Parishioners from two churches have clubbed together to pay for a bench to remember their much-loved priest.
Members of Father Vincent Flanagan’s family travelled from Ireland to unveil the bench on the sunny patio of St Thomas More RC Church, Twyford, on Sunday.
Father Flanagan, who died last year aged 95, had served at St Thomas More and Our Lady of Peace church at Wargrave, for over 20 years. He was previously parish priest at Christ the King, Reading, St Joseph’s, Maidenhead and Our Lady of Peace, Earley.
The current priest for Twyford and Wargrave, Father Jude Mbonu, led prayers and blessed the bench with holy water.
At the coffee and cake social afterwards Father Mbonu said: “It’s lovely to have members of Father Flanagan’s family here to unveil the bench. The bench will help keep alive our fond memories of him and the great work he did for so long in the parish.”
