There is usually someone available for spiritual direction, confession or just a friendly chat about God. Baptisms and Weddings can also be arranged.

The Revd Canon Bernard Dagnall MA, BSc, C Chem, MRSC, AKC.
St John's Vicarage, 1 Chesterfield Road, Newbury.
01635 230216
email:frbernard@saintjohn.co.uk

Born and bred in Yorkshire, Fr Bernard read Chemistry at Kings College London, where after graduation he continued his research. He trained for the sacred ministry at St Stephen's House in Oxford, where he read for the Oxford School in Theology. He was ordained Deacon in Manchester Cathedral in 1975 and Priest in 1976. He has worked in London, Reading and Huddersfield before coming to Saint John's Newbury in 1993.

Fr Bernard is both the Superior of the Society of Retreat Conductors and a member of the Society of Ordained Scientists. In 2004, Fr Bernard was made a Canon of the Diocese of Ho, in Ghana.

NSM Priest: The Revd John Lewis BEd, MA, SSC
36 Glendale Avenue,
Newbury.
01635 821127
email:frjohn@saintjohn.co.uk  

Born in Bristol, Fr John was educated at Cotham Grammar School, City of Portsmouth College of Education and the University of Southampton.  After a brief career in industrial chemistry, he began his teaching career in 1972 and has worked in secondary schools in Hampshire ever since.  Following completion of the Oxford Ministry Course (based at St Stephen's House), Fr John was ordained at Michaelmas in 1989 and has worshipped and exercised a full ministry at St John's since that time.  He has also enjoyed a wide ministry across West Berkshire and Northern Hampshire during interregna and periods of clerical illness. He is Chaplain to the Newbury branch of the Royal British Legion.

Fr John is married to Carolyn, and they have two teenage daughters, Katie and 'Becca.  When time permits, his interests include hill-walking and fitness.