This turbulent priest

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat with my 16 yr old daughter, Jemima, about her love of literature. We each choose 5 books we have enjoyed to inspire those looking for summer books. Though, be warned, the list is not for those wanting light breezy reads, it ended up being quite dark and dystopian- you have been warned!  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this lin...

Send us Fan Mail This week I have gone down with my third bout of Covid 19 which is very frustrating as there is so much going on in the parish. I therefore skipped the interviewing this week and share with you an excellent lecture delivered in Pembury by Fr Hunwicke in 2019.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I speak with Liz Corcoran, a psychiatrist whose faith has led her to campaign tirelessly on behalf of people with Downs Syndrome. She also talks about her work with the diocesan evangelism team. All good stuff!  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I offer neither a talk from the annals of history or an interview- instead it is just me and my microphone as I ponder recent developments in the life of the Church and what God might be asking of us in times of chaos and dismay.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 O...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I chat with Ian Grattidge, a retired civil servant and member of our congregation. He recently stood in the local elections for Sevenoaks in a bid to get the Christian voice better heard in the political realm.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I chat with the gloriously eccentric Anglican cleric, Rev Andrew Wickens, who trained alongside me at Westcott House in Cambridge. He is currently a vicar in Manchester and decided to pop over for lunch whilst visiting family in nearby Sussex. In an honest and open conversation he courageously talked about how being adopted influenced both his life and...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I look back on a wonderful weekend at St Anselm's. I also share a first rate lecture delivered by Fr Alexander Sherbrooke in the parish back in 2020.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com and search for 'Ed Tomlinson' All views on th...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I catch up with Fr Graziano de Palma, the new priest at the nearby parish of St. Augustine's in Tunbridge Wells.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com and search for 'Ed Tomlinson' All views on this podcast are my own personal views...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I talk to Ronald and Jackie, the creators and editors of the Portal Magazine which reports on Ordinariate news up and down the country.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com and search for 'Ed Tomlinson' All views on this podcast are my o...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I speak to Jenny Harrison who for many years served as my sacristan, both in Anglican and Catholic days. Educated by nuns she found a vocation in nursing. She is a regular face at daily Mass and always upbeat, supportive and fun.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 O...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I share a talk I gave at the nearby parish of Corpus Christi in Tonbridge way back in 2019. It centres on the penitent thief on the cross and ponders where we are heading as a church within the present culture.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I chat with one of the several pregnant ladies in our congregation about her walk of faith and her decision to homeschool her children; something many Christians are now at least considering given the hard anti-Christian propaganda being pushed in Britain's schools.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https:/...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I share the breakfast conversation I had with Gavin Ashenden the morning after he delivered his excellent lecture in our parish. In a far more personal offering he shares his faith journey and reflections on what led him to where he is today. It was a great chat- enjoy!  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I share the lecture given by Gavin Ashenden, Catholic commentator.   Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com and search for 'Ed Tomlinson' All views on this podcast are my own personal views and do not represent the views of the wider church...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode the parish priest of St Thomas' Catholic Church in Sevenoaks, Fr David Gibbons, talks about his journey of faith, from the Anglican church and ordination as a minister there into the Catholic fold and many years spent in Catholic priesthood.  Having become Catholic long before the Ordinariate was formed he is well placed to share his perspective on entering th...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I travel to Norfolk on the East coast of England to interview an old friend of mine, Revd Canon Simon Ward.  Simon is currently the Rector of the Minster in Great Yarmouth. He talks about his journey into Anglican ordained ministry and shares the good work being done by his church especially amongst the poor and vulnerable.  Support the show You can now...

Send us Fan Mail A blessed Holy Week to all listeners. This week I am dipping into the archives once again to share with you a lecture delivered in Pembury, during the Year of Mercy, by Deacon Stephen Morgan.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com and search for 'Ed Tomlinson' All vi...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode Edmund Adamus reflects on the centrality of marriage and family life not only in the life of faith but also in society. In the talk he showed a short clip of a homily preached by Pope St. John Paul II which can be found on youtube. You might want to watch it briefly before listening to this episode.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3y3RIuN7YE Support t...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I talk with my sacristans, Pam and Palmyra, about the precious pastoral work they do for 'Rachael's Vineyard' a charity which offers help and hope to the many victims of abortion.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com and search for...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I interview Father Nicholas Leviseur,  assistant priest here in Pembury and also a good friend. We moved together from the Church of England into the Catholic church.  A barrister of law in clericals he is certainly amongst the most colourful and interesting priests in the Ordinariate having also served in the military.  Enjoy!  Support the show You can...

Send us Fan Mail This week I interview one of the young adults in our congregation, James Shaghaghi. He has come to the Catholic faith and recent membership of the Ordinariate from an evangelical background at Holy Trinity Brompton, a charismatic mega-church in London made famous by the Alpha Course. I ask him to share what led him on this journey from the C of E to Catholicism via Pentecostalism....

Send us Fan Mail This week I go back to the archives to share a wonderful lecture given by Father Hunwicke to the parish in 2016. The theme is 'blessed are the persecuted' and I put it out there for all lovers of Tradition within the church whose minority voice does not seem to be included in the synodal process as the Vatican continues to uncharitably turn the screw on those who draw su...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I share news from my recent trip to Rome. And I then ponder how the wisdom of Dostoevsky still has so much to teach the modern world.  Support the show You can now support me on patreon. Just follow this link  https://www.patreon.com/Thisturbulentpriest1974 Or visit patreon.com and search for 'Ed Tomlinson' All views on this podcast are my own...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's podcast Father Matthew Pittam delivers a talk about the great working he is doing in Husband's Bosworth to build up the life of the Ordinariate.  I also answer questions about the Church of England's decision to bless gay unions. To read a more exhaustive answer then visit the parish blog http://tunbridgewells-ordinariate.com/to-fulfil-not-abolish/?fb...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I interview the youngest member of the deanery clergy- Fr. Peter Littleton who is assistant priest at St. Thomas' parish in Sevenoaks and a brother priest of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy. He shares his testimony and journey into priesthood as well as talking about the work of the Confraternity.  Support the show You can now support me on pa...