I would like to offer my sincere thanks for the warm welcome I received whilst covering for Fr Hugh at St Paul’s last month (warmth from the fellowship, and warmth from the temperature! There really should be a tropical clerical uniform other than black, black or black!). The sincerity, faith and joy that came from the congregation and of those I paid home visits too was tangible in the extreme and I pray that God may continue to bless and guide you in your mission in Monte Carlo and beyond. I was also struck by the general faith and hospitality of the Monegasque who’s churches were temples of Holy worship and God’s everlasting peace, unlike many of our native English Churches which have been debased in the name of ‘relevance and modernity’.
Please be assured of my continued prayers, and may God bless and preserve St Paul’s Church, Congregation and Padre this day and always.
Fr Joshua Gaskell
St Paul’s Withington, Lancashire.
