Of your Charity please pray for the soul of Roger Frederick Bell, priest.
Who lost his battle with cancer on Christmas Day 2020. Please remember his wife, Liz, in your prayers.
The funeral of Fr Roger, Assistant Curate of the ACC Parish of Our Lady and St Edward, Bolton, took place on Tuesday 12th January 2021 with the burial at Aughton Cemetery in Lancashire at 2pm. The officiant was Fr Howard Marsh, Parish Priest in Bolton.
Simultaneously the Bishop, assisted by the Archdeacon, who represented the College of Priests in the Diocese, celebrated a Requiem Mass at St Augustine’s Pro-Cathedral in Kent.
The Covid-19 lockdown prevented many who wished to attend from doing so.
The Requiem Low Mass was recorded on video and will be uploaded in due course to enable those who would like to pray and pay their respects an opportunity to do so.
In Paradisum
+ Into Paradise may the Angels lead him: at his coming may the Martyrs receive him, and bring him into the holy city Jerusalem. May the Choir of Angels receive him, and with Lazarus, once poor, mayest he have eternal rest. Receiving his soul: Offering it in the sight of the Most High.
+Rest eternal grant unto him, O Lord: and let light perpetual shine upon him. Offering it in the sight of the Most High.