BISHOP RALPH HESKETT, CSsR:

Many of you know that our great friend, Bishop Ralph, is retiring, but before leaving Sheffield he will have a Mass of Thanksgiving for his Golden Jubilee of Priesthood in the Cathedral in Sheffield at 11.00am on Friday, 10 July. The 10 of July is his day: he was ordained in St Benet’s Sunderland on that day in 1976; he was ordained Bishop in Gibraltar on that day in 2010 and he was installed as Bishop of Hallam on that day in 2014. I have had the privilege of being in attendance on each of these occasions and many of you were in Gibraltar and Sheffield and look forward to being with him this July. Of course, anyone wishing to join us in July will be very welcome.