“We have now realised that we need a cell system based on where people live. This “local church” needs a leader who is trained to coordinate the needs of that particular neighbourhood. Going hand-in-hand with larger pastoral areas, there must be smaller units with people who are able to draw others into fellowship.
If the family is the domestic Church, your street is the neighbourhood Church. We rarely take account of the fellowship that neighbours can exercise in their baptismal priesthood which is often carried out in many wonderful ways. If the ‘Big Society’ the (the Universal Church) is important, it only draws its apostolic witness from my Catholic friend down the street. That witness is frequently in the smallest acts of kindness.”
…….Fr Tom Grufferty Parish Priest Harvant.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 