Pembrokeshire’s Canon Mike Rowlands decided before Christmas to walk in the footsteps of Mary and Joseph, who journeyed around 70 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born in a simple stable.

They should have returned home but the actions of King Herod made them refugees. Canon Mike Rowlands started his walk and was hoping to complete it on Christmas Eve, however, isolation from a positive Covid result meant that he did not complete the journey at that time.

He has continued to walk and would like to raise as much money as possible for Paul Sartori Foundation.

If you would like to make a donation look at his Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/michael-rowland7

This local organisation has gone from strength to strength and is the only Hospice at Home Charity in Pembrokeshire offering free services.

Paul Sartori Hospice at Home provides a range of services to Pembrokeshire people living in the final stages of a life-limiting illness, including home nursing care, equipment loan, complementary therapy, bereavement and counselling support, under 18’s anticipatory grief and bereavement support, physiotherapy, advance care planning and training.

The services provided by the Paul Sartori Hospice at Home enable people in the later stages of any life-limiting illness to be cared for and to die at home with dignity, independence, pain free and surrounded by those they hold most dear, if that is their wish.

All of the services are free of charge and are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, thanks to the generosity of the Pembrokeshire Community.

Further information on the charity and its services can be obtained by visiting their website www.paulsartori.org, or by phoning 01437 763223.