There was not a single space left unfilled in the church on the Tuesday evening when we all gathered together to celebrate the Induction of Fr. Jean-Patrice Coulon, our new Parish Priest and to welcome Fr. Erudaya from India as Assistant Priest.

A very warm welcome was extended to everyone present by Father Louis Beasley-Suffolk, Dean of Glastonbury Deanery, in which he made particular mention of Lise, the mother of Fr. Jean-Patrice, the Mayor of Yeovil, Manny Roper, and the rich diversity of ...

On the 20^th October, we, a group of young people who had been preparing for Confirmation, couldn’t believe that the time had actually come.  We had reached the day of our Confirmation.  We had been preparing for this for months; Pat, Margaret and Fran had helped us all by arranging lessons for us to attend in order to learn more about God, the Church and the sacrament we were going to receive.   They even arranged a day for us at St Gildas in   Langport which was both informative and fun.

On the 20^th October 2011, 15 candidates, including myself, had the merciful and wonderful experience of being confirmed. Preparing for the ceremony, we had discussions on: ‘Why should we get confirmed?’ ‘What is the Holy Spirit and how does it help us?’ There were many more questions, into which we had to dig deep to really truly understand the meaning of the Holy Spirit, so we were certain of the way to Confirmation. We looked at sources and tried to identify the meaning of it all. W...

Recently, on a visit to my daughter, Anna, I saw a painting in the entrance to the crypt of the Chapel of St. Mary’s University College in Twickenham. The painting was a tableau of many scenes taken from this well-known story of the mercy, love and forgiveness of this remarkable father, but since it represented scenes from modern times it took me by surprise, initially.

St. Luke’s account laid an emphasis on Jesus’ ministry to reconcile sinners to the Father and how he exercised the grea...