Father Donald Garfield was rector of Saint Mary’s in 1967 when Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey preached in this pulpit. Ramsey’s chaplain was Father John Andrew, whom many of you knew, and who became rector of Saint Thomas Church in 1972. I never met Father Garfield, who died in 1996, but from conversations with Father Andrew and with my predecessor here, Father Edgar Wells, I know Father Garfield and Father Andrew enjoyed each other’s company.
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