“Farewell Faithful Servant”

On Saturday 25 June, at a very moving ceremony, 35 of Barry Capper’s friends and family gathered at the riverside at the Port Medway Marina, Cuxton, Rochester, to commit his ashes to the deep. The service, conducted by Fr Ray Thompson, was held on the pontoon...

Closure of Provisional Mission in Thanet

The Bishop has announced, with regret, the Closure of the Provisional Mission of Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Mildred’s, Birchington on Sea, Kent. Thanking Fr Raymond Thompson (Rochester) for the pastoral care he had provided to the Mission and the provision...

Reception into the ACC

On Whitsunday (12th June 2011) the Bishop received into the full communion of the Anglican Catholic Church, Dr Jonathan Munn, from the Church of England. The reception was held immediately before the Sunday Mass at St Augustine’s Church, Canterbury. Dr Munn has...

Rochester Bench Dedicated

A new bench, purchased jointly by the Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham and St Francis of Assisi, Rochester, Kent and Mrs Valerie Capper, has been donated to the Fort Pitt Military cemetery in memory of the late Barry Capper, one of the stalwarts of the parish and...