After that I get ready and say the morning prayers with Father Ray. The church is a grade II listed building, built from 1873 to 1876, by Pugin & Pugin the Gothic architectural firm founded by Augustus Pugin who designed the interior of Westminster and built the Elizabeth Tower, wherein Big Ben resides. It is as beautiful a workplace as one could hope for, both inside and out. The interior of the building is marvellously decorated filled with marble monuments, intricate mosaics, and a stained glass depiction of thirty-two Catholic martyrs, who died in the locality, grouped around Jesus Christ on the cross. The grey light of the afternoon seeps in through the stained glass windows, dimly illuminating the churches richly furnished interior. We sit on wooden pews at the back of the church facing the skilfully carved altar. Having been ordained as a priest in Sri Lanka, Fr.Alex moved to Pakistan as a missionary before settling in the U.K., where he has made his home for the last 26 years. We speak to the meditative Fr.Alex Angodage of the English Martyrs church in Tower Hill, about how a day spent in dedication to god typically unfolds and what it’s like to work in a place, ‘‘where the work never ends.’’įr.Alex, as he is fondly referred to, is a quiet, softly spoken man and has been the parish priest for the English Martyrs Church in Tower Hill for the last 4 years. The life of a Catholic priest can be a disciplined and exacting one.
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