A special Diocesan event is taking place from Easter to Pentecost in Brentwood. Fr Dan Mason, Episcopal Vicar for Parish Renewal, has organised a series of ‘Life in the Spirit’ seminars to be held in the Cathedral Large Hall.

As parish priest at Billericay, he been running the programme in his own faith community for the last few years, and says it has been run very successfully in Southwark Diocese too. “I am delighted that Canon John Harvey, the Dean of the Cathedral, has agreed to host it at the Cathedral for a wider audience.

“The idea is for Catholics to be able to explore the gifts of the Holy Spirit,” he says. “The Holy Spirit is often the least understood of the Holy Trinity but can be the most powerful in the effect it can have on our lives.” The sessions will feature some great speakers such as Michelle…