Fr Alex's Silver Jubilee
As you may know, Fr Alex will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of his ordination, his Silver Jubilee, on 21 June this year. In those 25 years Fr Alex has come “full circle” – he spent the year leading up to his ordination in St John Vianney’s, working alongside Fr (now Bishop) Stephen Robson. So there is something appropriate about this Anniversary occurring whilst he is ministering to the three parishes in our Cluster.
Under normal circumstances, we would have wanted to mark and celebrate this important milestone on or around the date of Fr Alex’s Silver Jubilee. However, because of the Covid-19 restrictions, at this stage we simply don’t know what will be permitted, both in terms of numbers at Mass and social celebrations, come 21 June.
We have discussed this with Fr Alex and feel it is better if we postpone the celebrations until later in the year when, hopefully, we can gather in larger numbers to celebrate his Silver Jubilee.