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 Gerrard Goodhind died at the age of 65. Gerrard sang bass in the choir of Our Lady of the Angels, Erith, Kent for many years. I knew him through the Catenians as a dear and much loved friend, secretary of Blackheath and Chislehurst circle and outstanding editor of the newsletter for Province 7. He is indeed a great loss to all of us. At his funeral the celebrant was Brother Martin Mikuskiewicz and the church choir lead by Christine Bould and accompanied by Michael King at the organ sang Psalm 84 arranged by Gerrard’s brother David and “The Lord is my shepherd” by Howard Goodall. The hymns were “Lord for tomorrow and its needs”, “On eagle’s wings” ,“My God accept my heart this day”, “O bread of heaven” and “Thine be the glory”. Paul Wellicome, Liz and I sang in the choir. In the prayers his grandchildren said “Help us all to think... that Grandad is in heaven, singing hymns in the choir, flying aeroplanes and enjoying a John Smiths with the angels”. Gerrard always s...

Very sad to hear of the passing of Martin Hall former chairman of SSG. I often use the litle prayer he suggested before playing the organ "St Cecilia pray for me". She will be welcoming him to his reward. Such a nice man and a Catenian. Also learnt of the passing of Bunty Phillips - such a lovely little lady and a great support to Derek. Martin's funeral is when we are in Istanbul and so is his circle meeting. Derek rang and asked me to play at Bunty's funeral which I am pleased to be able to do on Feb 19th at 12 noon. Liz will be in Ireland with Ann Marie.