Priestly Brook articles

The joys and challenges of priesthood

Priestly looks at both the hardships and rewards of priesthood and how the challenges you face can ultimately grow you in your calling.

Lent - can you sacrifice the thing you love most?

The lenten season brings with it the challenge of self denial but also the gift of giving.

Skipping Christmas

Bad castingI'm sat in the crowd at a school's nativity play amongst the usual gathering of parents and siblings. Two lads in the top class can't stand the sight of one another, but have still been ...

Worshiping across the pond

AmericaIt's hard to believe but until I was 50, I had never travelled outside the British Isles! So for such a parochial lad - now a retired priest - to travel across the Atlantic was amazing.The f...

A rainbow of clerical shirts

The FarmerI'll never forget, in my late teens, throwing caution to the wind and embarking on a horse drawn caravan holiday with my friends.One night, whilst looking for a place to stable our horses...