Greetings from Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien

"I was delighted to have been able to take part in a ‘Mission Mass’ in our parish church of St John Cantius & Nicholas in Broxburn on Trinity Sunday, in June.

The parish had been visited by members of the Sion Community during the week prior to my own mission sermon and immediately prior to their week of celebration in the parish.

I know that the members of the parish were stimulated by the apostolate of the Sion Community who indeed presented the basic themes of our Christian faith and stimulated parishioners to be prepared for an ongoing and increasing role in our Church at this present time, particularly in this Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. May God indeed bless all members of Sion Community in their valued work of mission".

+ Keith Patrick Cardinal O’Brien
Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh

Greetings from Bishop John Rawsthorne

“During the past twelve months two of our Hallam parishes have enjoyed the services of the Sion Community and I was fortunate to be free and able to attend three of the Services.

As a former member of the CMS it was good to be back in the Parish Mission scene again and I know how much the parishioners in both instances appreciated the work of the Sion Community, not least the depth of the preparatory work and the enthusiasm that that engendered in the parish. May God continue to bless their work."

+ John Rawsthorne
Bishop of Hallam Diocese, April 2006