I am looking forward to serving you in Beckenham as my first placement as a priest. I was ordained just a few weeks ago on 23 February at the grand old age of 64, after studying at the Beda seminary in Rome for four years. Before that I was Pastoral Assistant in Dover, which has been my UK base while at seminary, and I have been for some time. I am originally from Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was for many years (1981 to 2018) a secondary school teacher of French and Spanish, most recently in south east London and Dartford where I lived and was part of St Stephen’s parish in Welling. Please pray for me as I start this ministry.