Priests on the front line in England to help the people hit by the floods which are devastating the South of Great Britain, during these days of bad weather, and with record figures: 10 thousand flooded dwellings, and 50 thousand houses without electricity, plus thousands of evacuees. "We are phoning parishioners says Father Keith Miles, parish priest of the Church of the English Martyrs in Tuffley, Gloucester, – with priority for the more vulnerable people and those who live alone, to make sure they are well and to see if there is something we can do for them. However, because of lack of electricity, the telephone lines cannot be used. In these cases, we go and visit families ourselves". The harder work is taking them drinkable water. "We are co-ordinating ourselves went on Father Miles, – together with the Anglican parish of Quedgeley. We offered the police and local authorities the use of our church, for the people who lost their houses. Fortunately, the Church was not flooded, but we don’t know how long we shall be able to go on relying on electricity". (To be continued)
