- One young woman is unbaptised.  Although both her parents are Catholics they had decided not to have her baptized, preferring to let her make up her own mind when grown up.  Now married to a catholic and with a child she was attracted to the faith through the local Catholic school and by her wish to support her son in his Catholic upbringing.  Her godparent lives a couple of doors from her and is a retired Headteacher of a Catholic school.

- One older lady’s husband was received into the Catholic Church a couple of years ago.  Without any pressure from him she has decided she too would like to be a Roman Catholic. 

- One couple at the Rite of Election in the capacity of friends told me their friend who will be received into the Church at Easter had taken the first step as far back as 1963 when he attended Mass at St Saviour’s in Lewisham.  The seed planted all those years back is now finally bearing fruit.

and the thoughts of a student for the priesthood

Having just finished studying RCIA at the seminary, what really made an impression on me at the Rite of Election was the point when those who are to be baptised this Easter stood before the Archbishop. For someone like me who has always been a Catholic, it is easy to forget how important the decision to enter the Church is and the demands that this places on us each day. I was encouraged that it looked as if numbers in the Church were far from falling but were rather on the increase.