Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Parish of the Immaculate Conception, Bicester, Oxfordshire.
The Presentation of the Bene Merenti to Bernie Stewart in recognition of her work as Sacristan at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Sunday, 12th September 2010.
Bernie attending to her duties in the late 1980s.
Sadly Bernie passed away in January 2011.
Eternal rest grant unto her o Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.
"There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer."
Luke 2: 36-37.
