Gerald Boyle Essay

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Fr Gerald Ewing BTh. MA (known Fr Gerry now Monsignor Gerald Ewing) joined Abbey Wood Parish when Fr Patrick Maloney moved from the Parish. He was ordained priest on 9th July 1981. On the 11th July 1981, the Thamesmead Christian Community (TCC) consisting of 10 Inter-Religious members had approved the appointment of Fr Gerald Ewing’s as an Assistant Priest to TCC and to serve at St Benet and St David’s Churches. He joined the parish on 7th August 1981 and he shared the presbytery with Canon Bill Clements. In 1985, Fr Gerald Ewing was to move to Camberwell as an Assistant priest, but the appointment being changed under a special situation and Bishop wanted him to move to St John’s Church in Gravesend, as an assistant to Cannon Mundy. After serving …show more content…

Fr Liam Durant was a resident of Abbey Wood and had studied at St Thomas a Beckett. He ordained in 1985 and he celebrated his 25th Jubilee at St David’s Church in the year 2010. Currently, he is the Regional Representative of Mill Hill Foundation in Liverpool. Fr Gerald Ewing had organized repainting of St David’s statue in the front church wall for the ordination ceremony. The first altar facing back of the church and wooden altar existed in the middle being removed and replaced with new temporary altar, tabernacle, the amber and baptism place which were built with bricks and tiles. Sanctuary was re-carpeted for the ceremony in 1985. Monsignor Gerald Ewing could remember builder as Pat Fahey and he says the temporary altar had lasted more than twenty-five years. Monsignor Gerald Ewing said he had lovely and happy days during his first appointment serving two parishes under Canon Bill Clements and he remembers Cannon Bill’s kindness towards his …show more content…

He had appointed few Eucharistic Ministers Paul and Margret Holgate, Michael Marney, Mary Hyne, Catherine Leamie. Margret Harris had led the choir. Will and Pat Brame served as altar servers at St David’s. Monsignor Gerald Ewing could remember, Tom McManus and Margret, Paul & Margret Holgate, Edith Ryan, Sylvia Hook, Paddy Hook, Joe & Mima Crennan, Maureen Harrison, Bill Harrison , Rosali Bren as some O devoted parishioners at St David’s. He also remembers Molly Spiers as a member of UCM, Jean Pearce who was the parish secretary. The parishioners who dedicated their service to at St John Fisher during his stay were Colomb & Betty Walsh, Pat & Ann Ledwige, Bill Brain and Angela Casey. Angela Casey later had moved to St

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