She is best known as a writer of contemporary Catholic hymns that are sung in churches across the land. But Bernadette Farrell, who has composed works such as “Christ Be Our Light”, has also spent 20 years closely involved with the London Citizens organisation, now known as Citizens UK. The group rose to prominence with the “strangers into citizens” campaign, which urged the Government to give a one-off amnesty to illegal immigrants working in Britain. Ms Farrell, a foun
05 December 2013, The Tablet
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