08/06/2026
This Sunday has been a busy day at church.
We had the Bishop of Southwark Christopher Chessun, celebrating the mass.
We also had the priest from St Pieter's church in Ghent visiting us and being part of the celebration.
We had Father Steve Hall, my mentor and my favourite priest in the whole world, who was the congregation priest for 12 years until he retired almost 2 years ago.
We also had the Blackheath Art's Society presenting the parish records with the names of all that make part of our community, 14 years for me.
Then we had a banquet, because at St Mary's we find every excuse to get together, eat and drink 😉
The last picture is the gift the Bishop presented to us, a painting of Mary on her deathbed.
I can see the apostles by her side until the end, and one reading the Scriptures to her.
I am still trying to understand its meaning, if she died or was dying and her son was being given back to her?