| YOU DON’T expect to go to Spain to celebrate Burns Night, but apparently it is a great tradition at St Andrew’s, Los Boliches, in the Costa Del Sol (East) Chaplaincy. They have it all: haggis, neeps, whisky, and a piper, finishing the evening with a recitation from the poet and traditional Scottish songs.
This year, the celebration was on the night after the institution of the Revd David Sutch as the new Anglican Chaplain. It marked the end of a seven-month vacancy, and was attended by the British consul, Bruce McIntyre, and priests from all the local Anglican chaplaincies, as well as priests and pastors from the Roman Catholic, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Churches, and the Church of Scotland.
The institution was conducted by the Archdeacon of Gibraltar, the Very Revd Alan Woods, who is also Dean of Gibraltar in the diocese in Europe, and whose archdeaconry covers all of the Western Mediterranean including Morocco, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. He and his wife were persuaded to stay for an extra day so they could share in Burns Night.
Mr Sutch is the third generation in his family to be in the priesthood. He and his wife are familiar with St Andrew’s, as he has acted as holiday locum there many times. His last parish was in Stroud in Gloucestershire. A number of his parishioners from there travelled to the Costa del Sol for his institution.
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