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J U N E 2 0 1 7 N o . 3 2 9 F R E E T "WELCOME". T H a l l a m N e w s n o w a v a i l a b l e O N L I N E a t w w w . h a l l a m n e w s . c o m www.logoleisurewear.com • Established Family Business • School Uniform Supplier • Online School Uniform Shop • Workwear • Promotional Bags • Event T­shirts and Hoodies • Sportswear C e l e b r a t i o n M a s s f o r C o u n c i l l o r J i m M a y 2 0 1 7 m a r k e d t h e e n d o f t h e C i v i c y e a r f o r C o u n c i l l o r J i m A n d e r s o n o f S t J o s e p h ` s C h u r c h i n R e t f o r d . J i m i s a D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l l o r a n d i n M a y l a s t y e a r w a s e l e c t e d t o s e r v e a s C h a i r ­ m a n o f t h e w h o l e o f B a s s e t l a w D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l ; a g r e a t h o n o u r a n d p r i v i l e g e l a s t e n j o y e d b y a S t J o s e p h ` s p a r i s h i o n e r w h e n W e n d y Q u i g l e y s e r v e d i n 2 0 0 7 / 8 . J i m a s k e d F r J o h n N w a d i k e C M , P a r i s h P r i e s t a t S t J o s e p h ` s , t o c e l e b r a t e t h e C i v i c S e r v i c e w i t h a M a s s , a n d a p a c k e d c h u r c h s a w S t J o s e p h ` s s c h o o l c h i l d r e n s i n g , H e a d t e a c h e r , M r R i c h a r d H i l t o n r e a d , a n d F r B i l l B e r g i n r e t u r n e d t o b e a u t i f u l l y s i n g t h e C r e d o a n d g u i d e t h e s e r v i c e . W o r k s o p D e a n e r y D e a c o n P e t e r H u n t a s s i s t e d , a n d t h e D e p u t y L i e u t e n a n t s a n d R e a d e r s f r o m o t h e r C h r i s t i a n d e n o m i n a t i o n s j o i n e d w i t h t h e l o c a l I m a m t o m a k e t h e s e r v i c e a t r u l y E c u m e n i c a l e v e n t f o r t h e g l o r y o f G o d . I t w a s a g r e a t d a y f o r S t J o s e p h ` s , t h e C h u r c h e s i n R e t f o r d a n d B a s s e t l a w . T h e l o c a l A i r T r a i n i n g C o r p s s q u a d r o n a l s o s e n t a d e t a c h m e n t t o a s s i s t i n t h e m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e d a y , a n d t h e y a r e p i c t u r e d b e l o w w i t h F r J o h n , t h e D e p u t y L i e u t e n a n t a n d C o u n c i l l o r J i m . I N T H I S E D I T I O N I N T H I S E D I T I O N D r J u l i e M a c D o n a l d f i n i s h e s h e r y e a r a s H i g h S h e r i f f o f S o u t h Y o r k s h i r e ~ p a g e 3 A l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n f o r t h i s y e a r ’ s a n n u a l D i o c e s a n P i l g r i m a g e t o P a d l e y ~ p a g e 3 F i o n a R i g b y b e c o m e s a N a t i o n a l L e a d e r o f E d u c a t i o n ~ p a g e 6 C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o K a t h l e e n a n d R o y S t a n i l a n d ~ p a g e 4 P I L G R I M A G E T O P I L G R I M A G E T O M E D J U G O R J E M E D J U G O R J E 5 ­ 1 2 S e p t e m b e r 5 ­ 1 2 S e p t e m b e r ~ p a g e 8 ~ p a g e 8 C h i l d r e n ’ s L i t u r g y f o r P e n t e c o s t ~ p a g e 1 0

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J u n e 2 0 1 7 H A L L A M   N E W S P a g e T w o DOMESTIC AND CONTRACT DOMESTIC AND CONTRACT FLOORING SPECIALISTS FLOORING SPECIALISTS Suppliers to Catholic Churches and Schools with all types of carpeting, tiles and safety flooring Carpets designed to your individual specifications Massive selection of carpets & flooring to suit all budgets Free Estimates, Cushion Floor/Vinyls, Contract Flooring, Wood/Laminate Over 2000 rugs in stock Large family business C ROWN HOUSE 709 Chesterfield Road, Sheffield S8 0SL sales@pyramidcarpets.co.uk C O N S E N T F O R M S C O N S E N T F O R M S I n o r d e r t o c o m p l y w i t h N a t i o n a l a n d D i o c e s a n S a f e g u a r d i n g G u i d e l i n e s a l l p h o t o ­ g r a p h s o f c h i l d r e n s e n t t o t h e H a l l a m N e w s f o r p u b l i c a t i o n m u s t b e a c c o m p a n i e d b y t h e o f f i c i a l D i o c e s a n c o n s e n t f o r m . I t i s D i o c e s a n p o l i c y N O T t o p u b l i s h p h o t o ­ g r a p h s o f i n d i v i d u a l c h i l d r e n a c c o m p a n i e d b y t h e i r n a m e . H a l l a m N e w s i s t h e m o n t h l y n e w s p a p e r o f t h e D i o c e s e o f H a l l a m E d i t o r : M a r i a n B o l t o n . A d d r e s s : H a l l a m N e w s , H a l l a m P a s t o r a l C e n t r e , S t C h a r l e s S t r e e t , S h e f f i e l d , S 9 3 W U . T e l e p h o n e : 0 1 1 4 2 5 6 6 4 0 6 . F a x : 0 1 1 4 2 5 6 2 6 7 3 . E ­ m a i l : h a l l a m n e w s @ h a l l a m ­ d i o c e s e . c o m . W e b s i t e : w w w . h a l l a m ­ n e w s . c o m . P u b l i c a t i o n : f o u r t h S u n d a y o f t h e m o n t h d a t e d f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g m o n t h . P u b l i s h e r s : C a t h C o m L t d . E x p o s i t i o n o f t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t t h i s M o n t h T h i s m o n t h t h e d i o c e s a n r o t a f o r E x p o s i t i o n o f t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t i s a s f o l l o w s : 4 P e n t e c o s t S u n d a y 1 1 T r i n i t y S u n d a y 1 8 C o r p u s C h r i s t i 2 5 S t J o s e p h , W o r k s o p W h a t ’ s o n i n J u n e 1 D e a d l i n e f o r a r t i c l e s f o r n e x t i s s u e o f t h e H a l l a m N e w s . 4 S t M a r y ’ s P a r i s h , B u n g a l o w R o a d , E d l i n g t o n , D o n c a s t e r , D N 1 2 1 D L a r e h o s t i n g a c o f f e e a n d c a k e e v e n t t o r a i s e m o n e y f o r t h e L o u r d e s P i l g r i m a g e f u n d , 1 0 . 3 0 a m ­ 1 2 . 3 0 p m , w i t h R a f f l e s a n d T o m b o l a ` s e t c . A l l w e l c o m e . 7 H a l l a m A s c e n t G r o u p m e e t f o r ‘ M e m b e r s ’ C o n t r i b u t i o n s ’ ­ f a v o u r i t e p r a y e r , p r o s e , p o e t r y ­ a t S t F r a n c i s o f A s s i s i p a r i s h h a l l , 2 7 7 S a n d y g a t e R o a d , S h e f f i e l d , S 1 0 5 S D . F o r m o r e d e t a i l s t e l e p h o n e 0 1 1 4 2 3 0 6 7 9 7 o r e m a i l a s c e n t @ j n g r e e n . p l u s . c o m , o r v i s i t t h e w e b s i t e : h a l l a m a s c e n t . w e e b l y . c o m . 7 M a s s w i t h a n o i n t i n g o f t h e s i c k a t S t B e d e ’ s , S t a t i o n R o a d , R o t h e r h a m , S 6 0 1 H F , 1 1 a m , f o l l o w e d b y l i g h t l u n c h . A l l w e l c o m e . 1 3 S h e f f i e l d B r a n c h W a l s i n g h a m A s s o c i a t i o n s e r v e s r e f r e s h m e n t s a f t e r 1 2 . 4 5 p m M a s s a t S t M a r i e ’ s C a t h e d r a l , S h e f f i e l d . 1 4 C h e s t e r f i e l d B e r e a v e m e n t S u p p o r t G r o u p D r o p ­ i n / c o f f e e m o r n i n g , 1 0 . 3 0 a m ­ 1 2 n o o n , T h e A n n u n c i a t i o n C e n t r e , S p e n c e r S t r e e t , C h e s t e r f i e l d , S 4 0 4 S D . 1 4 S h e f f i e l d I r i s h A s s o c i a t i o n T e a D a n c e w i t h l i v e m u s i c a t t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a C l u b , M a r t i n S t r e e t , U p p e r t h o r p e , S h e f f i e l d , S 6 3 D P , 1 ­ 3 p m . A l l v e r y w e l c o m e . 2 7 S h e f f i e l d B r a n c h W a l s i n g h a m A s s o c i a t i o n s e r v e s r e f r e s h m e n t s a f t e r 1 2 . 4 5 p m M a s s a t S t M a r i e ’ s C a t h e d r a l , S h e f f i e l d . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o 7 3 F i r s t H o l y C o m m u n i c a n t s C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o 7 3 F i r s t H o l y C o m m u n i c a n t s f r o m T h e A n n u n c i a t i o n a n d H o l y F a m i l y P a r i s h e s i n f r o m T h e A n n u n c i a t i o n a n d H o l y F a m i l y P a r i s h e s i n C h e s t e r f i e l d w h o c e l e b r a t e d t h e i r F i r s t H o l y C h e s t e r f i e l d w h o c e l e b r a t e d t h e i r F i r s t H o l y C o m m u n i o n a t T h e A n n u n c i a t i o n o n S a t u r d a y , 1 3 M a y . C o m m u n i o n a t T h e A n n u n c i a t i o n o n S a t u r d a y , 1 3 M a y .

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J u n e 2 0 1 7 H A L L A M   N E W S P a g e F o u r M A R R I A G E ~ L o v e i s n e v e r J e a l o u s ? P a r t 2 M A R R I A G E ~ L o v e i s n e v e r J e a l o u s ? P a r t 2 J a n e a n d C h a r l e s P e r r y m a n c o n t i n u e t h e i r s e r i e s a b o u t M a r r i a g e I n l a s t m o n t h ’ s H a l l a m N e w s , i n t h e f i r s t p a r t o f o u r c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f h o w P o p e F r a n c i s r e f l e c t s o n 1 C o r 1 3 : 4 , w e s a w t h a t j e a l o u s y d o e s n o t a r i s e a l w a y s o u t o f s e l f ­ c e n t r e d n e s s , b u t o f t e n f r o m a g e n u i n e a n x i e t y t h a t a r i s e s f r o m f e a r o r a s e n s e o f i n s e c u ­ r i t y . J e a l o u s y c a n b e u n d e r s t o o d a s a f e e l i n g t h a t a r i s e s w i t h i n u s w h e n w e j u d g e t h a t a n o t h e r p e r s o n h a s s o m e ­ t h i n g t h a t w e w a n t . L a s t t i m e t h e f e e l i n g t h a t w e w r o t e a b o u t w a s f e a r . T h i s t i m e w e c o n c e n t r a t e o n s a d n e s s a n d d i s a p p o i n t m e n t . P o p e F r a n c i s s a y s , “ E n v y i s a f o r m o f s a d n e s s p r o ­ v o k e d b y a n o t h e r ’ s p r o s p e r i t y . ” ( A L 9 5 ) T h i s i s t r u e b u t i t i s n o t t h e w h o l e s t o r y . I t i s e s p e c i a l l y n o t t h e w h o l e s t o r y i n r e l a t i o n t o c e r t a i n f a i r l y c o m m o n s i t u a t i o n s b e t w e e n m a r r i e d c o u p l e s . M o s t m a r r i e d p e o p l e w i l l b e e n g a g e d i n a c t i v i t i e s w h i c h k e e p t h e m s e p a ­ r a t e b o t h p h y s i c a l l y a n d e m o t i o n a l l y . O b v i o u s l y , u n l e s s t h e y w o r k t o g e t h e r , t h e i r j o b s w i l l k e e p t h e m a p a r t f o r l a r g e p a r t s o f t h e n o r m a l w o r k i n g w e e k . O u t s i d e o f p a i d e m p l o y m e n t , m a n y w i l l b e i n v o l v e d i n o t h e r a c t i v i ­ t i e s – s p o r t i n g , c h a r i t a b l e , p o l i t i c a l , r e l i g i o u s , s o c i a l a n d s o o n . A l l o f t h e s e c a n b e g o o d i n t h e m s e l v e s . T h e s e a c t i v i t i e s c a n , h o w e v e r , s t a r t t o t a k e u p a d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e a m o u n t o f t i m e a n d a t t e n t i o n . M a r r i a g e s n e e d c o n s t a n t a n d c a r e f u l n u r t u r i n g . M a i n t a i n i n g a c l o s e a n d i n t i m a t e m a r r i a g e r e q u i r e s s p e n d i n g t i m e t o g e t h e r . W h e n o n e s p o u s e s t a r t s t o f e e l a s i f t h e y a r e p l a y i n g s e c o n d ( o r t h i r d ) f i d d l e t o s o m e p a r ­ t i c u l a r a c t i v i t y o f t h e i r s p o u s e i t w o u l d n o t b e s u r p r i s i n g i f t h e y f e l t d i s a p p o i n t e d o r l o n e l y . T h i s s a d n e s s a n d d i s a p p o i n t m e n t , o r l o n e l i n e s s , a r i s e s b e c a u s e t h e o n e t h i n g t h e y d e s ­ p e r a t e l y w a n t a n d e x p e c t a n d a r e u n ­ a b l e t o h o l d o n t o i s t h a t t h e y h o l d p r i m e p l a c e i n t h e i r s p o u s e ’ s p r i o r i ­ t i e s . I n a n e a r l i e r a r t i c l e ( J a n u a r y , 2 0 1 4 ) w e s a i d t h a t o n e o f t h e k e y f a c ­ t o r s t h a t h o l d s c o u p l e s t o g e t h e r o v e r t h e l o n g t e r m i s t h e c o n v i c t i o n t h a t t h e y h o l d f i r s t p l a c e i n t h e i r s p o u s e ’ s p r i o r i t i e s . T h e r e a r e a l l s o r t s o f r e a s o n s w h y w e t a k e u p a c t i v i t i e s o u t s i d e o f o u r p r i m e r e l a t i o n s h i p i n m a r r i a g e . W e e n j o y t h e m . W e g e t a s e n s e o f e x h i l a r a t i o n o r s a t i s f a c t i o n o r a c h i e v e m e n t . W e m a y a l s o f i n d t h a t w e a r e g r e a t l y a p ­ p r e c i a t e d i n t h a t o t h e r a c t i v i t y . T h o s e g o o d f e e l i n g s t h a t c o m e w i t h o u r a c t i v i t y m a y c a u s e u s n o t t o h e a r t h e c o n c e r n a n d d i s a p p o i n t m e n t o u r p a r t n e r m a y b e e x p r e s s i n g t o u s . O n e o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t n u r t u r e s t h i s c o n v i c t i o n i s a p p r e c i a t i o n . W e a l l w a n t t o k n o w t h a t w e a r e a p p r e c i a t e d b y s o m e o n e i m p o r t a n t t o u s . W h e n w e a r e n o t r e c e i v i n g e n o u g h a p p r e c i ­ a t i o n f r o m o u r s p o u s e t h e r e i s a l w a y s a t e m p t a t i o n t o l o o k e l s e w h e r e , o r s i m p l y t o s p e n d m o r e t i m e w h e r e w e k n o w w e w i l l g e t a p p r e c i a t i o n . O f c o u r s e , n o t a l l a c t i v i t i e s t a k e u s o u t ­ s i d e o f o u r h o m e s . E x c e s s i v e t i m e s p e n t o n h o m e b a s e d h o b b i e s – s u c h a s w a t c h i n g T V , u s i n g c o m p u t e r s o r s o c i a l m e d i a ­ c a n h a v e a s i m i l a r e f ­ f e c t o n o u r r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h o u r s p o u s e . I t i s a u s e f u l e x e r c i s e t o w r i t e d o w n i n o r d e r a l i s t o f w h a t w e r e g a r d a s o u r p r i o r i t i e s , a n d t o c o m p a r e t h e p r i o r i ­ t i e s w i t h t h e a c t u a l a m o u n t o f t i m e w e s p e n d o n t h e m . I t i s a l s o g o o d t o r e v i e w f r o m t i m e t o t i m e w h a t c o m ­ m i t m e n t s w e h a v e u n d e r t a k e n a n d t h i n k a b o u t w h e t h e r t h e y m e e t o u r r e a l n e e d s . T h i s i s a n e x e r c i s e t h a t c o u p l e s s h o u l d d o t o g e t h e r s o t h a t t h e y c a n d e c i d e t o g e t h e r i f h o w t h e y a c t u a l l y s p e n d t h e i r t i m e i s h o w t h e y r e a l l y w a n t t o s p e n d i t . B u t w h a t i f o n l y o n e p a r t n e r s t a r t s t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e i r s p o u s e i s s p e n d ­ i n g t o o m u c h t i m e o n s o m e a c t i v i t y a n d t h e y s t a r t t o f e e l l o n e l y a n d d i s ­ a p p o i n t e d ? T h e y n e e d t o r a i s e t h e p r o b l e m b u t i t i s b e s t t o d o t h a t i n t e r m s o f h o w t h e y f e e l . “ W h e n y o u a r e s p e n d i n g s o m u c h t i m e o n . . . I f e e l s a d a n d l o n e l y . I t s e e m s t h a t w e a r e n o t a s c l o s e a s w e u s e d t o b e . I s t h e r e s o m e t h i n g w e c a n d o a b o u t t h i s ? ” T h i s b r i n g s a b o u t t h e o p p o r t u ­ n i t y t o e x p l o r e w h a t y o u b o t h w a n t i n t e r m s o f t i m e t o g e t h e r a n d t i m e o n s e p a r a t e a c t i v i t i e s . T h e g o a l i s t o w o r k o u t a p l a n s o t h a t b o t h o f y o u c a n e n s u r e t h a t y o u r r e l a t i o n s h i p n e e d s a r e m e t . T h e s e n e e d s a r e t h i n g s l i k e ; t o f e e l s e c u r e , t o b e s u p ­ p o r t e d , t o b e a p p r e c i a t e d , t o b e s e e n a s i m p o r t a n t t o t h e o t h e r a n d s o o n . I n h i s b o o k , “ T h e F i v e L o v e L a n ­ g u a g e s ” , G a r y C h a p m a n i d e n t i f i e s f i v e d i f f e r e n t w a y s i n w h i c h w e e x ­ p r e s s o u r l o v e f o r o u r s p o u s e . E a c h o f u s h a s o n e o r t w o o f t h o s e w a y s w h i c h a r e p a r t i c u l a r l y i m p o r t a n t t o u s . I f o u r p a r t n e r d o e s n o t e x p r e s s t h e i r l o v e i n t h o s e w a y s t h e n , w h a t ­ e v e r e l s e t h e y m a y d o , w e w i l l n o t f e e l t h e i r l o v e . T h e f i v e w a y s t h a t G a r y C h a p m a n i d e n t i f i e s a r e w o r d s o f a p ­ p r e c i a t i o n , s p e n d i n g q u a l i t y t i m e t o ­ g e t h e r , g i v i n g g i f t s , a c t s o f s e r v i c e a n d p h y s i c a l t o u c h . E x p e r i e n c e s h o w s t h a t s m a l l c h a n g e s t o p r o v i d e t h e w a y o f l o v i n g t h a t o u r p a r t n e r n e e d s p a y h u g e d i v i d e n d s . H o w d o w e d e c i d e w h i c h i s o u r m a i n n e e d ? A g o o d c l u e i s t h a t w e d o t h e o n e t h a t w e w a n t . I f , s a y , o u r b i g n e e d i s f o r w o r d s o f a p p r e c i a t i o n w e w i l l a l w a y s p r a i s e o u r p a r t n e r a n d t e l l t h e m h o w i m p o r t a n t t h e y a r e . I t ’ s a s i f w e a r e s a y i n g “ L o o k , t h i s i s w h a t I r e a l l y w a n t a n d n e e d . ” W e n e e d t o b e j e a l o u s o f o u r m a r ­ r i a g e r e l a t i o n s h i p . I f w e s e e t h a t w e a r e d r i f t i n g a p a r t , i t i s c r i t i c a l t h a t w e t a k e a c t i o n t o r e b u i l d t h e c l o s e n e s s t h a t w e w a n t a n d n e e d t o s u s t a i n u s f o r t h e l o n g t e r m . W e d d i n g A n n i v e r s a r y M a n y c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o R o y a n d K a t h l e e n S t a n i l a n d o n t h e o c c a s i o n o f t h e i r D i a ­ m o n d W e d d i n g A n n i v e r s a r y , ( p i c t u r e d b e l o w ) . T h e y w e r e m a r r i e d o n 1 0 J u n e , 1 9 5 7 . T h e c o u p l e a r e p a r i s h i o n e r s o f S t J o s e p h P a r i s h i n S t a v e l e y . K a t h l e e n i s a p a s t D i o c e s a n P r e s i d e n t o f t h e H a l l a m U n i o n o f C a t h o l i c M o t h e r s . T r a i n i n g t o L e a d P a r e n t i n g P r o g r a m m e s S i x p e o p l e f r o m p a r i s h e s a n d s c h o o l s i n t h e D i o c e s e c o m p l e t e d a t r a i n i n g d a y i n s k i l l s t o r u n p a r e n t i n g p r o g r a m m e s . S t T h o m a s M o r e a n d S t P a t r i c k p a r i s h e s i n S h e f f i e l d s p o n s o r e d v o l u n t e e r s , a n d S t M a r y ’ s H i g h S c h o o l , C h e s t e r f i e l d a n d O u r L a d y o f M o u n t C a r m e l S c h o o l i n D o n c a s t e r s p o n s o r e d s t a f f t o a t t e n d . T h e t r a i n i n g w a s d e l i v e r e d b y L a u r a R e n d e l l a n d S u s a n T y m f r o m H a l l a m C a r i n g S e r v i c e s . L o o k o u t f o r d e t a i l s o f p a r e n t i n g p r o ­ g r a m m e s i n t h e s e s c h o o l s a n d p a r i s h e s . T h e g r o u p i s p i c t u r e d b e l o w w i t h L a u r a R e n d e l l ( l e f t ) a n d S u s a n T y m ( r i g h t ) . T h e 4 0 D a y s F o r L i f e c a m p a i g n i n H a l ­ l a m D i o c e s e h e l d i t s s e v e n t h p r a y e r v i g i l o u t s i d e t h e B r i t i s h P r e g n a n c y A d v i s o r y S e r v i c e a b o r t i o n f a c i l i t y i n D o n c a s t e r d u r i n g L e n t . F o r t y ­ f i v e p e o p l e g a t h e r e d a t v a r i o u s t i m e s t o p r a y p e a c e f u l l y a n d t o o f f e r s u p p o r t o r i n f o r m a t i o n t o w o m e n w a n t i n g a n a l t e r n a t i v e t o a b o r t i o n . T h i s i s p a r t o f a c a m p a i g n w h i c h b e g a n i n 2 0 0 4 i n T e x a s , s e e k i n g a n e n d t o a b o r ­ t i o n t h r o u g h p r a y e r , f a s t i n g a n d o u t r e a c h . W e b e l i e v e t h a t t h e l i v e s o f t w o b a b i e s w e r e s a v e d i n D o n c a s t e r t h i s L e n t . P r a y e r s a r e r e q u e s t e d f o r t h e p a r e n t s o f t h e s e c h i l d r e n w h o h a v e d e c i d e d , d e s p i t e t h e i r p e r s o n a l d i f f i c u l t i e s , t o g i v e t h e m a c h a n c e o f l i f e . I f y o u w o u l d l i k e m o r e d e t a i l s c o n t a c t u s a t h a l l a m 4 0 d a y s f o r l i f e @ g m a i l . c o m . M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l c a m p a i g n c a n b e f o u n d a t h t t p s : / / 4 0 d a y s f o r l i f e . c o m . F o l l o w i n g i n t h e F o o t s t e p s o f S t T e r e s a D i s c o v e r m o r e a b o u t S t T e r e s a o f A v i l a ’ s w a y o f p r a y e r a n d t h e s p i r i t u a l t r a d i t i o n o f t h e C a r m e l i t e O r d e r w h i c h s h e r e ­ f o r m e d . T h e S t E l i z a b e t h o f t h e T r i n i t y S e c u l a r C a r m e l i t e c o m m u n i t y , b a s e d i n N o t ­ t i n g h a m , a r e o f f e r i n g t w o r e t r e a t d a y s w h i c h w i l l e x ­ p l o r e t h i s T e r e s i a n W a y . E v e n i f y o u a r e n ’ t e s p e ­ c i a l l y d r a w n t o S t T e r e s a y o u m i g h t b e a b i t c o n ­ f u s e d a b o u t t h e d i f f e r e n t m o d e r n a p p r o a c h e s t o p r a y e r s u c h a s l e c t i o d i v ­ i n a , m i n d f u l n e s s , m e d i t a ­ t i o n o r s i m p l y w a n t t o g o d e e p e r i n t o p r a y e r . I f s o , t h e r e w i l l b e s o m e t h i n g h e r e f o r y o u , t o o . T h e r e t r e a t d a y s w i l l t a k e p l a c e f r o m 1 0 . 3 0 a m – 3 . 1 5 p m ( M a s s a t 1 0 a m ) a t S t M i c h a e l t h e A r c h a n g e l , M a i n R d , H a t h e r s a g e , S 3 2 1 B B o n S a t u r d a y s , 3 J u n e , 8 J u l y . 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Thursday 29th June 2017 from 4pm ­ 9pm More information can be found on our website: www.notredame­high.co.uk AVOLUNTARYACADEMY Creswick lane, Grenoside, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S35 8NN Headteacher Donna Faley Tel : 0114 2468020 S T T HOMAS M ORE C ATHOLIC P RIMARY M a r r i a g e P r e p a r a t i o n W e e k e n d M a r r i a g e P r e p a r a t i o n W e e k e n d S i x t e e n c o u p l e s s p e n t t h e w e e k e n d o f 2 5 ­ 2 6 M a r c h a t H a l l a m P a s t o r a l C e n t r e , S h e f f i e l d p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e i r f o r t h c o m i n g m a r r i a g e s . M o s t w e r e f r o m H a l l a m D i o c e s e b u t o n e c o u p l e t r a v e l l e d f r o m H u l l a n d a n o t h e r f r o m L o n d o n . O n e p a r t i c i p a n t f r o m o u t s i d e t h e D i o c e s e c o m ­ m e n t e d , “ M y b r o t h e r t o l d m e w e m u s t e x p e r i ­ e n c e a n ‘ E n g a g e d E n c o u n t e r ’ w e e k e n d a n d s o w e h a v e b o o k e d t o s t a y o v e r ” . T h e w e e k e n d w a s d e l i v e r e d b y a t e a m o f s k i l l e d a n d d e d i c a t e d v o l u n t e e r s ­ t h r e e c o u p l e s a n d a p r i e s t ­ t r a i n e d b y W o r l d w i d e M a r r i a g e E n ­ c o u n t e r . T h e e n g a g e d c o u p l e s w e r e l e d t h r o u g h a n i n t e n s e p r o g r a m m e o f l i s t e n i n g , r e f l e c t i o n a n d p r a c t i c e w h i c h e n d e d w i t h t h e c e l e b r a t i o n o f M a s s . P i c t u r e d a b o v e a r e T h e T e a m w i t h t h e e n g a g e d c o u p l e s . P h o t o g r a p h : K a t h l e e n B a s t e r . G i r l s a n d b o y s c o m e o u t t o P R A Y S r G e m m a S i m m o n d s C J h a s c h o s e n a n i n t r i g u i n g t i t l e f o r t h e L i v i n g T h e ­ o l o g y S t u d y D a y s h e i s l e a d i n g a t t h e B a r C o n v e n t i n Y o r k i n J u l y . M i s q u o t ­ i n g t h e w e l l ­ k n o w n n u r s e r y r h y m e , i t a c t u a l l y i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e t h e m e f o r t h e d a y i s t o b e ‘ M e n a n d W o m e n i n T o d a y ’ s C h u r c h ’ . S r G e m m a i s D i r e c t o r o f t h e R e l i ­ g i o u s L i f e I n s t i t u t e a t H e y t h r o p C o l ­ l e g e i n L o n d o n , w i t h a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n a s a s p e a k e r a n d w r i t e r o n s p i r i t u a l i t y a n d p a s t o r a l i s s u e s . H o w ­ e v e r , s i n c e S r G e m m a i s a r e l i g i o u s s i s t e r o f t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n o f J e s u s , i n c o m i n g t o t h e B a r C o n v e n t s h e i s , i n a s e n s e , c o m i n g h o m e . S h e i s b a s i n g t h e d a y o n t h e d r e a m o f a n e w c o m m u n i t y i n t h e r i s e n J e s u s t h a t h a s i n s p i r e d g e n e r a t i o n s o f C h r i s ­ t i a n s : “ T h e r e i s n e i t h e r J e w n o r G r e e k , t h e r e i s n e i t h e r s l a v e n o r f r e e , t h e r e i s n e i t h e r m a l e n o r f e m a l e ; f o r y o u a r e a l l o n e i n C h r i s t J e s u s ” . I n p r a c t i c e , t h i s d r e a m h a s n e v e r e n t i r e l y o v e r ­ c o m e t h e p r e s s u r e s o f h i s t o r i c a l a n d c u l t u r a l a t t i t u d e s t o g e n d e r . D i f f e r e n t p a r t s o f t h e C h r i s t i a n c o m m u n i o n h a v e m a d e t h e i r o w n d e c i s i o n s r e ­ g a r d i n g o r d i n a t i o n , l e a d e r s h i p a n d m i n i s t r y – b u t i t i s a r g u e d t h a t t h e r e i s s t i l l m u c h t o d e b a t e r e g a r d i n g d e e p l y e m b e d d e d p r e j u d i c e s . S r G e m m a a s k s , “ H o w c a n w e c r e a t e a f a i t h c o m m u n i t y i n w h i c h t h e s p e ­ c i f i c g i f t s o f e a c h g e n d e r a r e r e c o g ­ n i s e d , w h i l e t h e e q u a l i t y o f e a c h g e n d e r i n C h r i s t i s p r a c t i s e d t o t h e f u l l ? ” T h i s S t u d y D a y a t t h e B a r C o n v e n t i s o n S a t u r d a y , 1 5 J u l y ; i t i s o n e o f t h e J e s u i t ­ i n s p i r e d ‘ L i v i n g T h e o l o g y ’ c o u r s e s h e l d i n d i f f e r e n t v e n u e s a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y . 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J u n e 2 0 1 7 P a g e S i x H A L L A M   N E W S D i o c e s a n H e a d t e a c h e r C h o s e n f o r K e y S c h o o l S u p p o r t R o l e F i o n a R i g b y i s o n e o f m o r e t h a n s e v e n t y H e a d t e a c h e r s t o b e a p p o i n t e d t o t h e r o l e o f N a t i o n a l L e a d e r o f E d u c a t i o n i n t h e l a t e s t r e c r u i t m e n t r o u n d . S h e a n d s t a f f a t S t C a t h e r i n e ’ s C a t h o l i c A c a d e m y , S h e f f i e l d , h a v e b e e n s e l e c t e d f o r a t o p r o l e s u p p o r t i n g s c h o o l s i n c h a l l e n g i n g c i r c u m s t a n c e s . N a t i o n a l l e a d e r s o f e d u c a t i o n , a l o n g w i t h s t a f f i n t h e i r s c h o o l ­ d e s i g n a t e d a N a ­ t i o n a l S u p p o r t S c h o o l ­ u s e t h e i r s u c c e s s a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m t o p r o v i d e a d d i ­ t i o n a l l e a d e r s h i p c a p a b i l i t y i n o t h e r s c h o o l s . N a t i o n a l L e a d e r s o f E d u c a t i o n a r e d e ­ p l o y e d t o s u i t t h e n e e d s o f e a c h s c h o o l n e e d i n g s u p p o r t . T h e t y p e o f s u p p o r t p r o v i d e d i s f l e x i b l e a n d c a n s o m e t i m e s i n v o l v e N a t i o n a l L e a d e r s o f E d u c a t i o n b e c o m i n g E x e c u t i v e H e a d t e a c h e r s . T h e y a l s o h a v e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r d e v e l ­ o p i n g t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n o f N a t i o n a l L e a d e r o f E d u c a t i o n a n d N a t i o n a l S u p ­ p o r t S c h o o l s . F i o n a R i g b y s a i d , “ S t C a t h e r i n e ’ s h a s a l o n g h i s t o r y o f s u p p o r t i n g o t h e r s c h o o l s b o t h w i t h i n t h e D i o c e s e o f H a l l a m a n d w i t h i n S h e f f i e l d . S u p p o r t i n v o l v e s m e m ­ b e r s o f s t a f f a t a l l l e v e l s . O u r s c h o o l c o m m u n i t y h a s g r o w n f r o m s t r e n g t h t o s t r e n g t h a s a r e s u l t o f t h e p r o c e s s o f s u p ­ p o r t i n g o t h e r s . I n e a c h s i t u a t i o n w e f i n d t h a t w e l e a r n s o m e t h i n g n e w a n d g r o w a s a r e s u l t . S t a f f a r e c o n f i d e n t i n s u p ­ p o r t i n g o t h e r s c h o o l s a n d t h e i r e x p e r t i s e a n d p a s s i o n f o r e d u c a t i o n e n s u r e s t h a t t h e w o r k t h e y d o i s s u c c e s s f u l a n d r e ­ w a r d i n g . ” M a n y N a t i o n a l L e a d e r s o f E d u c a t i o n / N a t i o n a l S u p p o r t S c h o o l s r e ­ p o r t i m p r o v e d o u t c o m e s a t t h e s c h o o l s t h e y s u p p o r t . R o g e r P o p e , C h a i r o f t h e N a t i o n a l C o l ­ l e g e f o r T e a c h i n g a n d L e a d e r s h i p , s a i d , “ I t ’ s f a n t a s t i c t h a t h e a d s l i k e F i o n a R i g b y h a v e t h e p a s s i o n a n d a m b i t i o n t o h e l p i m p r o v e t h e l i f e c h a n c e s o f y o u n g p e o ­ p l e , n o t j u s t i n t h e i r o w n b u t i n o t h e r s c h o o l s a s w e l l . T h e a i m o f N a t i o n a l L e a d e r s o f E d u c a t i o n i s t o d r i v e i m ­ p r o v e m e n t i n u n d e r p e r f o r m i n g s c h o o l s . W e n o w h a v e o v e r 1 , 2 0 0 N a t i o n a l L e a d ­ e r s o f E d u c a t i o n a n d w e ’ r e w o r k i n g t o i n ­ c r e a s e t h i s n u m b e r f u r t h e r t o s p r e a d e d u c a t i o n a l e x c e l l e n c e e v e r y w h e r e . ” S u c c e s s f u l H e a d s h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d a f o r m a l i n d u c t i o n a n d t r a i n i n g e v e n t f o r t h e r o l e i n d r i v i n g s c h o o l i m ­ p r o v e m e n t . H o l y W e e k E x p e r i e n c e a t S t P a t r i c k ’ s C a t h o l i c V o l u n t a r y A c a d e m y T h e c h i l d r e n i n S t P a t r i c k ’ s C a t h o l i c V o l u n t a r y A c a d e m y K e y S t a g e 2 p l a n n e d , c r e a t e d , w r o t e , n a r r a t e d a n d s a n g t h r o u g h a m o v i n g i n t e r ­ p r e t a t i o n o f ‘ J o u r n e y t o t h e C r o s s ’ . T h e c h i l d r e n a r e a c r e d i t t o a w a r m , d e v o t e d s c h o o l c o m m u n i t y t h a t s h a r e d i n t h i s i n s p i r a t i o n a l p r e s e n ­ t a t i o n . T h e p a r e n t s , f a m i l i e s a n d p a r i s h ­ i o n e r s f i l l e d t h e c h u r c h a n d w e r e m e s m e r i s e d b y t h i s r i c h p r e s e n t a ­ t i o n . T h e s i n g i n g w a s p o w e r f u l a n d e n s u r e d e v e r y c h i l d s h o n e b r i g h t l y . T h e m a t u r i t y d i s p l a y e d b y t h e c h i l ­ d r e n e m b r a c e d t h e i r s c h o o l , t h e i r c o m m u n i t y a n d t h e i r f a i t h . P o p e F r a n c i s , r e f l e c t i n g i n t h e l e t ­ t e r , ‘ T h e J o y o f L o v e , ’ e m p h a s i s e d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f c e l e b r a t i n g o u r f a i t h a s a f a m i l y : “ … t h e f a m i l y , o f t e n c a l l e d t h e “ d o m e s t i c C h u r c h ” , r e m a i n s a f o u n d a t i o n a l p a r t o f s o c i ­ e t y . I t s h e a l t h a n d v i b r a n c y a r e v i t a l f o r t h e h e a l t h a n d v i b r a n c y o f t h e p l a n e t . O u r C a t h o l i c t e a c h i n g s a n d t r a d i t i o n s , i f p r o p e r l y a d m i n i s ­ t e r e d , c a n n o u r i s h t h e f a m i l y a n d h e l p i t t o b e r e a d y f o r w h a t e v e r i t f a c e s . ” M a n y C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s o f f e r t h e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r a d u l t s t o r e t u r n t o t h e C h u r c h a n d r e f l e c t o n t h e i r o w n f a i t h . T h i s i s o n e o f m a n y i n f l u e n ­ t i a l w a y s s c h o o l s c a n h a v e i m p a c t o n i n d i v i d u a l l i v e s a n d m i n d s e t s . E D U C A T I O N I N T H E F U L L N E S S O F H U M A N I T Y E D U C A T I O N I N T H E F U L L N E S S O F H U M A N I T Y N O T R E D A M E ’ S E A S T E R P R E P A R A T I O N S J o s h N e a l , R E T e a c h e r a t N o t r e D a m e , e x p l a i n s , “ A s p a r t o f t h e E a s t e r r e f l e c t i o n t h i s y e a r a t N o t r e D a m e w e h a v e b e e n f o ­ c u s s i n g o n h o w J e s u s p a i d t h e d e b t f o r o u r s i n s b y b e i n g c r u ­ c i f i e d . T o h e l p u s r e m e m b e r a n d r e f l e c t o n t h i s s t u d e n t s h a v e b e e n s t i c k i n g p e n n i e s o n t o a w o o d e n c r o s s t o r e p r e ­ s e n t t h e p r i c e J e s u s p a i d f o r o u r s i n s . T h e s e s i n s a r e o u r d e b t t h a t J e s u s p a i d i n f u l l , t h r o u g h h i m w e a r e g i v e n a s e c o n d c h a n c e a n d c a n s t a r t a g a i n w i t h a c l e a n s l a t e . T h e q u e s t i o n s f o r t h e r e f l e c t i o n w e r e : • J e s u s d i e d t o t a k e a w a y o u r s i n s ­ w h a t h a v e y o u d o n e t h a t n e e d s t o b e t a k e n a w a y ? • J e s u s d i e d f o r y o u a n d m e ­ w h a t d o y o u d o f o r o t h e r p e o ­ p l e ? • H o w c a n y o u t h a n k J e s u s f o r p a y i n g o u r d e b t ? ” F i o n a R i g b y P a i d i n F u l l E a s t e r B a k e O f f T h e Y 8 s t u d e n t s a t N o t r e D a m e f i n ­ i s h e d t h e h a l f t e r m w i t h a n E a s t e r t h e m e d B a k e O f f i n R E . T h e r e s u l t s w e r e d e l i c i o u s a n d l o o k e d a m a z i n g ! T h e s t u d e n t s w e r e e v e n g r a c e d w i t h t h e i r v e r y o w n P a u l H o l l y w o o d ( M r P e n d e r ) a n d M a r y B e r r y ( M r s C l e a r y ) t o d o t h e j u d g i n g . I t w a s v e r y c l o s e a n d a l l o f t h e e n ­ t r i e s w e r e a m a z i n g . T h e w i n n e r o f t h e b a k e o f f ( p i c ­ t u r e d a b o v e ) w a s H o p e S e f t o n w i t h h e r L a s t S u p p e r c a k e !

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Y o u t h 2 0 0 0 s e e k s t o d r a w y o u n g p e o p l e i n t o a p e r s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h J e s u s C h r i s t , l i v e d a t t h e h e a r t o f t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h . Y o u t h 2 0 0 0 h a s b e e n a c t i v e i n y o u t h m i n i s t r y f o r t h e l a s t 2 5 y e a r s . R e c e n t l y i t h a s b e e n v e r y a c t i v e i n t h e H a l l a m D i o c e s e . T h i s e d i t i o n o f t h e H a l l a m N e w s l o o k s b a c k w i t h I s a a c W i t h e r s a s h e r e f l e c t s o n h i s e x ­ p e r i e n c e s o f t h e T h e R e l e a s e R e t r e a t i n R o t h e r h a m : L i g h t u p t h e S k y . T h e Y o u t h 2 0 0 0 t e a m a r r i v e d o n s i t e a t S t B e r n a r d ’ s C a t h o l i c H i g h S c h o o l , R o t h e r h a m , f o r t h e f i r s t Y o u t h 2 0 0 0 r e t r e a t s i n c e ‘ C o n ­ q u e r o r s ’ a t W a l s i n g h a m . T h e r e w a s a l o t o f u n i q u e t h i n g s a b o u t t h i s r e ­ t r e a t , n e w t h i n g s t h a t w e w e r e e x ­ c i t e d a b o u t : • T h i s w a s a b r a n d n e w l o c a t i o n , Y o u t h 2 0 0 0 r e t u r n i n g t o t h e H a l l a m d i o c e s e a f t e r m a n y y e a r s . • I t w a s t h e f i r s t r e t r e a t l e a d b y t h e n e w l e a d e r s h i p t e a m d e d i c a t e d t o t h i s y e a r , ` c o m m i s s i o n e d ` a t W a l s i n g ­ h a m . • T h i s w a s a l s o t h e f i r s t t i m e w e ’ d e v e r s t r e a m e d a n y o f a r e t r e a t l i v e t o t h e i n t e r n e t ( a n d e v e n l i v e , n o t h i n g w e n t w r o n g ! ) S o t h e r e w a s a l o t o f n e w , a n d w e w e r e a l l k i n d o f e x c i t e d a b o u t i t . O v e r t h e c o u r s e o f t h e w e e k e n d 1 8 3 p e o p l e w e r e w i t h u s a n d f r o m d a y o n e t h e t o n e w a s g r e a t . M a y b e t h e r e ’ s j u s t s o m e t h i n g a b o u t t h e h o s ­ p i t a l i t y o f t h e N o r t h … T h e t h e m e o f t h i s w e e k e n d w a s , T h e R e l e a s e , t h e s u b t i t l e ‘ l i g h t u p t h e s k y ’ b e i n g l o o s e l y t a k e n f r o m t h e s c r i p ­ t u r e , ` . . . f o r a s t h e l i g h t n i n g f l a s h i n g f r o m o n e p a r t o f h e a v e n l i g h t s u p t h e o t h e r , s o w i l l b e t h e S o n o f M a n w h e n h i s D a y c o m e s . ` ( L u k e 1 7 : 2 4 ) B e c a u s e o f t h i s t h e m e , a l o t w a s s p o k e n a b o u t l i g h t a n d d a r k n e s s , i t r a n t h r o u g h a l o t o f t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n o f t h e w e e k e n d . B u t e v e n b e y o n d t h e t a l k s a n d p l a n n e d i n p u t , i t c r o p p e d u p . I w e n t t o c o n f e s s i o n o n t h e f i r s t n i g h t a n d t h e p r i e s t b r o u g h t t h e t h e m e , I t h i n k u n i n t e n t i o n a l l y , i n t o w h e r e I w a s a t . I s h a r e d w i t h h i m t h a t t h e t a n g i b l e f e e l i n g s I h a d o n c e h a d f o r c o n f e s ­ s i o n , t h e M a s s a n d p r a i s e a n d w o r ­ s h i p , w e r e f a d i n g f o r m e . I d i d n ’ t f e e l t h e m a s s t r o n g l y a s I h a d b e f o r e , o n a p h y s i c a l l e v e l , a n d a l o t o f m y r e c e n t s t r u g g l e s h a d b e e n v e r y r e a l , t a n g i ­ b l e , a t t r a c t i o n s a n d t h a t p a r t o f l i f e . I w a s n ’ t e x p e c t i n g a n a n s w e r r e a l l y , b u t h e b r o u g h t i t . H e s a i d t h a t t h e s e t i m e s o f a l a c k o f e x c i t e m e n t , o f f e e l ­ i n g l e s s i n y o u r r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h G o d , w e r e n o r m a l . T h e e a r l y y e a r s o f a m a r r i a g e a r e a m a z i n g , a n d t h e n i t c o o l s d o w n , a n d i t d e e p e n s b e y o n d f e e l i n g . I t b e c o m e s t h a t p e r s o n j u s t b e i n g t h e r e f o r y o u w h e n y o u c o m e h o m e , f e e l i n g r u b b i s h . O r , i f i t w a s a r e l a t i o n s h i p a l w a y s b a s e d o n j u s t f e e l i n g s , i t c o u l d b r e a k . A n d t h e n h e s p o k e a b o u t J a c o b , t h e s t o r y o f h i m w r e s t l i n g t h e s t r a n g e r i n t h e n i g h t . F i g h t i n g f o r h o u r s , u n t i l i n t h e m o r n i n g , t h e p e r s o n r e v e a l e d t h e m s e l v e s t o b e G o d . H e s p o k e a b o u t h o w s o m e t i m e s , t h e s t r u g g l e o f f a i t h i s j u s t h o l d i n g o n i n t h a t f i g h t , u n t i l t h e m o r n i n g , w h e n y o u c a n s e e G o d a g a i n . S o m e t i m e s i t ’ s j u s t l e t ­ t i n g y o u r p u n c h e s b e c a u g h t , u n t i l t h e s u n r i s e s . I ` m n o t r e a l l y d o i n g h i s w o r d s j u s t i c e , b u t i t j u s t g a v e m e a g r e a t d e a l o f p e a c e . T h e i d e a o f G o d b e i n g n o t d i s t a n t f r o m o u r s t r u g g l e w a s t h e r e a g a i n i n S a t u r d a y m o r n ­ i n g ’ s t a l k f r o m B a r b a r a O n ­ u o n g a , “ G o d i s n o t a f r a i d o f y o u r r e a l i t y , t h e d a r k ­ n e s s o f y o u r h e a r t ’ . T h e w o r l d t e l l s y o u t h a t g r e a t n e s s i s r e s e r v e d f o r t h e f e w . B u t G o d ’ s n o t g o t t h a t p o i n t o f v i e w . E a c h o f u s i s n e c e s s a r y . W e a r e c a l l e d t o l i g h t u p t h e s k y . ” A n d i t w a s n e v e r m o r e v i s i ­ b l e t h a n o n S a t ­ u r d a y n i g h t . B r J o s h u a K i d d h a d h e a r d o u r t h e m e a n d b e e n i n ­ s p i r e d . H e t o l d u s a b o u t h o w a t a n A m e r i c a n Y o u t h 2 0 0 0 g a t h e r i n g h e h a d s e e n t h e m t u r n t h e l i g h t s o u t s o t h a t i t w a s j u s t t h e l i g h t o f t h e b u r n i n g b u s h t h a t l i t t h e r o o m . T h e n t h e p r i e s t h a d r e a c h e d t o o n e o f t h e c a n d l e s a n d t a k e n a l i g h t , w h i c h s p r e a d t o c a n d l e s t h a t e v e r y o n e e l s e w a s h o l d ­ i n g . G r a d u a l l y t h e l i g h t h a d s p r e a d a n d p u s h e d t h e d a r k n e s s a w a y . S o , f r o m s o m e w h e r e , c a n d l e s w e r e s o u r c e d , a n d w e w a t c h e d a s t h e s a m e t h i n g h a p p e n e d i n R o t h e r h a m . A n d o v e r t h i s s c e n e , t h e b e g i n n i n g o f J o h n ’ s g o s p e l w a s r e a d . ‘ I n t h e b e g i n n i n g w a s t h e W o r d , t h e W o r d w a s w i t h G o d , a n d t h e W o r d w a s G o d . H e w a s w i t h G o d i n t h e b e ­ g i n n i n g . T h r o u g h h i m a l l t h i n g s c a m e t o b e m a d e . N o t o n e t h i n g h a d i t s b e i n g b u t t h r o u g h h i m . A l l t h a t c a m e t o b e h a d l i f e i n h i m , a n d t h a t l i f e w a s t h e l i g h t o f m e n , a l i g h t t h a t s h i n e s i n d a r k , a l i g h t t h a t d a r k n e s s c o u l d n o t o v e r p o w e r . ’ ( J o h n 1 : 1 ­ 5 ) A n d s o l i g h t f i l l e d t h e r o o m . A n d o n l y a f e w s o n g s i n , I f e l t i t . O n t h e h a i r s s t a n d i n g o n e n d . I n t h e b a s s d r u m . I n t h e a t m o s p h e r e . A n d a s p r a i s e c a m e t o s i l e n c e , e v e r y o n e w a s l e f t i n t h e i r m o m e n t w i t h J e s u s . A n d t h e s e m o m e n t s c o n t i n u e d u n t i l m o r n i n g l i g h t . 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W o r d S e a r c h J u n e 2 0 1 7 H A L L A M   N E W S P a g e T e n T h e S t o r y o f P e n t e c o s t T h e S t o r y o f P e n t e c o s t I w o n d e r … h o w d o y o u t h i n k t h e a p o s t l e s f e l t w h e n J e s u s h a d l e f t t h e m a n d a s c e n d e d t o h e a v e n ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h o w d o y o u t h i n k t h e y f e l t a t P e n t e c o s t w h e n t h e y k n e w t h e H o l y S p i r i t w a s w i t h t h e m ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o y o u f e e l t h e H o l y S p i r i t w o r k i n g i n y o u ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C o o l l o o u u r r i i n n o o u u r r p p i i c c t t u u r r e e o o f f P P e e n n t t e e c c o o s s t t W e l c o m e t o t h e C h i l d r e n ’ s L i t u r g y S e c t i o n T h i s m o n t h w e c e l e b r a t e P e n t e c o s t I t w a s o n t h e d a y o f P e n t e c o s t t h a t G o d s e n t h i s H o l y S p i r i t t o t h e C h u r c h . T h e B i b l e t e l l s u s t h a t t h e a p o s ­ t l e s w e r e a l l g a t h e r e d t o g e t h e r w h e n s u d d e n l y t h e r e w a s a s o u n d l i k e a m i g h t y , r u s h i n g w i n d . T h e n , i t s a y s , t h e y w e r e f i l l e d w i t h t h e H o l y S p i r i t . G o d ` s H o l y S p i r i t i s l i k e t h e w i n d : w e c a n ` t s e e h i m , b u t w e c a n k n o w t h a t h e i s t h e r e , j u s t l i k e w e c a n k n o w t h a t t h e w i n d i s t h e r e . W e c a n k n o w t h a t t h e H o l y S p i r i t i s t h e r e b e c a u s e w e c a n h e a r h i m . T h e B i b l e s a y s , " B e h o l d , I s t a n d a t t h e d o o r a n d k n o c k , a n d i f a n y m a n h e a r s m y v o i c e a n d o p e n s t h e d o o r , I w i l l c o m e i n t o h i m . " ( R e v e l a t i o n 3 : 2 0 ) . T h e H o l y S p i r i t s p e a k s t o o u r h e a r t s . A n o t h e r w a y w e c a n k n o w t h a t t h e H o l y S p i r i t i s t h e r e i s t h a t w e c a n s e e h i m m o v i n g p e o p l e t o d o G o d ` s w i l l . T h e B i b l e s a y s t h a t t h e S p i r i t o f G o d m o v e s h i s p e o p l e t o s p e a k a n d t o d o t h i n g s f o r h i m . ( P e t e r 2 , 1 : 2 1 ) . W e c a n ` t s e e G o d , b u t w e c a n s e e p e o p l e d o i n g t h i n g s t h a t G o d ` s H o l y S p i r i t h a s m o v e d t h e m t o d o . W e c a n k n o w t h a t t h e H o l y S p i r i t i s t h e r e b e c a u s e w e c a n f e e l h i s p r e s e n c e ­ " I w i l l f e a r n o e v i l f o r T h o u a r t w i t h m e " ( P s a l m 2 3 : 4 ) . T h e B i b l e a l s o s a y s t h a t " i f w e l o v e o n e a n o t h e r , G o d l i v e s i n u s . " S o w e m a y n o t b e a b l e t o s e e t h e H o l y S p i r i t , b u t w e k n o w h e i s t h e r e b e c a u s e i f w e l o o k c a r e f u l l y , w e c a n f e e l h i s p r e s e n c e i n o u r l i f e . G i v e i t a t r y !

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J u n e 2 0 1 7 H A L L A M   N E W S P a g e T w e l v e S e a S u n d a y ­ A p o s t l e s h i p o f t h e S e a S e a S u n d a y ­ A p o s t l e s h i p o f t h e S e a G o i n g t o s e a h a s o f t e n b e e n p o r t r a y e d i n b o o k s a n d f i l m s a s a r o m a n t i c a n d a d v e n t u r o u s l i f e . T h e r e a l i t y i s v e r y d i f f e r e n t . A n d o n e o f t h e h a r d e s t t h i n g s f o r a m o d e r n s e a f a r e r i s c o p i n g w i t h t h e i s o l a t i o n a n d l o n e l i n e s s o n b o a r d . 9 J u l y i s S e a S u n d a y , w h e n t h e C h u r c h a s k s u s t o p r a y f o r s e a f a r e r s a n d s u p p o r t t h e w o r k o f A p o s t l e s h i p o f t h e S e a , w h o s e c h a p l a i n s a n d s h i p v i s i t o r s p r o v i d e p r a c t i c a l a n d p a s t o r a l h e l p i n p o r t s a r o u n d t h e c o a s t o f B r i t a i n . A p o s t l e ­ s h i p o f t h e S e a i s u n i q u e i n b e i n g t h e o n l y C a t h o l i c a g e n c y s e r v i n g t h e m a r i t i m e i n d u s t r y . W e m i g h t n e v e r t h i n k a b o u t s e a f a r e r s , b u t t h e y p l a y a c r u c i a l r o l e i n a l l o u r l i v e s . F o r a r o u n d 9 0 % o f g o o d s i m p o r t e d i n t o t h e U K a r ­ r i v e b y s e a . T h a t ’ s e v e r y t h i n g f r o m c a r s a n d c o f f e e t o b a n a n a s a n d f r i d g e s . I f t h e w o r l d ’ s 1 . 5 m i l l i o n s e a f a r e r s w e n t o n s t r i k e , t h e n m a n y o f o u r s h o p s w o u l d s o o n b e e m p t y . N o w a d a y s s h i p s h a v e v e r y s m a l l c r e w s . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e l a r g e s t B r i t i s h ­ r e g i s t e r e d s h i p , t h e C M A G C M K e r g u e l e n , w h i c h c a n c a r r y 1 7 , 0 0 0 c o n t a i n e r s a n d i s t h e l e n g t h o f f o u r f o o t b a l l p i t c h e s , o n l y h a s 2 6 c r e w m e m b e r s . R e v R o g e r S t o n e , A p o s t l e s h i p o f t h e S e a p o r t c h a p l a i n i n S o u t h a m p t o n , s a i d m a n y s e a f a r e r s t a l k t o h i m a b o u t f e e l i n g l o n e l y o n l o n g v o y a g e s . “ S e a f a r e r s w o r k c l o s e l y w i t h t h e s a m e p e o p l e f o r a l o n g t i m e , e a t i n t h e s a m e p l a c e , s i t o p p o ­ s i t e t h e s a m e p e r s o n e v e r y m e a l t i m e . ” A s m a l l c r e w h a s s e r i o u s i m p l i c a t i o n s f o r s e a ­ f a r e r s , h e e x p l a i n e d . “ T h e s m a l l e r t h e c r e w , t h e l e s s v a r i e t y s e a f a r e r s h a v e i n t h e i r w o r k p l a c e . A l l i t t a k e s i s f o r o n e a w k w a r d o r d i f f i c u l t c h a r ­ a c t e r a n d t h e a t m o s p h e r e c h a n g e s f o r t h e w o r s e . ” A n d t h e f a c t t h a t a c r e w i s u s u a l l y m a d e u p o f s e a f a r e r s f r o m d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s c a n a l s o a f ­ f e c t c o n d i t i o n s o n b o a r d , h e a d d e d . “ S o m e ­ t i m e s t h e r e a r e c u l t u r e c l a s h e s w h i c h c a n l e a d t o i s o l a t i o n f o r s e a f a r e r s . T h i s a p p l i e s a s m u c h t o s e n i o r o f f i c e r s a s i t d o e s t o j u n i o r . S m a l l e r c r e w s m e a n i t ` s e v e n m o r e d i f f i c u l t t o g o a s h o r e a n d ‘ b e n o r m a l ’ i f o n l y f o r a n h o u r o r t w o . ” M o s t o f u s g e t t o s e e o u r f a m i l y a n d c l o s e f r i e n d s r e g u l a r l y . B u t f o r s e a f a r e r s , w i t h n i n e ­ m o n t h c o n t r a c t s c o m m o n o n m a n y s h i p s , t h i s i s n ’ t t h e c a s e . T h e y a c c e p t t h i s s a c ­ r i f i c e s t o i c a l l y , a s g o i n g t o s e a i s o f t e n t h e o n l y w a y t o e a r n e n o u g h m o n e y t o s u p p o r t t h e i r f a m i l i e s , w h o a r e o f t e n i n p o o r e r p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d , s u c h a s t h e P h i l i p p i n e s , I n d i a , o r U k r a i n e . F e w s h i p s h a v e i n t e r n e t a c c e s s a n d u s i n g a s a t e l l i t e p h o n e i s v e r y e x p e n s i v e . T h a t ’ s w h y w h e n A p o s t l e s h i p o f t h e S e a p o r t c h a p l a i n s g o o n b o a r d a s h i p t h e y a l w a y s c a r r y a s u p p l y o f m o b i l e p h o n e t o p ­ u p a n d S I M c a r d s . 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