The Church of


Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Cecilia

The Roman Catholic church serving Blandford and the surrounding Dorset villages

Who's Who in the parish?

Parish Priest - Fr Chacko

Fr Chacko is a Vincentian priest of the Irish province. He has been serving in Dunstable in a large group with an Sunday attendance of 1,000. He was born in Kerala, and was ordained a priest in 1975.

For 21 years he worked as a frontier missionary in Northern India before moving to set up a Vincentian congregation in Tanzania. He was there for 13 years and then in the Solomon Islands for a short time. He has been in England for 5 years.

He has written to us “May the good Lord make me a worthy instrument in His hands to serve His people in Blandford Forum, that’s my prayer”.

 

Other posts are:

Chairman of the Finance Committee – Colin Rolls
Parish Treasurer – Ruth Hiscock
Health & Safety Representative –Phil Evans
Chairman of the Social Committee -Debra Reed
Gift Aid Co-ordinator – Roger Bignold
Child Protection & Safeguarding – Audrey Burch
Chairman of the Parish Pastoral Advisory Council – Richard Hoghton
Sacristans – Hilary Gent, Irene Alford and Marlene Izzo
Children’s Liturgy –Ali Cain, Anna Hayball & Debra Reed
First Holy Communion – Francis Hyde
Parish Secretary – Debra Reed