This weekend Fr Michael Moore, parish priest of St Thomas More church in Knighton, and Fr Philip McBrien, parish priest of Immaculate Conception in Oadby, swapped churches and celebrated Masses for our neighbouring congregations. Why? you might ask. In the light of our deliberations during the 'You are Living Stones' consultation this 'pulpit swap' was proposed for the different parish communities to get to know the priests of the deanery a little better. In truth this has been discussed from time to time at deanery meetings among the clergy, but nothing really came of it until today. Under the bishop's proposals, Oadby and Knighton are to look forward to possible linkage in the future, so this might help us see what kind of issues might arise with clergy looking after more than one of our churches.
Watch this space...
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