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THE P RTAL July 2017 Page 21 Twenty-five years of Public Service R egular readers of T he P ortal will remember that in the December 2016 edition we carried an interview with Richard Eddy. Richard is a member of the Bristol Ordinariate Group and for the past twenty-five years has been an elected member of Bristol City Council. On Saturday 10th June 2017, over two hundred people joined with Richard at the Church of St Gerard Majella in Knowle, Bristol, to celebrate a mass of Our Lady of Walsingham to mark the occasion. It was a splendid affair with our Ordinary, Mgr Keith Newton, the principal Celebrant and The Revd Deacon James Patrick giving a very funny and yet deeply spiritual homily. The Choir of Christ Church, Bristol City led by Jonathan Price FRCO, assisted with the music. The Dean of Bristol South, Fr Michael Healy, concelebrated the mass, as did Fr Peter Clarke the Pastor of the local Ordinariate Group. Richard provides an example, and an inspiration, of Christian Public Service. It was significant that every major Political Party was represented in the congregation. Forms of words for Making a Bequest in favour of the Personal Ordinariat e of Our Lady of Walsingham in your Will I GIVE to the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, 24 Golden Square, London W1F 9JR, the sum of ______ pounds (£ ) and I DIRECT that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham shall be good and sufficient discharge to my Executor. or I GIVE the residue of my estate to the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, 24 Golden Square, London W1F 9JR, and I DIRECT that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham shall be good and sufficient discharge to my Executor.