Fr Anthony’s blog: Have no fear
I am advised how important it is to be personal in my reflections, and quite right too. I can write endlessly about things that belong to the head, as I…
5th November 2025
Fr Anthony’s blog: Jubilee for World Mission
This weekend I will be in Rome celebrating the Jubilee for World Mission, along with thousands of other missionaries from all over the world.  I am very blessed to have…
30th September 2025
Fr Anthony’s blog: I prayed for you in Rome
Our National Director, Fr Anthony Chantry, was on Pilgrimage in Rome earlier this week. When he celebrated Mass in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, he remembered in prayer all…
10th September 2025
Fr Anthony’s blog: The joy of friendship with God
It was on 16 September 1975 – I remember it because it was a week before my 21st birthday – that I stood at the threshold of the Mill Hill…
6th August 2025
Fr Anthony’s blog: Guest National Director!
We are delighted to share that Fr Basil, the National Director of Missio in Sri Lanka, recently agreed to be our guest contributor for Fr Anthony's blog this month (with…
2nd July 2025
Fr Anthony’s blog: ‘A Missionary Church for a World in Need of Hope’
I have just returned from the Missio General Assembly in Rome which is attended by all of the Pontifical Mission Societies’ directors in the world. We are 120 in number, representing some…
5th June 2025
Fr Anthony’s blog: ‘What we need in this age are courageous leaders.’
I recently attended a meeting with Bishop Shomali who is the Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. He spoke passionately of the suffering of Christian communities across the…
2nd April 2025
Fr Anthony’s blog: A surprising truth
Our thoughts and prayers are with Pope Francis as he continues to struggle with his health issues. I have it on good authority that, in spite of his present suffering,…
7th March 2025