Our beloved Mgr Georges Tutto, died aged 92 years very peacefully on Monday 13th November 2017 and is now in the arms of Jesus
Merciful Saviour. A faithful and committed priest has gone back to his Lord who he served and loved so well. Jesus, His Blessed Mother and all of Heaven will be
rejoicing to receive him into Eternal Glory. Let us be joyful for a life well lived on this earth and now to continue in its wonderful fulfilment. He was such a dear and
close spiritual friend and shared our mutual love and zeal for Our Blessed Lady`s plans for these times. He was an inspiration to us all and a rock of support and
encouragement. He will now be a wonderful intercessor for all our needs here.
Mgr Georges Tutto was Chaplain to the Roman Catholic Hungarians in Great Britain and has lived and worked in the Catholic community in Britain since
1953, after training in Hungary and Austria. He has been Ecclesiastical President of the Association of Roman Catholic Hungarians in Great Britain since 1986, and
has published widely on Medjugorje spirituality.
In Medjugorje, in 1984, he made a vow to the Blessed Mother that he would spend the rest of his life spreading her messages. He was a towering figure in
promoting the Messages of the Queen of Peace. He led a Medjugorje evening in London for 17 years. Every month from 1987 he celebrated the Holy Mass for us
and gave us profound insights as to her Messages, which eventually became a book called `Living the Gospel with Our Lady.` This was the first of several
books and pamphlets, which informed our spirituality and helped to deepen our relationship with Jesus our Lord and Saviour Christ and His holy Mother. He was a
great spiritual leader and director to many of us and we will always be immensely grateful to him.
Mgr Georges Tutto`s love for the Lord and his Holy Church led him to a deep and profound devotion and understanding of `England as the
Dowry of Mary` and of the importance of Our Lady of Walsingham and her beloved Shrine for the eventual Conversion of England. A Hungarian priest who had a
far greater understanding of England`s grace, than most English priests and faithful! You will remember well his many articles and letters in the catholic
press.
What he did for Our Lady’s Shrine in Walsingham and especially in remembrance of Charlotte Boyd and her cause is to be greatly commended for it was
Mgr Tutto who cared for the grave of Charlotte Boyd for over 20 years and who championed her cause. I know so as I worked with him … and I have Mgr Tutto’s
entire Walsingham/Charlotte Boyd file and all the letters of correspondence he had with numerous cardinals, bishops and priests!
Fr Tutto loved Our Lady of Walsingham and never ceased to speak of and pray for her intercession. His great hope was that one day the mortal remains
of Charlotte Boyd would be laid to rest in Walsingham besides the Slipper Chapel, which she so generously gave to the Catholic Church and which eventually
became our National Marian Shrine. For this we pray!
Fr Tutto was a great support and encouragement for the Pilgrim Statue Tour of Our Lady of Reconciliation which toured throughout the Dioceses of
England, Wales, Scotland + Ireland for 16 years following its blessing by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on 24th September 1997 in St Peter`s Square. It
initiated a mission of `Reconciliation through Reparation` embracing the reconciling Mission of Our Lady of Walsingham for the re-evangelisation of these
Isles. Fr Tutto was involved with setting up and helping to initiate a movement of spirituality of Reparation + Atonement to repair the damage of the English
Reformation, which eventually led to Pilgrimages of Reparation and Consecration being set up in the various Marian National Shrines. There is so much more I could
write here. Bishop Leo Parker, the Bishop of Northampton once said in 1951: `When the many pilgrimages of reparation shall bear fruit and England makes
restitution by rebuilding and restoring to Our Lady her Holy House of the Annunciation.` Mgr Tutto deeply understood this need for Reparation.
As a Hungarian National Mgr Tutto had a great love for Hungary and her beloved Church and never ceased to pray and work on her behalf. He was in
direct contact with the three contemporary 20th century Hungarian mystics whose spirituality of reparation and atonement he greatly embraced. He translated
into English their publications and one, which is an especial jewel for my apostolic work is `Adoration, Reparation, Intercession – Prayers and devotions before
the Blessed Sacrament with our Lady.`
I had the privilege of being present when Mgr Georges Tutto was granted the highest award possible from the land of Hungary, from the Hungarian
Ambassador, for Mgr Georges Tutto’s services to his Nation and Church and for his great role in bringing down the Iron Curtain and the end of Communism. Fr
Tutto was held as a prisoner of war for nearly three years and we only learnt of this terrible ordeal during this ceremony.
For a while Fr Georges had not known who any one was. yet on my last visit he certainly knew how to give me his priestly blessing which I received
three times! I will always greatly treasure this last visit. He also never forgot to pray the Hail Mary! He would often in previous visits express how impatient he was to
go to the Lord! He was happy to be in Maryville Care Home in Brentford in Middlesex, run by the Poor Servants of the Mother of God, which he said had such a
beautiful and tender Marian spirit. It was a joy to visit Fr Georges so obviously at peace even as his memory was fading.
Kathy Kelly of the Padre Pio bookshop visited him on Sunday 12th November the day before he died. As often happens before someone dies, Fr Tutto was totally
lucid. Kathy had the grace of praying the Chaplet of Mercy with him and much more. That night Kathy pleaded with the Lord to take him soon!
Thank you Fr Georges for your great love for Our Lady in which we participated through your prayer, spiritual leadership, talks and books. Please keep us
in your heart so that we may continue to grow closer to Jesus and to Mother Mary.
A great priest Son of Holy Church, a great son of Hungary and also a great son of the UK! I know he will be praying for all of us and for the Conversion of
our land.
Like you all, I give thanks for this beautiful and holy priest and for knowing him. He was a real gift from God to the world. It is with great gratitude that I
pray for his soul and plead with him to continue to pray for Our Lady of Walsingham’s mission for the Conversion of England.
May God grant him eternal rest and may His reward be very great. He was much loved.
Rest in peace dearest Fr Georges.
By Antonia Moffat