spread of food and entertainment. Here is the homily I preached at the Mass.
 
It’s a great joy to offer this Mass of Thanksgiving. We welcome brother clergy, parishioners, special guests, Rev. Dawn Banting, members of the chaplaincy team and people of all cultures. We’re here to thank God for His protection in the pandemic, to thank Him for the Nigerian community and to thank Him for Fr. Daniel Agber, 30 years a priest. Fr. Daniel has ministered in his home diocese of Abujah, but these last 4 years, it’s been wonderful to have him with us here as the pastor of St. Edmund’s, as the priest-chaplain at QA and as chaplain to the Nigerian community in our Diocese. He’s done a great job organising us today, even supplying these traditional vestments. I’ve never been to Nigeria, although I learnt a lot about it when as a parish priest the bishop gave me a Nigerian assistant, Fr. Thaddeus. He introduced me to Star Lager...

As you know, this November, world leaders – and the Holy Father too - are gathering in Glasgow for COP26 to discuss how to tackle the climate emergency. It’s vital for us as Catholics to demand that our leaders act now to protect our common home. The destruction of our land, oceans and forests is threatening people's homes and their ability to earn a living, together with climate change that threatens the world’s poorest. What might we do as a Diocese? Our first response is always to turn to the Lord in prayer and to ask for an outpouring of His Holy Spirit. To this end, I am asking all our parishes over the weekend 30th and 31st October, the ‘vigil’ of COP26, to hold a Holy Hour of prayer and petition and I invite everyone to join in that Hour of Prayer. You can access a sample liturgy yourself here for private or public use. It will be an opportunity for us to pray for the leaders meeting at COP26 that God will provide them with the courage necessary to take action on behalf of the environment and the world’s poorest. The Diocese is making various efforts at the moment in terms of advocacy and pursuit of environmental justice: you can read about the work of Caritas in the latest edition of Viva Voce, the diocesan newsletter. 

A while ago, I recorded a CD of the Rosary and distributed free copies across the Diocese for people to play in their cars or when doing the housework or whatever. CDs seem nowadays to be less common, so instead, below find a link where you can download instead an audio recording.
 
October is traditionally the month dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. The Rosary developed in the High Middle Ages period and the reason that October came to be devoted to its recitation is primarily because the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually on 7th October. The Rosary is a wonderful prayer for us to say, praying to Our Lord for protection from all danger, sickness and evil. If you need help in saying the Rosary, click here for a simple explanation and to download the audio files. I’d like to encourage you to say the Rosary each day this month. I often pray the Rosary while driving. There are many intentions this month, especially as the world prepares for the COP26 summit. Another intention is the defeat of Baroness Meacher's 'Assisted Dying Bill 2021' which comes before the House of Lords for its second reading and debate on Friday 15th October. May Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, pray for us.

This Friday, 22nd October, is the (optional) Memorial of Pope St. John Paul II, who was pope from 1978-2005. When he was elected in 1978, he was the first non-Italian pope for over four centuries. It was also politically sensational as Poland at that time was a communist country behind the Iron Curtain. A native of Wadowice, born in 1920, Karol Wojtyla’s life has been retold many times. His mother died when he was nine years old, and his older brother Edmund died three years later. Growing up, John Paul was athletic and enjoyed skiing and swimming. He went to the Jagiellonian University in 1938 in Krakow where he was interested in theatre and poetry. The school was closed in 1939 thanks to the German occupation. John Paul began studying for the priesthood, at a secret seminary run by the archbishop. After the war, he finished his studies at the seminary and was ordained in 1946. He then spent two years in Rome completing a doctorate in theology. In 1948, he returned to Poland and served in several parishes in and around Krakow. He also became university chaplain. In 1964 he was appointed the archbishop of Krakow. A leading moral theologian, he took part in the Second Vatican Council and was especially involved in the writing of Gaudium et Spes, the document on the Church’s relationship with the modern world. position in the world. Pope St. Paul VI made him a cardinal in 1967, then in 1978 he was elected Pope after the short-lived Pope John Paul I.

Among his many accomplishments as pope, he made 104 apostolic journeys outside Italy and promulgated a new catechism, inaugurated World Youth Day and the world meeting of families. In 1981, an assassin shot him twice in St. Peter's Square, although he was able to recover from his injuries and later forgave his attacker. Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, at the age of 84. More than 3 million people waited in line to say good-bye to him at St. Peter's Basilica before his funeral on 8th April. He was canonised by Pope Francis on 30th September 2013.

This Saturday, 23rd October, is our annual diocesan Day of Prayer and Reparation for Life. I wrote about this Day three years ago in my Pastoral Letter “People of Life”. It’s now over fifty years since the 1967 Abortion Act came into effect. The British Act is one of the most liberal in the world and since then, over ten million babies have been aborted in the UK, more than one in four of all pregnancies. Last year the number of abortions in England and Wales climbed further to its highest ever at over 210,860. 4,494 of these babies were aborted because they had a disability. In addition to plans to increase the numbers of abortion, there are currently plans afoot to legalise assisting people to commit suicide if they are deemed terminally ill. This will probably be extended in time to euthanasia (‘mercy killing’) for those deemed useless.
 
As Catholics, we are a people of life. True, our efforts to defend the unborn child, to care for pregnant mothers and to reverse or blunt the Abortion Act have had mixed results. But this is why I ask you to keep every 23rd October, the day the Abortion Act was passed, as a diocesan Day of Prayer and Reparation for Life. On that day, as we celebrate being people of life with various initiatives, I have asked our priests to offer a Mass for the Progress of Peoples, whilst wearing the purple vestments of penitence. Here is a prayer to say:
 
Lord Jesus, you are the source and lover of life. Reawaken in us respect for every human life. Help us to see in each child the marvellous work of our Creator. Open our hearts to welcome every child as a unique and wonderful gift. Guide the work of doctors, nurses and midwives. May the life of a mother and her baby in the womb be equally cherished and respected. Help those who make our laws to uphold the uniqueness and sacredness of every human life, from the first moment of conception to natural death. Give us wisdom and generosity to build a society that cares for all. Together with Mary, your Mother, in whose womb you took on our human nature, help us to choose life in every decision we take.

Next Sunday, 24th October, is 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time and in the Gospel (Mark 10:46-52) we’ll hear how Bartimaeus the blind man overcame every physical and social obstacle in reaching out to Jesus. He was right to do so. Jesus restored his sight. In return, Bartimaeus became a disciple and followed Jesus on the way. 

You can find the Sunday readings here and read Scott Hahn's reflection here. You can register to watch our Diocesan Wednesday Webinar here, or join via Facebook live. If you can’t join on Wednesday, you can subscribe to the podcast here, catch up on our podcast site, or watch on YouTube.

Next Tuesday, 26th October, is the (optional) Memorial of St. Chad and St. Cedd, brothers who came from Northumbria and studied under St. Aidan at Lindisfarne. St. Chad succeeded his brother to become abbot of the monastery St. Cedd founded at Lastingham in Yorkshire in 664 AD. Shortly afterwards Chad was appointed the Bishop of York, although there was some controversy over the appointment once St. Wilfrid arrived back in England from Rome. Chad eventually became the Bishop of Mercia where he established his see at Litchfield. He founded monasteries at Barrow in Lincolnshire and an abbey in Bardney. St. Bede records that as a bishop he was characterised by great holiness of life and it said that in his humility he travelled everywhere on foot. He died on the 2nd March 672 and was buried in Litchfield and was immediately regarded as a saint. St. Chad’s Catholic cathedral in Birmingham claims to possess some of his bones recovered from the shrine in Litchfield that was destroyed during the Reformation. His brother Cedd meanwhile became the Bishop of the East Saxons. He evangelised Essex and especially the neighbourhood of Tilbury, where he founded a monastery. He died from the plague in 664 and was buried in the monastery at Lastingham. In the 11th century his relics were transferred to Litchfield to be with his brother, St. Chad.

At Mgr. Cyril Murtagh’s funeral last month, we sang at his request the In paradisum, the antiphon at the end of the Requiem Mass, when the body is taken in solemn procession from the church. The text is: In paradisum deducant te angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem (‘May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your arrival and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem. May choirs of angels receive you and with Lazarus, once (a) poor (man), may you have eternal rest’). These words have been set to music by numerous composers down the ages, including by Fauré in his Requiem Mass. You will probably have heard or sung May the choirs of angels come to meet you in the modern and well-loved version by Ernie Sands. It has also inspired the popular Gospel-turned-jazz piece When the Saints Go Marching In, which interestingly shares the same first four notes and a similar textual meaning. The Gregorian melody is haunting and I remember that when we sang it at my mother’s Requiem Mass, I was moved to tears. Click on the picture to hear it sung from the 1961 Liber Usualis.

On Sunday 10th October, the Holy Father opened the Synodal Pathway at a Liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Here is the homily he preached.
 
A certain rich man came up to Jesus “as he was setting out on his journey” (Mk 10:17). The Gospels frequently show us Jesus “on a journey”; he walks alongside people and listens to the questions and concerns lurking in their hearts. He shows us that God is not found in neat and orderly places, distant from reality, but walks ever at our side. He meets us where we are, on the often rocky roads of life. Today, as we begin this synodal process, let us begin by asking ourselves – all of us, Pope, bishops, priests, religious and laity – whether we, the Christian community, embody this “style” of God, who travels the paths of history and shares in the life of humanity. Are we prepared for the adventure of this journey? Or are we fearful of the unknown, preferring to take refuge in the usual excuses: “It’s useless” or “We’ve always done it this way”?
 
Celebrating a Synod means walking on the same road, walking together. Let us look at Jesus. First, he encounters the rich man on the road; he then listens to his questions, and finally he helps him discern what he must do to inherit eternal life. Encounter, listen and discern. I would like to reflect on these three verbs that characterize the Synod...

This Sunday, 24th October, is World Mission Day. The Holy Father has released a Message which we give here.
 
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Once we experience the power of God’s love, and recognize his fatherly presence in our personal and community life, we cannot help but proclaim and share what we have seen and heard. Jesus’ relationship with his disciples and his humanity, as revealed to us in the mystery of his Incarnation, Gospel and Paschal Mystery, shows us the extent to which God loves our humanity and makes his own our joys and sufferings, our hopes and our concerns (cf. Gaudium et Spes, 22). Everything about Christ reminds us that he knows well our world and its need for redemption, and calls us to become actively engaged in this mission: “Go therefore to the highways and byways, and invite everyone you find” (Mt 22:9). No one is excluded, no one need feel distant or removed from this compassionate love...

Alastair Emblem from Alton Day of Renewal invites you to sign up for this month's meeting taking place this Saturday, and featuring dynamic Catholic evangelist Ros Powell...

Alton Day of Renewal (ADoRE) is holding an online spiritual mini-retreat morning on Saturday 23rd October, 10.00-13.00 including Mass, Adoration, Reflection, Praise, Talk, Prayer and Discussion. This month's theme is "Guidance of the Holy Spirit", with a special focus on charisms of Wisdom, Knowledge and Discernment. The guest speaker is dynamic Catholic evangelist Ros Powell, who has a powerful prophetic and healing ministry. Please register for the Zoom meeting in advance here. For more information about ADoRE, you can find their website here.

Sheila Wade, Interim Head of Charity - Caritas, shares news of what has been happening in the diocese in preparation for the forthcoming COP26 Climate Change conference and invites you to to offerings of a Climate Film Show and Discussion Café being held on Thursday 4th and Thursday 11th November...

As we all know COP26, the UN conference on Climate Change is being held in Glasgow this year between 31st October and 12th November, under the presidency of the United Kingdom. Portsmouth Diocese has been preparing for this conference and our role in action to halt and reverse climate change for some time. Prayer events, vigils and other events are all planned in our parishes and/or have taken place.
 
In Portsmouth itself, the Diocese is active in the Portsmouth Ecumenical Christian Climate Action Group and we are taking part in the Climate Event in Portsmouth planned to coincide with COP26. Our part in all this in Portsmouth is hosting a from 6pm in the Cathedral Discovery Centre, Bishop Crispian Way, Portsmouth PO1 3QA on Thursday 4th and Thursday 11th November.
 
Please come along; tickets are free. Click the following links to booked for either Thursday 4th November or Thursday 11th November.

Archbishop Andrew of Bamenda recently gave an interview to Vatican News about the conflict in Cameroon. Here is a transcription of the article.
 
“Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda, Andrew Nkea Fuanya says he is dismayed by the world’s indifference towards the conflict in the English speaking territories of Cameroon. “In many other parts of the world where there is an ongoing conflict, if someone dies or there are attacks, the press all over the planet talk about it. In Cameroon, clashes, killings, massacres or kidnappings have taken place every day for years, but nobody talks about it. Obviously, they are of no interest to anyone, and this increases our suffering,” observed Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya. He spoke to the Agenzia Fides.
 
“The Anglophone Crisis sometimes referred to as the Ambazonia War or the Cameroonian Civil War, is an armed conflict in the English speaking territories of Cameroon. The Anglophone regions of Cameroon are the South-West and North-West regions. They make up about twenty per cent of Cameroon’s population. The current conflict spiralled out of control following the 2016–17 Cameroonian protests about marginalisation. The protests were forcefully suppressed by Cameroonian authorities. What resulted was a low-scale insurgency that has since intensified and spread to most parts of the English speaking areas. Political observers say that the violence has recently worsened. The insurgents known as Amba Boys  fighting the security forces seek to form a separate state called Ambazonia.

Jo Lewry, Community Participation Co-ordinator for CAFOD Portsmouth, asks you to pray for the success of the COP26 climate talks in November...

The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales with support from CAFOD have produced a poster and a prayer card so that every parish in England and Wales can pray for the success of the COP26 Climate change talks that are being hosted by the UK government in Glasgow from 1st to 12th November. 50 prayer cards will arrive in each parish in mid-October and you can order more cards from the CAFOD shop here. It would be wonderful if every parish could set a time to pray for COP26 and there are other prayer resources on the CAFOD website here.

On Saturday 6th November there will be a climate march in London and CAFOD supporters will gather at St Mary, Moorfields, 4-5 Eldon Street, London EC2M 7LS from 11am before joining the main march outside the Bank of England. We encourage everyone who can make it to London to join us there!  You can register for the march here.

Prayer for the COP26 climate summit
Loving God, We praise your name with all you have created. You are present in the whole universe, and in the smallest of creatures. We acknowledge the responsibilities you have placed upon us as stewards of your creation. May the Holy Spirit inspire all political leaders at COP26 as they seek to embrace the changes needed to foster a more sustainable society. Instil in them the courage and gentleness to implement fairer solutions for the poorest and most vulnerable, and commit their nations to the care of Our Common Home. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ your Son. Amen.

The Communications team are currently putting together a diocesan online calendar of important dates that may be useful to various audiences. The calendar will include important one-off and annual events, initiatives and information about second collections, mission days and days of prayer. If you would like to submit an item for consideration to include in the calendar please email Chris Smith, our Communications Director at csmith@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk.

Earlier this year, we undertook a Diocesan Survey: you can view or download the document here. It is called A Thousand Voices: The views, hopes and fears of the lay faithful in the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. Over these weeks, I highlight some of the results – this week, what you said about prayer.
 
Questions 16-18 asked about participants’ perceptions of prayer. 66% of participants said that they pray every day and fewer than 4% pray less than once per week, although 22% would like to pray more often (The figures add up to more than 100% because the answers were not mutually exclusive). Participants were invited to select (and, in a free text section, name) any devotions that were particularly important to them. 16% skipped the question; of those who answered, over 50% selected the Rosary, while bible reading, Adoration, Stations of the Cross and the Angelus were selected by over 20%...

In her as yet unpublished English version of the book My Brother Pier Giorgio: His Faith, Luciana Frassati, his sister, discusses her brother’s love for the mountains and how for Pier Giorgio they were a spiritual experience, a manifestation of God’s beauty in creation. He even pinned to his bedroom door “Mountains, mountains, mountains – I love you.” She also cites a touching testimony from someone who knew him.
 
“A lot has been said about my brother’s mountain hikes – too much, in fact.  If you would list all of his outings, they would have been nothing but a short pause in the whirlwind of his charitable works, religious activities, and social commitments.  But people talk so much about those outings to the point of confusion, as if the hikes were more important than his stupendous personality, which was once so complex and yet so simple. So I’d like to be able to analyse his hikes one by one here, to show how appropriate they were, because they dealt with the mountains -- an extremely serious subject, because dozens of our schoolmates lost their lives there.  He was able to spiritualize all those virtues that, in a certain sense, become more obvious away from the city or the countryside. If we examine his love of mountain-climbing, of being able to physically get away from the stale city air, we will find nothing less than a yearning for God, as if his soul could more easily unite with the Eternal there in the mountain air...

Recently, on 5th October, our Cathedral Chapter met and Mgr. Paul Townsend was the celebrant at the 1215 Mass in the Cathedral. It was the Feast of St. Faustina Kowalska and here is the homily he preached.
 
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, St. Therese of Lisieux, St Bernadette Soubirous and today, on her memorial, St. Faustina joins that list of great women who were initially rebuffed by authority figures in the Church. I guess there were many others. Faustina and the others were all women who proclaimed the power and beauty of God’s love and forgiveness and the need the world has for it. Faustina was born in 1905, the third of ten children who all belonged to a poor and religious family.  She pursued a religious vocation, only to be opposed by her parents and a number of authority figures in the local Church. Eventually, as a reward for her perseverance, she was accepted by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy but only if she went and earned the necessary money for her religious habit.  This she did by working as a cook, a gardener and a porter.  On the 30th April 1926, at the age of 20, she received the habit for which she had paid...

Annette Goulden is a parishioner of St. Mary’s parish, East Hendred and has just published a splendid book: Rooted in Love: Louis and Zelie Martin, Models of Married Love, Family Life and Everyday Holiness (Washington DC, ICS Publications: 2021 [ISBN: 978-1-939272-89-8]). When Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, were canonised in 2015, they were the first spouses to be declared saints as a couple. This book explores the stages of their marriage from the joys of parenthood through the sorrow of bereavement and ultimately to the challenges of single parenthood, experiences which many families face today. This is a book for both families and individuals to offer them light and guidance to live their ordinary, everyday life in closeness with God. No matter what one’s vocation in life, Louise and Zelie exemplify how everyday experiences, such as being a working parent, running a business or raising a difficult child, can be sacramental, if one is open to a trusting relationship with God, even when he seems to be absent. Whatever the situation a married couple find themselves in, this saintly couple shows how tiny actions and choices, however small and ordinary, are highly valued by God and can lead to holiness, to a close relationship with Him and to forming children, who are strong in faith, maturity and joy. Annette Goulden is a Secular Discalced Carmelite from Newbury. In 2002 she helped found a new Secular Order community in Oxford. Until her recent retirement, she worked as a doctor, specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry. She gained an additional qualification in psycho-analytical psychotherapy and has trained in spiritual direction. Her extensive background in both Carmelite spirituality and in psychology, combined with her life experience as a mother and a grandmother, makes her ideally placed to have written this insightful study of Saints Louis and Zelie Martin.

Congratulations to three of our students for the Permanent Diaconate who were admitted to Candidacy for Holy Orders on Saturday 16th October at St Mary’s College, Oscott, during Mass celebrated by Bishop William Kenny C.P, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, and Titula Bishop of Midica, Stephen Petterson is from St Edward's Windsor, Stephen Petford from St Patrick's Hayling Island and Richard Martin from Immaculate Conception & St Joseph, Christchurch. Please keep these men, and all our seminarians and diaconate students in your prayers.

The Catholic Parish of St Edward and St Mark in Windsor has an opportunity for a Youth Worker

An exciting opportunity to use your creative and communication skills within a Parish community to propagate Youth Ministry in the Parish which is vital to the future and growth of the Parish, in particular post-Covid and in the spirit of  ‘Let Us Dream’. This role will ensure that our various youth groups act together seamlessly and provide an environment in which Faith will grow and expand.

Salary Hours and Location
Reporting to the Parish Priest the role will be based at St Edward's Parish Office, Windsor and will require co-ordination with local schools and colleges as well as other possible sites for organised events. The hours will initially be on an annualised basis of 520 hours a year requiring flexibility and the need to work some evenings and weekends. Salary to be £ 22,204  FTE.

For further information and how to apply, click here.
 

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There are a number of opportunities in our Diocesan schools which can be found here.