Bless and Tell - New Book Out by a Somerset Parish Priest

Bless and Tell recounts a remarkably rich journey of faith and learning for Richard who was asked to leave school without qualifications and ‘without prospects'.

Richard (pictured) was called to the armed forces as World War Two was ending and took part in liberating and repatriating occupants of German prison camps. Bearing witness to conflict and suffering had a profound effect and led to him joining the Society of the Divine Saviour as a late vocation upon demobilisation.

After ordination as a Catholic priest, his Superior required him to teach science and to obtain a science degree. By attending University by day, thirty miles away from where he was living, and teaching by night both were accomplished.

Academic and pastoral placements followed including lecturing and chaplaincy work at Colleges of Education, Aston and Keele Universities and a number of Polytechnic Colleges. Attending University part time he received a Master of Education and his fourteen years with the Territorial Army earned him the Territorial Decoration.