John Pridmore is visiting England again in the New Year. He will be speaking at Westminster Cathedral Hall on 6 January at 7.30pm. John spoke at my parish last January: his witness to the Catholic faith was compelling (see Stirring stories for a packed Church). People of all ages will find his presentation of great interest but I do recommend it especially for boys and young men. If you manage to cajole one such to go along with you, I promise you that he will not be quite so lippy on the way home.Below are Amazon links to his two books. "From Gangland to Promised Land" would be suitable for any would-be hardnut who thinks that religion is rubbish. "The Gangster's Guide to God" is for more suitable for people who have already discovered the faith.
I'll be in Rome on 6 January so if anyone is going to John's talk, I'd be grateful for a couple of photos and a brief report - let me know if you want me to publish your name or refer to you as "a correspondent" (or indeed both!)
Do please also say a prayer for John. Such powerful work for the Lord needs our spiritual support.
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I'd be happy to do a report that day of what goes on- more than likely I will be there!
Will report here and on my own blog anything I find about John between now and your return from Rome. Have a wonderful Epiphany there!
Dear Father Finigan
That is great news for FARE London 2009/10 after the violence before, during, and after the Carling Cup tie between West Ham and Millwall.
Both clubs have been charged by the FA, and John Pridmore and his ex ICF contacts may be interested to learn that Jim Sturman QC is representing Millwall's case for the defence.
If today's SOS Charlton Athletic v Millwall game is played, both sides will be wearing shirts supporting Rob Knox and Jimmy Mizen, which is fair enough, but we also mustn't forget the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence whose killers have never been brought to justice by the Met Police because of the cover up involving 'lost evidence'.
Jimmy Mizen's parents were on the BBC Radio London 94.9's sports show last night talking a lot of sense.
At the recent Millwall Holdings plc AGM Millwall's American Chairman John Berylson and I exchanged contact details and stories of old "war wounds", that we have both suffered during our own individual life battles.
I qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1984. After discovering that the BNP leadership in South East London were being allowed to use Old Addeyans Football Clubhouse for their 'Planning for Real' meetings, I got into a fight that led to me being the defendent against a pro NF/BNP prosecution Regina v Hobson 1991 that CID Greenwich produced in support of Addey & Stanhope' s Chairman of Governors Cliff Hardcastle, and the Old Addeyans FC Treasurer Jim Pollard.
After two not guilty verdicts in my favour I gave the trial manuscript to George Carey's St Paul's in Deptford SE8 so that the Police and Addey & Stanhope's C of E establishment could comment. The trial manuscript was returned to me in the year 2000 with no comment, after I had suffered years of persecution, false charges of paranoia, associated appearances in Criminal Law Courts, Civil Law Courts and unemployment.
It was not until 2004 that the FA's Lucy Faulkner obtained a confession from Old Addeyans about the BNP using OAFC's clubhouse, and 5years later we are still fighting for justice.
At the next General Election former Met Police Inspector Michael Barnbrook, the malevolent neo-Nazi BNP Police Spokesman, will be standing as a candidate for MP in Our Lady of the Rosary's Parish, Blackfen, which is in the late Sir Edward Heath's Old Bexley & Sidcup constituency. Nick Griffin MEP, the BNP's leader will be standing as a candidate for MP in the Barking & Dagenham constituency here in London at the next General Election.
Our Lady of the Rosary pray for us in BNP leader Nick Griffin MEP's EU/GLA/LDA/ODA NEO-NAZI DEVELOPMENT TIMES Amen
Yours sincerely
Roy Hobson aka Our Lady's Vesper ON-LINE +
I made, sorry encouraged my eldest to listen to John Pridmore's CD, he memorized all of it and often repeats it back to me!
He hasn't quite returned to his practice of the faith yet though, so needs prayers, and my other sons.
Mind you, I have returned to the Rosary, so they(my sons) don't stand a chance, resistance wise, what with the serpent head crusher invoked on their behalf, praise the Lord!
John is a brilliant speaker, I bought his book for my son who is studying at University and to help with his finances has become a bouncer.
I sat through one of his talks at my daughters school, it was geared at 15/16 year olds and it was excellent. He seemed to speak to their hearts, mentioning both sex and drugs. He told them to email him with any queries and that he would reply to each one personally.
God Bless him and his work.
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