Fr Anthony’s blog: The Risen Lord!
I have always liked this icon of the Resurrection, which shows Jesus smashing the gates of death, reaching down into Hades, and releasing humanity – represented by Adam and Eve…
3rd April 2024
Fr Anthony’s blog: Thy Kingdom Come…
Thy Kingdom Come, come what mayAs I write this, I am conscious that we are approaching the middle of Lent, which is a joyful time of celebrating the abundant mercy…
5th March 2024
Fr Anthony’s blog: Candlemas and Kisumu
‘Now, Master, let your servant go in peace, just as you promised’ Luke 2:22-40Kisumu, Kenya, in 1981 was a charming, sleepy lakeshore town with two churches, four priests (two of…
2nd February 2024
Fr Anthony’s blog: Christmas hope
My first Christmas in Kisumu town, Kenya, is fixed in my memory even though it was 42 years ago (one of the most unsettling aspects of growing older is that…
13th December 2023
Fr Anthony’s blog: Thank you & my prayers
THANK YOU for joining us on World Mission Sunday this year.I had the privilege of preaching at the Masses at Westminster Cathedral where so many people from all over the…
13th November 2023
Fr Anthony’s blog: Love is the only thing that cannot harm you
In 1897, a French missionary called Fr Arvieu made first missionary contact with a group of people living deep in the interior of Cambodia. This first meeting is documented in…
10th October 2023
Fr Anthony’s blog: Our Lady leads the way
In 2014 I visited our Mill Hill Missionaries in Chhattisgarh, a landlocked state in central India. Our missionaries were invited by the Bishop to begin a mission in a remote…
6th September 2023
Fr Anthony’s blog: ‘Kisumu Town Youth Chaplain’
O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds ~ Psalm 71:17 In 1984, the Bishop of Kisumu in Kenya appointed me ‘Kisumu…
7th August 2023