Paying homage

for their support and care towards the Hong Kong community.

We ask Almighty God to bless and protect the children as they start their new lives cleansed of sin and to guide them with His divine light.

May the parents and God parents, reflect the love of God’s teachings and bring the children closer to God.

Ceci Li

On the 6th May 2023, the Coronation of King Charles III took place in Westminster Abbey, London. The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, who led the ceremony, introduced a new element - the ‘Homage of the people’, a change from the traditional ‘Homage of the Peers’, whereby all people were invited to pledge support and allegiance to the newly crowned King ‘in recognition of his spiritual and earthly authority’.

At St Hugh’s Church in Lincoln, homage to King Charles III got underway early. In the days leading up to the Coronation, parishioners were encouraged to pray for the King and Queen through a prayer booklet especially created for the occasion by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, this was followed with a Mass, offered for the intentions of the King, on the morning of the Coronation itself; the crowning event was a tea party on the afternoon of the 7th.

The tea party was attended by over sixty people including clergy and proved a joyous occasion, with bubbly to toast the King and Queen and a short rendition of the National Anthem.

Homage to a different King and Queen (Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of Kings and His mother, Mary, Queen of Heaven) had taken place earlier in the day through Sunday morning Mass, during which children, in the children’s liturgy group, processed with flowers to the Lady Chapel, where the statue of Mary had been crowned on May 1st. Mary shows us how we can best pay homage to the King of Kings through her words to the archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation

“Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done unto me according to thy Word” and allowing the Word to take flesh in us, becoming bearers and sharers of God's goodness, generosity and love.

God’s goodness, generosity and love are amply displayed in the parish and in the past week especially through the work of the flowers arrangers, the leaders of the children’s liturgy group, the choir, the clergy and the parish hall committee. Thank you to each and everyone of you for not only helping to make the Coronation more memorable but for directing and lifting up our hearts and minds to our King and Queen in Heaven. God save the King! Glory be to God.