Our Parish Priest Fr Paul Hackett
Parish Priest 1992 - 2005
A profile of former parish priest Fr Paul Hackett SJ
| Name | Paul Hackett |
| Date of Birth | 20 Feb 1930 |
| Birthplace | At home in Bournemouth |
| Family: | Two brothers - also Jesuits! |
| Ordination | Heythorpe College, Chipping Norton, Oxon, 31st July 1961 |
| Languages | Speak German, French and Welsh reasonably well. Read New Testament Greek, Hebrew and Gaelic. |
| Parishes: | Holy Name, Manchester 1964 - 1977, Corpus Christi Boscombe 1977-1980, Cardiff 1980-1982, Holy Name Manchester 1982-1985, Glasgow 1985 - 1992, Stornoway from 1992, |
| Favourite Saint | St Ignatius and St Theresa of the Child Jesus |
| Favourite Food/Drink | Im not fussy. Unless Im cooking for other people, I like experimenting. I bake my own bread and cakes. |
| Favourite Shrine | Lourdes |
| Scripture Quotation | "Paul planted, Apol'los watered, but God gave the growth" 1 Cor 3 vs 6 |
| Favourite Place Visited: | Camping at Spitzbergen in the High Artic. It was so different and absolutely fascinating. Ice floe, flora and the midnight sun. A different facet of created beauty. Awesome! |
Fr Hackett has served in Stornoway for 10 years now. During his ministry in Wales he becaeme the first priest in history to do all the Holy Week liturgies in the Welsh language! |
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