Fr Richard SSC

Priest, father, broken human being, terrible squash player and Worcestershire cricket fan. Padre in the British Army. “Not completely socially awkward”

[British Army 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy]

For 230 years, British Army chaplains have stood beside soldiers through service, conflict, and loss.

More than 250 chaplains who gave their lives in service were remembered as the @ArmyChaplaincy marked its 230th anniversary.

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https://t.co/bdnYoXBeCC

[NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps @HQARRC]

🇬🇧🇫🇷 Flower power - remembrance, side by side

British and French soldiers at @NATO's ARRC in Gloucester wear the red poppy and blue cornflower. Both grew on the battlefields of the First World War.

We will remember them. Souvenons-nous.

#Remembrance #BleuetDeFrance #WeAreNATO

[Royal Army Chaplains’ Department @ArmyChaplaincy]

On Remembrance Sunday, @BritishArmy Chaplain, Fr Sharkey, features on Songs of Praise. He reflects with Aled Jones on his time in Afghanistan, the Mass kit he took on tour and his role supporting and guiding soldiers.

📺Tune in on BBC One, 8th November at 1310.

#LestWeForget

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@ChronandEcho You've misspelled Christmas.

[Royal Army Chaplains’ Department @ArmyChaplaincy]

Today’s remembrance reflection comes from Padre Oluwasona.

Focusing on #sacrifice, he reflects on what it means to give everything.

#Remembrance

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@GaryWaddington Deanery Synod meetings - a group of individuals waiting to go home.

[Royal Army Chaplains’ Department @ArmyChaplaincy]

This Remembrance season, five Army chaplains share a series of personal remembrance reflections. Today Padre Beale speaks of #hope that stands secure.

#Remembrance

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

I have spent far too long singing these...

[Matt @chinmj]

This database of hundreds of English hymns metrically translated into Latin (so they can be sung to the same tunes) is possibly the finest thing I have ever discovered on the Internet.

https://t.co/uhwEkbeipz

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@patrickgilday Thank you.

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

I don't really get "Trick or Treat"ing. It wasn't a thing growing up, and my kids were never that bothered.

As this is my first Halloween in a new house, I got a load of sweets in and no-one called, despite being in a new housing estate.

Is there some kind of code of which houses get approached and which don't?

[Royal Army Chaplains’ Department @ArmyChaplaincy]

Today we mark All Saints' Day & tomorrow All Souls' Day, remembering those who have gone before us.

Chaplains walk alongside service personnel supporting them through bereavements, helping to navigate difficult times, or simply being a trusted presence.

#CaringForTheArmysPeople

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@phillipsc They’re always looking for chaplains Fr…

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

During a silent patrol, the crew of a Royal Navy Amphion-class submarine investigates an unfamiliar sound echoing through the hull.

In the 125-year history of the Royal Navy Submarine Service nearly 6000 submariners and over 150 submarines never returned. Lest we forget.

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@DrFrancisYoung It's weird seeing the far end of the pub. Every time I was in there in the late 90s it was so packed that I never got to see that bit.

[Special Ops Magazine @specialopsmag]

Unhinged letters sent by school kids to US service members deployed overseas.

[Royal Army Chaplains’ Department @ArmyChaplaincy]

To mark Fiji’s 56th Independence Day, Padre Oluwasona, Chaplain to 1 Mercian, joined soldiers and families in celebration.

A day full of colour, joy and song, alongside prayers for families at home, far away and for all who serve.

#CaringForTheArmysPeople #fijian

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@DrFrancisYoung 210 cm seems very tall for most priests.

127cm diameter however...

[Professor John Tregoning @DrTregoning]

I do challenge the advice about stockpiling Sauvignon blanc.
Surely better to stockpile a red - because if the power goes down, the white would be room temperature, which would be simply ghastly.

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@jfwduffield If they were 18-25 in 1950 then they are almost certainly no longer with us.

[Fr Richard SSC @FrRDMutter]

@JennyAThatcher I do hope you're OK. Take care.