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P r o d u c e d b y P r o d u c e d b y B e l l c o u r t L t d , N 2 B l o i s M e a d o w B u s i n e s s C e n t r e , B e l l c o u r t L t d , N 2 B l o i s M e a d o w B u s i n e s s C e n t r e , S t e e p l e B u m p s t e a d , H a v e r h i l l , S u f f o l k , C B 9 7 B N S t e e p l e B u m p s t e a d , H a v e r h i l l , S u f f o l k , C B 9 7 B N T e l e p h o n e : 0 2 0 7 1 1 2 6 7 1 0 T e l e p h o n e : 0 2 0 7 1 1 2 6 7 1 0 E d i t o r J o h n C l a w s o n . T e l : E ­ m a i l j o h n @ b e l l c o u r t l t d . c o . u k o r d a v i d @ b e l l c o u r t l t d . c o . u k E d i t o r J o h n C l a w s o n . T e l : E ­ m a i l j o h n @ b e l l c o u r t l t d . c o . u k o r d a v i d @ b e l l c o u r t l t d . c o . u k 2 0 p 2 0 p W H E R E S O L D W H E R E S O L D I S S U E 2 5 9 I S S U E 2 5 9 O C T O B E R O C T O B E R 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 7 M O R E T H A N 1 9 Y E A R S O F B R I N G I N G T H E M O R E T H A N 1 9 Y E A R S O F B R I N G I N G T H E N O T T I N G H A M D I O C E S E T O G E T H E R N O T T I N G H A M D I O C E S E T O G E T H E R C a t h o l i c N e w s L e a r n a b o u t a d o p t i o n a t o n e o f o u r o p e n e v e n i n g s o n e v e r y 0 1 1 5 9 5 5 8 8 1 1 w w w . f a i t h i n f a m i l i e s . o r g F i r s t T h u r s d a y o f t h e m o n t h 6 . 0 0 p m t o 7 . 3 0 p m 7 C o l w i c k R o a d , W e s t B r i d g f o r d , N G 2 5 F R I h a v e c a l l e d y o u b y y o u r n a m e ; Y o u a r e m i n e A d o p t T o g e t h e r w i t h F a i t h i n F a m i l i e s A A d A d o A d o p A d o p t A d o p t A d o p t T A d o p t To A d o p t Tog A d o p t Toge A d o p t Toget A d o p t Togeth A d o p t Togethe A d o p t Together A d o p t Together A d o p t Together w A d o p t Together wi A d o p t Together wit A d o p t Together with A d o p t Together with A d o p t Together with F A d o p t Together with Fa A d o p t Together with Fai A d o p t Together with Fait A d o p t Together with Faith A d o p t Together with Faith A d o p t Together with Faith i A d o p t Together with Faith in A d o p t Together with Faith in A d o p t Together with Faith in F A d o p t Together with Faith in Fa A d o p t Together with Faith in Fam A d o p t Together with Faith in Fami A d o p t Together with Faith in Famil A d o p t Together with Faith in Famili A d o p t Together with Faith in Familie A d o p t Together with Faith in Families S t L u k e t h e A p o s t l e F e a s t d a y 1 8 t h O c t o b e r O n a c o o l M a y e v e n i n g F r . C h r i s t o p h e r T h o m a s , P a r i s h P r i e s t o f t h e C h u r c h o f t h e A s s u m p t i o n , B e e s t o n , c e l e b r a t e d 2 5 y e a r s o f h i s o r d i n a t i o n t o t h e p r i e s t h o o d . T h e e v e n i n g s t a r t e d w i t h a b e a u t i f u l m a s s c o n c e l e b r a t e d b y B i s h o p P a t r i c k M c K i n n e y F r . M a l a c h y B r e t t , F r . J o n a t h a n R o s e , F r J o h n G i l b e r t a n d F r G r e g T o b i n a n d a t t e n d e d b y p a r i s h i o n e r s , f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s o f F r . C h r i s t o p h e r . C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 7 S I L V E R J U B I L A T I O N C E L E B R A T I O N P a s t o r a l L e t t e r a p p o i n t e d t o b e r e a d o u t a t a l l M a s s e s c e l e b r a t e d o n S a t u r d a y 9 t h a n d S u n d a y 1 0 t h S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 E d u c a t i o n S u n d a y D e a r b r o t h e r s a n d s i s t e r s i n C h r i s t , F o r m a n y y e a r s t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s h a s c e l e b r a t e d E d u c a t i o n S u n d a y , b u t t o d a y , f o r j u s t t h e s e c o n d t i m e , w e d o s o a t t h e s t a r t o f t h e a c a ­ d e m i c y e a r . I t ’ s a g o o d o p p o r t u n i t y t o c e l e b r a t e t h e h i g h s t a n d a r d s o f e d u c a t i o n a c h i e v e d i n o u r C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s , i n c l u d i n g t h e e x c e l l e n t w o r k t h a t g o e s o n t o e n ­ s u r e t h a t a l l p u p i l s k n o w t h a t t h e y a r e l o v e d b y G o d , a n d t o a s s i s t a l l C h r i s t i a n p u p i l s t o d e v e l o p 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 a n d h i s C h u r c h . T h e t h e m e f o r t h i s y e a r ’ s E d u c a t i o n S u n d a y i s ‘ G a t h e r e d i n m y n a m e ’ . I t i s t a k e n f r o m t o d a y ’ s g o s p e l r e a d i n g w h e r e J e s u s t e a c h e s u s t h a t , w h e r e v e r t w o o r m o r e a r e g a t h e r e d i n h i s n a m e , h e i s t h e r e a m o n g t h e m t o b l e s s a n d e q u i p t h e m , s o t h a t h e c a n t h e n s e n d t h e m o u t t o s h a r e i n h i s m i s s i o n o f b r i n g i n g G o d ’ s l o v e t o a l l p e o p l e . O u r C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s c e r t a i n l y p l a y a n i n c r e a s i n g l y v i t a l r o l e i n t h e m i s s i o n o f t h e C h u r c h , a n d a l l w h o a r e c a l l e d t o t h e v o c a t i o n o f e d u c a t i n g t h e y o u n g s h a r e i n t h i s m i s ­ s i o n . I n d e e d , m a n y o f y o u w i l l k n o w t h a t , f o l l o w i n g t h e r e s t o r a t i o n o f t h e h i e r a r c h y i n 1 8 5 0 , t h e b i s h o p s m a d e t h e i m p o r t a n t d e c i s i o n t o b u i l d s c h o o l s b e f o r e c h u r c h e s . 1 C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 1 1

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T h o u g h t s f r o m E l s t o n H e r m i t a g e . . . . . I w r i t e t h i s i n t h e e a r l y d a y s o f S e p t e m b e r w h e n l i f e s e e m s t o b e r e t u r n i n g t o n o r m a l a f t e r t h e h o l i d a y s e a s o n , S c h o o l s r e t u r n , a c ­ t i v i t i e s i n o u r p a r i s h e s r e s u m e a n d i t w o u l d s e e m t h a t s u m m e r i s w e l l b e h i n d u s . T h e r e i s a a u t u m n a l c h i l l i n t h e a i r a n d w e a r e a l ­ r e a d y m i s s i n g t h e e x t r a h o u r s o f l i g h t w e h a v e b e c o m e a c c u s t o m e d t o d u r i n g t h e s u m m e r . H e r e a t t h e h e r m i t a g e o u r f i r s t p r a y e r o f t h e d a y i s s t i l l s h r o u d e d i n d a r k ­ n e s s a t 4 . 3 0 a m , a n d b y t h e t i m e w e p r a y L a u d s ( m o r n i n g p r a y e r ) a r o u n d 6 a . m . t h e w o r d s o f t h e o f f i c e h y m n b e g i n t o p e n e t r a t e t h e d a r k ­ ` ` e a r t h s d u s k y v e i l i s t o r n a w a y , p i e r c e d b y t h e s p a r k l i n g b e a m s o f d a y ` ` . ­ a n d a n e w d a y o f l i g h t g r a d u a l l y c o m e s t o b e . O u r L o r d s p o k e a b o u t t h e r e b e i n g m a n y h o u r s i n t h e d a y i n w h i c h m a n m i g h t w a l k a n d w o r k a n d t h e n o f t h e n i g h t c o m i n g w h e n t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y w a s b o u g h t t o a n e n d . H e w a s e m p h a s i s i n g t h a t w e m o r t a l s i n o u r s e l v e s h a v e n o s u f f i c i e n c y o f l i g h t t o w a l k a n d w o r k b y . W e d e p e n d o n t h e l i g h t w h i c h i s g i v e n t o u s a n d o f c o u r s e w i t h o u t t h i s l i g h t g i v e n f r o m t h e s u n o r a l a m p ­ a r ­ t i f i c i a l l i g h t ­ t h e n w e g r a p p l e i n t h e d a r k a n d t h a t w h i c h i s t r u e n a t u r a l l y i s a l s o t r u e i n a s p i r i t u a l s e n s e t o o . W e d o n o t h a v e l i g h t w i t h i n o u r s e l v e s , w e n e e d s u p e r n a t u r a l l i g h t a n d o f c o u r s e t h i s c a n o n l y c o m e f r o m G o d . S t . J o h n r e m i n d s u s t h a t ` ` t h e m a n t h a t l i v e s b y t h e t r u t h c o m e s o u t i n t o t h e l i g h t ` ` ( J o h n 3 : v 2 1 ) S a i n t P a u l i n h i s l e t t e r t o t h e T h e s s a l o n i a n s r e m i n d s u s ` ` i t i s n o t t h a t w e l i v e i n t h e d a r k , b u t w e a r e a l l s o n s o f l i g h t a n d s o n s o f t h e d a y ` ` ( T h e s s . 5 : v 4 ) O u r b o d i e s t h e n n e e d e y e s t o r e s p o n d t o n a t u r a l l i g h t ­ t h e s a m e i s a l s o t r u e o f t h e s p i r i t , w e n e e d G o d ` s p e n e t r a t i n g r a y s t o g i v e u s s p i r i t u a l l i g h t w h i c h c o m e s t o u s t h r o u g h t h e w o r k i n g o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t . I n t h e d a y s t h a t l i e a h e a d o f u s w i t h l e s s n a t u ­ r a l l i g h t a s t h e w i n t e r s e a s o n c o m e s e v e r c l o s e , i t i s t h e n t h e l i g h t o f G o d d w e l l i n g i n u s t h a t w e n e e d . T h e w h o l e p u r p o s e o f o u r r e l i g i o n i s t h a t w e m a y b e c o m e t h e h o m e a n d l i g h t o f G o d . T h e C a t h o l i c r e l i g i o n i s t h a t e a c h o f u s h a v e t o b e c o m e a l i g h t , n o t o n l y t h a t w e c a n s e e b y , b u t b y w h i c h w e c a n s e e o t h e r s a n d t h e y i n t u r n c a n s e e u s – t r a n s p o r t i n g t h e b e a m s o f G o d ` s l i g h t a n d l o v e i n t o a l l l i f e . A n d s o e a c h m o r n i n g a s w e a l l p r a y i n t h o s e d a r k h o u r s . a n d h o p e f u l l y e a c h o f u s w i l l c r e a t e t i m e h o w e v e r s h o r t i t m a y b e , l e t u s p r a y a n d a w a i t G o d ` s S p i r i t t o s h i n e i n H i s c r e a t i n g l i g h t , t o g u i d e u s t h r o u g h e a c h d a y ­ s o t h a t t h e S o n o f G o d w i l l a r i s e w i t h i n o u r h e a r t s , g i v i n g u s a n o t h e r d a y t o s e r v e H i m a n d o u r f e l l o w m e n . A s w e d o s o l e t u s r e m e m b e r S t P a u l ` s w o r d s t o t h e T h e s s a l o ­ n i a n s a g a i n ` ` s o g i v e e n c o u r a g e m e n t t o e a c h o t h e r a n d k e e p s t r e n g t h e n i n g o n e a n o t h e r ` ` t h a t w e m a y n o t g r a p p l e i n t h e d a r k b u t l i v e i n t h e L i g h t o f t h e L o r d . ( T h e s s . 5 : v 1 1 ) F r D a v i d + h . d . n . P r i e s t a n d H e r m i t D i o c e s e o f N o t t i n g h a m F o l l o w i n g a w e l l ­ a t t e n d e d M a s s f o r L G B T C a t h o l i c s , t h e i r f a m i l i e s a n d f r i e n d s , c e l e ­ b r a t e d b y B i s h o p P a t r i c k M c K i n n e y i n t h e C a t h e d r a l C h u r c h o f S t B a r n a b a s i n O c t o b e r 2 0 1 6 , t h e D i o c e s e i s t o h o s t a n o t h e r M a s s t h i s O c t o b e r . T h e v e n u e t h i s t i m e w i l l b e S t A l b a n ’ s c h u r c h , R o e F a r m L a n e , C h a d d e s ­ d e n , D e r b y , D E 2 1 6 E T . T h e M a s s w i l l b e c e l ­ e b r a t e d b y t h e p a r i s h p r i e s t , F r D a v i d C a n e , a t 2 p m o n S a t u r d a y 2 8 t h O c t o b e r . R e f r e s h ­ m e n t s w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e i n t h e p a r i s h h a l l f o l ­ l o w i n g t h e M a s s . F r D a v i d w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e s a c r a m e n t o f r e c o n c i l i a t i o n a n d / o r c o n s u l t a t i o n f r o m 1 2 . 3 0 t o 1 . 3 0 p m . T h e s e m a s s e s d e l i v e r a s t r o n g a n d c l e a r m e s s a g e t o L G B T C a t h o l i c s t h a t t h e y a r e w e l c o m e a n d t h a t t h e y h a v e a p l a c e i n t h e C h u r c h . L a s t y e a r ’ s M a s s a t t e n d e d b y s o m e s e v e n t y l e s b i a n , g a y , b i s e x u a l a n d t r a n s g e n ­ d e r C a t h o l i c s , t h e i r f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l i e s , f r o m t h e d i o c e s e a n d b e y o n d , w o u l d h a v e b e e n u n t h i n k a b l e s o m e y e a r s a g o . B i s h o p M c K i n n e y i s a m o n g a s m a l l b u t g r o w i n g n u m b e r o f b i s h o p s s e e k i n g t o b e m o r e i n ­ c l u s i v e . 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N o w w e a r e j u s t w e e k s a w a y f r o m o u r A n n u a l A s s e m b l y i n D e r b y o n S a t u r d a y 2 5 t h N o v e m b e r , s o t h i s m o n t h w e h o p e t o g i v e y o u a f l a v o u r o f w h a t y o u c a n e x p e c t f r o m t h e d a y . T h e d a y a t S t M a r y ’ s , B r i d g e G a t e , w i l l b e g i n w i t h M a s s w i t h B i s h o p P a t r i c k a t 1 0 a m . W e h o p e t o h a v e c h i l d r e n f r o m l o c a l s c h o o l s p r o ­ v i d i n g t h e m u s i c a n d s o m e o f t h e l i t u r g y f o r t h e M a s s . 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F r M i c h a e l w i l l e x p l a i n t h e p r o c e s s t o u s o f s e t t i n g u p s i m i l a r p r o j e c t s i n o u r p a r i s h e s , s h a r i n g g o o d a d v i c e a n d g o o d p r a c t i c e , p l u s p r a c t i c a l t i p s . S e a n R y a n , c o ­ o r d i n a t o r o f t h e C o m m u n i t y S p o n s o r s h i p S c h e m e f o r S y r i a n f a m i l i e s f o r C a r i t a s , w i l l t a k e u s t h r o u g h w h a t i s i n v o l v e d i n t h i s g o v e r n m e n t a n d c h u r c h ­ b a c k e d s c h e m e f o r p a r i s h e s t o b e c o m e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r m a n y d i f ­ f e r e n t a s p e c t s o f t h e w e l l ­ b e i n g o f a S y r i a n r e f u g e e f a m i l y l i v i n g i n t h e i r a r e a . T h i s c a n a l s o b e u n d e r t a k e n b y a c l u s t e r o f p a r i s h e s , e a c h t a k i n g r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r d i f f e r e n t a s p e c t s o f t h e s u p p o r t t o b e g i v e n . O u r t h i r d s p e a k e r w i l l a d d r e s s t h e q u e s t i o n “ W h y , a s C a t h o l i c s , s h o u l d w e d e f e n d t h e W e l ­ f a r e S t a t e a n d h o w c a n w e d o t h i s ? ” T h e p r a c t i ­ c a l n a t u r e o f t h e d a y w i l l b e r e i n f o r c e d b y d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h r e e f r e e r e s o u r c e s u p o n p r i o r r e q u e s t f r o m a t t e n d i n g p a r i s h e s : a p a r i s h r e ­ s o u r c e f o r g r o u p p r a y e r , s t u d y , r e f l e c t i o n a n d p r a c t i c a l a c t i o n o n t r a n s f o r m i n g o u r p a r i s h e s i n t o v i b r a n t p e a c e ­ b u i l d i n g c o m m u n i t i e s ; a c o p y o f D O C A T , g i v i n g y o u r j u s t i c e a n d p e a c e g r o u p o r y o u n g p e o p l e p r a c t i c a l t i p s o n h o w t o l i v e o u t t h e c a t e c h i s m ; a n d a n o t i c e ­ b o a r d f o r y o u r c h u r c h o r p a r i s h c e n t r e f o r d e d i c a t e d u s e b y J u s t i c e a n d P e a c e . B o o k y o u r p l a c e w i t h a n d r e q u e s t r e s o u r c e s f r o m L o u i s e C o o k e o n j p n o t t i n g h a m @ n r c d t . o r g . u k o r 0 7 4 1 0 4 1 1 0 4 8 M e d i t a t i o n : W e a r e c u s t o d i a n s o f a n e x t r a o r d i n a r y t r a d i t i o n M o v i n g a t l a s t t o w a r d s a c o m m u n i t y o f s u p r e m e d e l i g h t a s w e t e a c h m e d i t a t i o n t o c h i l d r e n b y D a v i d M a h o n C H I L D R E N e n j o y a n a t u r a l c a p a c i t y f o r d i r e c t e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e t r u t h , f o r c o n t e m p l a t i o n . L a u r e n c e F r e e m a n , D i r e c t o r o f t h e W o r l d C o m m u n i t y f o r C h r i s t i a n M e d i t a t i o n , s u g g e s t s m e d i ­ t a t i o n n a t u r a l l y b e l o n g s t o t h e s p i r i ­ t u a l w i s d o m o f h u m a n i t y , a n d t h e r e f o r e i n i t s f u l l e s t m e a n i n g i t c a n b e d i s c o v e r e d t h e r e . T h e b e n e f i t s , h e s u g g e s t s , a r e p r o v e n , b u t t o t h e s e w e n e e d t o a d d t h e s p i r i t u a l f r u i t s . I t ’ s t h e s e f r u i t s t h a t w i l l h e l p u s t o p e r s e ­ v e r e i n t h e d i s c i p l i n e o f o u r m e d i t a ­ t i o n p r a c t i c e . W r i t i n g r e c e n t l y i n t h e i n a u g u r a l e d i t i o n o f T h e M e d i t a t i o n J o u r n a l , F r e e m a n s u g g e s t s t h a t i n t h e f u t u r e w e w i l l b e a b l e t o b u i l d c o m m u n i t i e s o f f a i t h w i t h p e o p l e o f d i f f e r ­ e n t b e l i e f s . H e q u o t e s t h e c o n t e n t i o n o f S t T h o m a s A q u i n a s t h a t t h e g o a l o f l i f e i s u n i o n w i t h G o d , a n d d e s c r i b e s h o w “ a c o m ­ m u n i t y o f s u p r e m e d e l i g h t ” s h a r e s a l l t h a t i s g o o d , a l l l o v i n g e a c h o t h e r a s t h e m s e l v e s , a n d a l l n r e j o i c i n g i n e a c h o t h e r ’ s w e l l b e i n g . T h i s t o o m u s t b e t h e u l t i m a t e g o a l o f e d u c a ­ t i o n , w i t h i t s p r i m e c o n c e r n a b o u t t h e t r u t h o f t h e n h u m a n j o u r n e y . F r e e m a n s u g g e s t s t h i s i s w h y w e n e e d t o e m p h a s i s e t h e i m p o r ­ t a n c e o f t e a c h i n g m e d i t a t i o n t o c h i l d r e n . M e d i t a t i o n b r i n g s u s i n t o t h i s e x p e r i e n c e o f u n i t y w i t h o u r s e l v e s , w i t h o t h e r s a n d w i t h G o d — a s i n g l e u n ­ a n a l y z a b l e e x p e r i e n c e . I t a l s o e x p l a i n s w h y G o d h a s n o f a v o u r i t e s b e ­ c a u s e w h e n w e b e c o m e f u l l y a l i v e w e m u s t h e l p e a c h o t h e r t o f l o u r i s h . F r e e m a n u r g e s t h a t c h i l d r e n a r e i n n a t e l y c a p a b l e o f r e a l c o n t e m p l a t i o n , o f g o i n g d e e p e r t h a n w o r d s , d e e p e r t h a n i m a g i n a t i o n , d e e p e r t h a n i d e a s . H e w r i t e s : “ T h e y a r e i n t o u c h m o r e d i r e c t l y w i t h t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f G o d w i t h i n t h e m . I f w e a r e t o l i n k o u r t r a n s m i s s i o n o f f a i t h t o t h i s e x p e r i e n c e o f G o d , t h e n c h i l d r e n n e e d t o b e i n t r o d u c e d t o a w a y o f p r a y e r t h a t w i l l e n a b l e t h e m t o s t a y i n t o u c h w i t h t h a t e x p e ­ r i e n c e a s t h e y d e v e l o p y e a r b y y e a r a n d f o r t h e r e s t o f t h e i r l i v e s . ” F r e e m a n c o n t e n d s t h a t r e s e a r c h h a s b e e n d o n e i n m a n y a r e a s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n e d u c a t i o n a l t h e o r y a n d p s y ­ c h o l o g y , w h i c h s h o w s o v e r w h e l m i n g e v i ­ d e n c e t h a t e i g h t y t o n i n e t y p e r c e n t o f c h i l d r e n r e p o r t w h a t w e w o u l d c a l l ‘ a s p i r i ­ t u a l e x p e r i e n c e ’ o r a n ‘ e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e p r e s e n c e o f G o d . ’ T h i s m e a n s t h a t c h i l d r e n h a v e a c a p a c i t y f o r t h e e x p e r i e n c e t h a t w e c a l l , i n C h r i s t i a n t h e o l o g y , c o n t e m p l a t i o n . F r e e m a n g o e s o n t o q u o t e S t A u g u s t i n e : ” T h a t t h e h e a r t i s f u l l o f p r a y e r , t h e h u m a n h e a r t i s a l r e a d y g i f t e d w i t h t h i s e x p e r i e n c e o f p r a y e r a n d w e s i m p l y h a v e t o d i s c o v e r i t . ” A u g u s t i n e w e n t o n t o s u g g e s t t h a t t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t t a s k o f t h e C h r i s t i a n l i f e i s ‘ t o r e ­ s t o r e t o h e a l t h t h e e y e o f t h e h e a r t b y w h i c h G o d c a n b e s e e n . ’ F r e e m a n s a y s t h i s i n n a t e n a t u r a l c a p a c i t y f o r c o n t e m p l a t i o n i s a n e s ­ s e n t i a l e l e m e n t o f t h e C h r i s t i a n u n d e r s t a n d ­ i n g o f t h e h u m a n b e i n g . W e a r e c a p a b l e o f k n o w i n g G o d d i r e c t l y b e c a u s e w e a r e c r e ­ a t e d i n t h e i m a g e a n d l i k e n e s s o f G o d . I t i s j u s t l i k e t h e w a y i n w h i c h a c h i l d w i l l r e c o g ­ n i s e h i s o r h e r p a r e n t s ; t h e r e i s a n a t u r a l D N A c o n n e c t i o n . F r e e m a n a d d s : “ S o a c h i l d h a s t h i s n a t u r a l c a p a c i t y . T h o m a s A q u i n a s , w h o i s n o t t h e m o s t s i m p l e o f t h e o l o g i a n s , d e f i n e s c o n t e m ­ p l a t i o n a s ‘ t h e s i m p l e e n j o y m e n t o f t h e t r u t h . ’ Y o u c a n ’ t g e t m u c h m o r e b a s i c t h a n t h a t . F u n d a m e n t a l l y , i t i s h a v i n g a g o o d t i m e — t h e s i m p l e e n j o y m e n t o f t h e t r u t h . A n d t h a t s u g g e s t s a v e r y i m p o r t a n t c o n n e c ­ t i o n a t t h e c o n c e p t u a l l e v e l b e t w e e n c o n ­ t e m p l a t i o n a n d s i m p l i c i t y . T h a t i s t h e b a s i s , I t h i n k , f o r o u r t e a c h i n g m e d i t a t i o n t o c h i l ­ d r e n , t h i s r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n s i m p l i c i t y a n d c o n t e m p l a t i o n . “ T h i s i s w h y , w h e n w e m e d i t a t e , w e l e t g o o f t h o u g h t s , w o r d s a n d i m a g e s , a l l o f t h e n o r m a l a c t i v i t y o f t h e m i n d : t h i n k i n g , r e m e m b e r i n g , p l a n n i n g , w o r r y i n g , d a y d r e a m i n g — a l l t h e t h i n g s t h a t w e d o i n o u r h e a d s . W e m o v e t o a d e e p e r , q u i e t e r , c a l m e r l e v e l . W e m o v e t o t h e l e v e l o f t h e h e a r t w h i c h i s w h y m e d i t a t i o n o r c o n ­ t e m p l a t i o n i s c a l l e d t h e p r a y e r o f t h e h e a r t . T h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e s e t w o c e n t r e s o f p r a y e r c o n s c i o u s n e s s l i e s i n t h e t r a n s c e n ­ d e n c e o f w o r d s , t h o u g h t s a n d i m a g e s . I n m e d i t a t i o n w e l e t g o o f t h e t h o u g h t s , w o r d s a n d i m a g e s , a n d w e m o v e i n t o s i l e n c e . S i ­ l e n c e i s a c a p a c i t y f o r t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f G o d b e y o n d w o r d s , b e y o n d t h o u g h t s . M e i s t e r E c k h a r t s a y s : ‘ T h e r e i s n o t h i n g s o m u c h l i k e G o d a s s i l e n c e . ’ ” F r e e m a n s u g g e s t s t h a t d i s ­ c o v e r i n g a n d f o l l o w i n g t h e c o n t e m p l a t i v e j o u r n e y i s e s s e n t i a l t o o u r e x p e r i e n c e o f l i f e a s a m e a n i n g f u l u s e o f t i m e . F u l l h u m a n g r o w t h i s d i s c o v e r i n g t h a t l i f e h a s a p u r p o s e a n d t h a t p u r p o s e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e C h r i s t i a n t r a d i t i o n , i s t h e v i s i o n o f G o d , u n i o n w i t h G o d , s h a r i n g i n t h e l i f e o f G o d . F r e e m a n i n s i s t s t h a t t o d a y t h e r e i s a g r o w ­ i n g r e c o g n i t i o n o f t h e s p i r i t u a l a w a r e n e s s o f c h i l d h o o d . T h i s s h o u l d b e o u r s t a r t i n g ­ p o i n t f o r t e a c h i n g c h i l d r e n t o m e d i t a t e . H e s u g ­ g e s t s C h r i s t i a n s n e e d t o a s k , w h a t i s o u r a t ­ t i t u d e t o w a r d s t h e s p i r i t u a l n a t u r e o f t h e c h i l d a n d h o w d o w e n e e d t o d e v e l o p t h i s ? H e c o n c l u d e s : “ A c h i l d h a s a n i n n a t e a w a r e ­ n e s s o f t h e m i n d o f C h r i s t . S t P a u l s a y s : “ W e p o s s e s s t h e m i n d o f C h r i s t . ” T h a t m e a n s C h r i s t d w e l l i n g i n u s . T h e ‘ n a m e ’ o f J e s u s h a s t o b e c o m p l e m e n t e d a n d b a l a n c e d b y h e l p i n g t h e c h i l d t o r e c o g n i s e h i s o r h e r o w n e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e m i n d o f C h r i s t . ” D a v i d M a h o n i s t h e f o u n d e r a n d d i ­ r e c t o r o f T u m b l e T r u s t R e l a x a t i o n w h i c h o r g a n i s e s r e t r e a t s a t C h r i s t i a n c e n t r e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e U K .

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T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 P a g e 5 W e P r e s s o n – t o g e t h e r ­ I n H o p e : S u p p o r t P a c t t h i s P r i s o n e r s ’ S u n d a y “ M y u p b r i n g i n g w a s v e r y d y s f u n c t i o n a l ; a t t h e a g e o f t e n I f o u n d d r i n k a n d d r u g s . I ’ m a p e r s o n w h o h a s s p e n t n i n e t e e n y e a r s o f m y l i f e i n p r i s o n a n d P a c t s u p p o r t g a v e m e h o p e , n o t o n l y t o s t a y o u t o f p r i s o n b u t t o h e l p m e f i n d m e a n i n g i n m y l i f e . I t h e l p e d m e w h e n I h a d n o f o o d , n o t r a v e l , a n d n o j o b . T h e m e n t o r i n g s e r v i c e h a s b u i l t m y s e l f ­ c o n f i d e n c e , h a s g i v e n m e a l i f e w o r t h l e a d i n g a n d g i v e n m e a f u t u r e . ” D a v i d , U s e r o f P a c t s e r v i c e s A t t h e a g e o f 4 5 , D a v i d h a d s p e n t a l m o s t h a l f o f h i s l i f e i n p r i s o n . W i t h n o s u p p o r t n e t w o r k D a v i d w a s a n x i o u s o f f a l l i n g b a c k i n t o o l d h a b i t s . H e m e t w i t h a P a c t W o r k e r w h i l s t i n p r i s o n w h o s e t h i m u p w i t h a g r o u p o f v o l u n t e e r m e n t o r s , m o t i v a t e d b y t h e i r f a i t h , w h o c o u l d o f f e r h i m p r a c t i c a l a n d e m o t i o n a l s u p p o r t f o r t h e f i r s t c r u c i a l m o n t h s a f t e r r e l e a s e . T h i s g a v e D a v i d i m ­ m e n s e h o p e , h e l p e d h i m f i n d h i s f e e t , r e s e t ­ t l e b a c k i n t o t h e c o m m u n i t y a n d b u i l d a l i f e . T h o u s a n d s o f m e n l i k e D a v i d l e a v e p r i s o n e v e r y d a y , m a n y o f w h o m a r e h o m e l e s s w i t h n o s u p p o r t n e t w o r k . T h e y a r e o f t e n s o m e o f t h e m o s t m a r g i n a l i s e d p e o p l e i n s o c i e t y ; a n d y e t m o s t i n n e e d o f h o p e f o r a f r e s h s t a r t . W i t h o u t s u p p o r t , m e n l i k e D a v i d m a y n o t h a v e t h e c h a n c e t o g e t b a c k o n t h e r i g h t r o a d . O n O c t o b e r 8 t h t h i s y e a r w e m a r k P r i s o n ­ e r s ’ S u n d a y , t h e n a t i o n a l d a y o f p r a y e r a n d a c t i o n f o r p r i s o n e r s a n d t h e i r d e p e n d a n t s . O u r t h e m e , ‘ W e P r e s s o n – t o g e t h e r ­ i n H o p e ’ , r e c o g n i s e s t h e v i t a l r o l e w e a l l p l a y i n c o m i n g t o g e t h e r , a s a C a t h o l i c c o m m u ­ n i t y w o r k i n g t o b r i n g l i g h t a n d a f r e s h s t a r t t o p e o p l e a f f e c t e d b y i m p r i s o n m e n t . W e a s k y o u t o p u t y o u r f a i t h i n t o a c t i o n a n d h e l p u s t o s u p p o r t m o r e p e o p l e l i k e D a v i d . A r e s o u r c e p a c k w i l l b e s e n t t o e v e r y P a r i s h P r i e s t a c r o s s E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s w i t h m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n . P l e a s e e n c o u r a g e y o u r r e l e ­ v a n t c e l e b r a n t t o m a k e u s e o f t h e r e s o u r c e s t o m a r k t h e d a y . A d d i t i o n a l r e s o u r c e s s u c h a s c h i l d r e n ’ s a c t i v i t i e s & l i t u r g y a n d d i s c u s ­ s i o n g r o u p t o p i c s a r e a v a i l a b l e o n P a c t ’ s w e b s i t e f r o m e a r l y S e p t e m b e r . I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o g e t i n v o l v e d o r h o s t a t a l k o n P a c t ’ s w o r k i n y o u r c o m m u n i t y p l e a s e g e t i n t o u c h w i t h N a o m i o n t h e d e t a i l s b e l o w . w w w . p r i s o n a d v i c e . o r g . u k P a r i s h . A c t i o n @ p r i s o n a d v i c e . o r g . u k 0 2 0 7 7 3 5 9 5 3 5 G e n e r o u s f u n d r a i s e r s i n E a s t w o o d h e l d a f u n ­ f i l l e d g a r d e n p a r t y t o r a i s e m o n e y i n s u p p o r t o f d i s a d v a n t a g e d c o m m u n i ­ t i e s i n E t h i o p i a . L o c a l r e s i d e n t M a r i e L o w e o p e n e d u p h e r h o m e t o O u r L a d y o f G o o d C o u n s e l c h u r c h p a r i s h i o n e r s w i t h p l e n t y o f f o o d a n d d r i n k o n o f f e r . A t o m b o l a w i t h a p r i z e e v e r y t i m e h e l p e d t h e g a t h e r i n g r a i s e a n i m p r e s s i v e £ 2 5 3 f o r C A F O D ’ s C o n n e c t 2 s c h e m e . C o n n e c t 2 i s b u i l t o n C A F O D ’ s v a l u e s o f s o l i d a r i t y a n d p a r t ­ n e r s h i p , w h e r e p a r i s h e s i n t h e U K a r e a b l e t o s t a n d a l o n g ­ s i d e c o m m u n i t i e s o v e r s e a s t o f i g h t a g a i n s t p o v e r t y a n d i n j u s t i c e . T h r o u g h C o n n e c t 2 , t h e C A F O D g r o u p a t O u r L a d y o f G o o d C o u n s e l i s l i n k e d w i t h g r o u p s i n S e b e y a , i n t h e d r y , a r i d n o r t h o f E t h i o p i a . C h a i r o f t h e p a r i s h C A F O D g r o u p , E l a i n e O l i v e r , s a i d : “ T h i s w a s a l o v e l y o c c a s i o n f o r m e e t i n g f r i e n d s o l d a n d n e w . P l a t e s w e r e f i l l e d w i t h s a n d w i c h e s , c a k e a n d s c o n e s ! “ T h e m o n e y r a i s e d h a s b e e n s e n t t o S e b e y a a n d w e w i l l h a v e m a n y h a p p y m e m o r i e s o f t h e d a y t o g e t h e r . ” C A F O D r e p r e s e n t a t i v e i n N o t t i n g h a m , M a g g i e M a i r u r a , s a i d : “ T h a n k y o u t o e v e r y o n e w h o h e l p e d o r g a n i s e t h i s w o n ­ d e r f u l e v e n t . E v e r y b o d y w h o a t t e n d e d h a d a g r e a t t i m e a n d i t i s o f c o u r s e g o i n g t o a v e r y w o r t h y c a u s e . “ C o n n e c t 2 i s a b r i l l i a n t s c h e m e a n d t h e O u r L a d y o f G o o d C o u n s e l p a r i s h i o n e r s h a v e r e a l l y e m b r a c e d i t a n d m a d e a b i g d i f f e r e n c e t o c o m m u n i t i e s i n E t h i o p i a . ” F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n C A F O D ’ s C o n n e c t 2 c a m p a i g n , v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e . P a r i s h i o n e r s e n j o y i n g t h e g a r d e n p a r t y T h e g a r d e n p a r t y w a s a g r e a t s u c c e s s E a s t w o o d g a r d e n p a r t y r a i s e s C o n n e c t 2 f u n d s H o l y d a y s o f O b l i g a t i o n ­ E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s W i t h e f f e c t f r o m t h e F i r s t S u n d a y o f A d v e n t 2 0 1 7 , t w o h o l y d a y s o f o b l i g a t i o n a r e b e i n g r e i n s t a t e d . T h i s d e c i s i o n w a s m a d e b y t h e B i s h o p s o f E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s , a n d h a s b e e n c o n f i r m e d b y t h e H o l y S e e . T h e d a y s a r e : T h e E p i p h a n y o f t h e L o r d — 6 J a n u a r y ( t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e a d j a ­ c e n t S u n d a y w h e n i t f a l l s o n S a t ­ u r d a y o r M o n d a y ) T h e A s c e n s i o n o f t h e L o r d — T h u r s d a y a f t e r S i x t h S u n d a y o f E a s t e r

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C o r m a c M u r p h y ­ O ` C o n n o r , w h o b e c a m e t h e t e n t h A r c h b i s h o p o f W e s t m i n s t e r ( 2 0 0 0 ­ 0 9 ) , w a s b o r n i n R e a d i n g o n 2 4 A u g u s t 1 9 3 2 , t h e f i f t h s o n o f D r G e o r g e M u r p h y ­ O ’ C o n n o r a n d h i s w i f e E l l e n . H i s p a r e n t s o r i g i n a l l y c a m e f r o m C o u n t y C o r k . H e w a s e d u c a t e d a t t h e P r e s e n t a t i o n C o l ­ l e g e , R e a d i n g , a n d P r i o r P a r k C o l l e g e i n B a t h . D u r i n g t h e H o l y Y e a r o f 1 9 5 0 h e b e g a n t o t r a i n a s a p r i e s t f o r t h e d i o c e s e o f P o r t s m o u t h a t t h e V e n e r a b l e E n g l i s h C o l ­ l e g e , R o m e , w h e r e h e j o i n e d h i s t w o b r o t h ­ e r s , B r i a n a n d P a t r i c k . 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M u r p h y ­ O ’ C o n n o r a l s o s e r v e d a s D i ­ r e c t o r o f V o c a t i o n s a n d h e l p e d e s t a b l i s h t h e c o u n t r y ’ s f i r s t D i o c e s a n P a s t o r a l C e n t r e a t P a r k P l a c e , W i c k h a m . I n S e p t e m b e r 1 9 7 0 h e w e n t t o I m m a c u l a t e C o n c e p t i o n , P o r t s w o o d a s P a r i s h P r i e s t , b u t a t t h e e n d o f 1 9 7 1 r e t u r n e d t o R o m e a s R e c ­ t o r o f t h e V e n e r a b l e E n g l i s h C o l l e g e , h i s a l m a m a t e r . 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T h i s w a s i n s p i r e d b y h i s b e l i e f t h a t t h e C h u r c h s h o u l d b e ‘ e x p e r i e n c e d n o t a s a f a c e l e s s i n s t i t u t i o n b u t a s a c o m m u n i t y , a f a m i l y , t o w h o s e l i f e a l l i t s m e m b e r s c o n ­ t r i b u t e ’ a n d i n v o l v e d t h e c r e a t i o n o f ‘ s m a l l c o m m u n i t i e s ’ i n p a r i s h e s . H e l a t e r a d m i t ­ t e d : " R e n e w h a d m i x e d r e s u l t s , b u t I t h i n k w e w e n t s o m e w a y t o r e c a p t u r i n g t h e b a s i c c o n c e p t o f C h r i s t i a n c o m m u n i t y . " F r o m 1 9 8 2 u n t i l 2 0 0 0 M u r p h y ­ O ’ C o n n o r w a s C o ­ C h a i r m a n o f t h e A n g l i c a n a n d R o m a n C a t h o l i c I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o m m i s s i o n ( A R C I C ) , a n d e c u m e n i s m r e m a i n e d a c a u s e c l o s e t o h i s h e a r t . 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A s a r c h b i s h o p o f a d e n s e l y ­ p o p u l a t e d a n d d i v e r s e d i o c e s e , M u r p h y ­ O ’ C o n n o r t o o k o n v a r i o u s i n i t i a t i v e s . I n 2 0 0 1 h e b e g a n r e p l a c ­ i n g H u m e ’ s s y s t e m o f e p i s c o p a l a r e a s w i t h f o u r k e y a r e a s o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ( E d u c a t i o n , C l e r g y a n d C o n s e c r a t e d L i f e , P a s t o r a l A f ­ f a i r s a n d E c u m e n i s m a n d I n t e r f a i t h r e l a ­ t i o n s ) , e a c h o n e u n d e r t h e s u p e r v i s i o n o f a d i f f e r e n t a u x i l i a r y b i s h o p . H e h o p e d t h i s w o u l d s e r v e t o f u r t h e r u n i f y t h e d i o c e s e . I n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 3 h e l a u n c h e d A t Y o u r W o r d , L o r d w i t h a s p e c i a l M a s s h e l d a t W e m b l e y A r e n a . 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B a s e d o n t h e ‘ R E N E W ’ p r o g r a m m e h e h a d f o l l o w e d i n A r u n d e l a n d B r i g h t o n , t h e t h r e e y e a r p r o ­ c e s s b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r t h o u s a n d s i n s m a l l p r a y e r g r o u p s a n d p r o m o t e d a v i s i o n o f t h e C h u r c h a s ‘ a c o m m u n i o n o f c o m m u n i t i e s . ’ I t w a s f o l l o w e d b y t h e p u b l i c a t i o n i n F e b r u ­ a r y 2 0 0 6 o f a ‘ W h i t e P a p e r , ’ C o m m u n i o n a n d M i s s i o n , w h i c h i d e n t i f i e d t h e p r i o r i t i e s f o r t h e l o c a l C h u r c h i n t h e t w e n t y ­ f i r s t c e n ­ t u r y : t h e c a l l t o h o l i n e s s , t h e f o r m a t i o n o f a d u l t s a n d y o u n g p e o p l e , s m a l l c o m m u n i ­ t i e s , p r i e s t h o o d a n d v o c a t i o n s a n d i n ­ c r e a s e d p a r t i c i p a t i o n , c o l l a b o r a t i o n a n d a c c o u n t a b i l i t y . A w a r e o f t h e s c o u r g e o f c h i l d a b u s e a n d h a v i n g h a d p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e o f c a s e s a s b i s h o p o f A r u n d e l a n d B r i g h t o n , h e c o m ­ m i s s i o n e d L o r d N o l a n t o c h a i r a n i n d e p e n ­ d e n t r e v i e w o n c h i l d p r o t e c t i o n i n t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s . T h i s w a s a l a n d m a r k d o c u m e n t a n d l e d t o t h e e s ­ t a b l i s h m e n t o f a n i n d e p e n d e n t o f f i c e ( C O P C A ) t o o v e r s e e t h e p r o t e c t i o n o f c h i l ­ d r e n a n d v u l n e r a b l e a d u l t s . I n o r d e r t o c o n s o l i d a t e t h i s w o r k , h e a l s o c o m m i s s i o n e d a r e v i e w , c o n d u c t e d b y B a r o n e s s C u m b l e r l e d g e , w h i c h l e d t o t h e e s ­ t a b l i s h m e n t o f t h e C a t h o l i c S a f e g u a r d i n g A d v i s o r y S e r v i c e a n d t h e N a t i o n a l C a t h o l i c S a f e g u a r d i n g C o m m i s s i o n . A s a c a r d i n a l a n d P r e s i d e n t o f t h e B i s h o p s ’ C o n f e r e n c e o f E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s , M u r p h y ­ O ’ C o n n o r h a d t o t a c k l e m a n y s e n s i t i v e i s ­ s u e s i n t h e ‘ p u b l i c s q u a r e ’ , p r o v i d i n g a C a t h o l i c v o i c e o n i s s u e s a s d i v e r s e a s t h e w a r i n I r a q , m e d i c a l e t h i c s a n d t h e 2 0 0 6 E q u a l i t y A c t . H e e n j o y e d g o o d r e l a t i o n s w i t h t h e r o y a l f a m i l y a n d i n 2 0 0 2 n o t o n l y r e a d a p r a y e r a t t h e f u n e r a l o f t h e Q u e e n M o t h e r b u t a l s o p r e a c h e d b e f o r e H e r M a j e s t y t h e Q u e e n a n d P r i n c e P h i l i p a t t h e S u n d a y s e r v i c e i n S a n d r i n g h a m . H e w a s p r i v i l e g e d , t o o , t o h o s t t h e Q u e e n a n d P r i n c e P h i l i p f o r l u n c h a t A r c h b i s h o p ’ s H o u s e , a n h i s t o r i c a l h i g h l i g h t w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e p l a c e o f t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h i n B r i t i s h s o c i e t y . O n r e a c h i n g t h e a g e o f s e v e n t y ­ f i v e , M u r ­ p h y ­ O ’ C o n n o r s u b m i t t e d h i s r e s i g n a t i o n t o t h e H o l y S e e . H e c o n t i n u e d u n t i l h i s s u c c e s ­ s o r , A r c h b i s h o p V i n c e n t N i c h o l s , w a s a p ­ p o i n t e d o n 3 A p r i l 2 0 0 9 . C a r d i n a l M u r p h y ­ O ’ C o n n o r b e c a m e t h e f i r s t A r c h ­ b i s h o p o f W e s t m i n s t e r t o r e t i r e , a l l h i s p r e ­ d e c e s s o r s h a v i n g d i e d i n o f f i c e . H e m o v e d t o a h o u s e o n D u k e ’ s A v e n u e , C h i s w i c k a n d c o n t i n u e d h i s w o r k i n R o m e , t a k i n g u p n e w p o s t s o n t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n f o r B i s h o p s a n d t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n f o r t h e E v a n ­ g e l i z a t i o n o f P e o p l e s . O n a n u m b e r o f o c c a ­ s i o n s h e a c t e d a s p a p a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e t o s u c h p l a c e s a s S t o c k h o l m , I n d i a , B a n g l a d e s h a n d T r o n d h e i m i n N o r w a y . I n J u n e 2 0 1 0 h e w a s n a m e d a s t h e V i s i t o r t o t h e P r o v i n c e o f A r m a g h i n t h e a f t e r m a t h o f t h e R y a n a n d M u r p h y R e p o r t s o n c h i l d a b u s e . A f t e r r e a c h i n g h i s e i g h t i e t h b i r t h d a y i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 2 , m a n y o f h i s R o m a n c o m m i t ­ m e n t s c e a s e d a n d h e p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e c o n c l a v e o f 2 0 1 3 a s a n o n ­ v o t e r . T h r o u g h o u t h i s l i f e , ‘ C a r d i n a l C o r m a c ’ k e p t u p a k e e n i n t e r e s t i n s p o r t ( e s p e c i a l l y r u g b y a n d g o l f ) a n d m u s i c ; h e w a s a t a l e n t e d p i ­ a n i s t a n d o c c a s i o n a l l y p e r f o r m e d a t c h a r i t y e v e n t s a n d c e l e b r a t i o n s . H i s p u b l i c a t i o n s i n c l u d e T h e F a m i l y o f t h e C h u r c h ( 1 9 8 4 ) , A t t h e H e a r t o f t h e W o r l d ( 2 0 0 4 ) a n d a v o l u m e o f m e m o i r s , A n E n ­ g l i s h S p r i n g ( 2 0 1 5 ) . H e w i l l l o n g b e r e m e m ­ b e r e d f o r h i s p e r s o n a l w a r m t h , h u m o u r a n d p e r s u a s i v e l e a d e r s h i p . s o u r c e : w w w . c b c e w . o r g . u k P a g e 6 T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 P o p e g i v e s t h a n k s f o r C a r d i n a l C o r m a c ` s " d i s t i n g u i s h e d s e r v i c e t o t h e C h u r c h " P o p e F r a n c i s h a s w r i t t e n t o C a r d i n a l N i c h o l s t o o f f e r h i s " h e a r t f e l t c o n d o l e n c e s " a f t e r t h e d e a t h o f A r c h b i s h o p e m e r i t u s o f W e s t m i n s t e r , C a r d i n a l C o r m a c M u r p h y ­ O ` C o n n o r w h o p a s s e d a w a y o n 1 s t S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 . I n p r a i s i n g C a r d i n a l C o r m a c ` s s e r v i c e t o t h e C h u r c h i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s , t h e P o p e l a u d s t h e l a t e c a r d i n a l ` s " u n w a v e r i n g d e v o t i o n t o t h e p r e a c h i n g o f t h e G o s p e l a n d t h e c a r e o f t h e p o o r , a n d h i s f a r ­ s i g h t e d c o m m i t m e n t t o t h e a d v a n c e m e n t o f e c u m e n i c a l a n d i n t e r r e l i g i o u s u n d e r s t a n d i n g . " P o p e F r a n c i s c o n c l u d e s b y c o m m e n d i n g h i s s o u l t o t h e m e r c y o f G o d a n d i m p a r t i n g h i s A p o s t o l i c B l e s s i n g . T h e t w o m e n w e r e e l e v a t e d t o t h e r a n k o f C a r d i n a l a t t h e s a m e C o n s i s t o r y i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 1 . O b i t u a r y : C a r d i n a l C o r m a c M u r p h y ­ O ` C o n n o r

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T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 P a g e 7 D e r b y C a t e n i a n s B o w l ‘ e m O v e r D e r b y C a t e n i a n s h e l d t h e i r a n n u a l s k i t t l e s a n d f i s h a n d c h i p s u p p e r e v e n i n g i n e a r l y S e p t e m b e r . T h i s p o p u l a r w e l l a t t e n d e d e v e n t t a k e s p l a c e a t a h o s t e l r y o n t h e o u t s k i r t s o f D e r b y i n t h e v i l l a g e o f O c k b r o o k . T h e w i n n e r o f t h e m e n ’ s p r i z e w a s P h i l i p K e l l y . T h e w i n n e r s o f t h e L a d i e s ’ p r i z e c o u l d n o t b e s e p a r a t e d e v e n a f t e r a l e n g t h y p l a y o f f s o p r i z e s w e r e a w a r d e d t o A n n e P e r r y a n d P a s c a l e H o l d e n . K e v i n H u r s t D e r b y C a t e n i a n s P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r T o p : T h e C a t e n i a n s a n d w i v e s r e p r e s e n t i n g m o s t p a r i s h e s i n t h e D e r b y D e a n e r y R i g h t : T h e ‘ w i n n e r s ’ A n n e P e r r y ( l e f t ) , P h i l i p K e l l y ( c e n t r e ) a n d P a s c a l e H o l d e n ( r i g h t ) w i t h D e r b y P r e s i d e n t A n d y H o l d e n a t t h e b a c k C o n t i u e d f r o m p a g e 1 F r . M a l a c h y g a v e a t h o u g h t p r o v o k i n g a n d h u m o r o u s h o m i l y r e g a r d i n g t h e p r i e s t h o o d a n d n o t t o m e n t i o n " s h i n y s h o e s C h r i s t o p h e r " . A t t h e e n d o f M a s s F r . C h r i s t o p h e r w a s p r e s e n t e d w i t h a b o u q u e t o f R o s e s ( w h i c h h e p r e s e n t e d t o h i s m o t h e r ) , a c a r d a n d g i f t f r o m t h e p a r i s h . A f t e r M a s s t h e c e l e b r a t i o n s c o n t i n u e d i n t h e p a r i s h h a l l a n d g r o u n d s w i t h a h o g r o a s t , c e l e b r a t i o n c a k e , p l e n t y o f w i n e a n d a l s o a n e x c e l l e n t " T h i s i s y o u r L i f e F r . C h r i s t o p h e r " s l i d e s h o w p r o v i d e d b y F r . C h r i s t o p h e r ` s f a m i l y , w h i c h p r o v i d e d m u c h h i l a r i t y . f o r a l l g u e s t s A l l i n a l l t h e e v e n i n g w a s a r e a l c e l e b r a t i o n e n j o y e d b y a l l w h o a t t e n d e d . Nottingham D iocese S pirituality N etwork Days o f P rayer: 2 017­18 7th O c t. 4 th N ov. 9th D ec. 13th J an Days o f P rayer: Offering o p p o r tunities f o r different wa y s o f pra y i ng. Benedictine, C o n templative, Ignatian, Silent Prayer, Lecti o Di v i na, E x amen , J o u rnaling, Rule o f Life, Guided Meditati o n , M o r ning, E v ening Prayer. D o n ati o n s gratefull y accepted Day s tarts w ith c offee a t 1 0:00 a nd e nds a t 3 :00pm St A lban’s P arish C entre Roe F arm L ane, C h a d d e s d e n D e rby DE21 6 ET 7th O c t. Finding G od i n t he W ord Core G roup 4th N ov. Journaling Robert F airbrother 9th D ec. From a R ainbow t o C h r i s t F r D avid C ain 13th J an Words W ords W ords! Robert F airbrother Angela Fairbr o t her E m ail: angelafairbr o t her69@gmail.c o m T el: 07813 584213 Ann Neale Tel. 01623 811141 M o b . 077 30956156 E m ail: a n n @ p e rkeo . c o . u k

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H i , m y n a m e i s C i a r a , I ’ m 2 1 a n d I ’ m f r o m S t o c k p o r t ! I ’ v e j u s t g r a d ­ u a t e d f r o m t h e L o n d o n S c h o o l o f E c o n o m i c s w h e r e I w a s s t u d y i n g p o l i t i c s a n d p h i l o s o p h y . T h i s y e a r , I ’ l l b e b a s e d a t T h e B r i a r s C a t h o l i c r e t r e a t c e n t r e i n N o t t i n g h a m D i o c e s e . T h e r e I ’ l l b e w o r k ­ i n g w i t h y o u n g p e o p l e f r o m a l l o v e r t h e d i o c e s e , s p e a k i n g t o t h e m a b o u t C A F O D ’ s w o r k i n t h e U K a n d o v e r s e a s . I ’ m r e a l l y e x c i t e d a b o u t t h i s p a r t o f m y p l a c e m e n t . A t s c h o o l I w a s i n s p i r e d t o f u n d r a i s e f o r C A F O D a n d I ’ m h o p i n g l e a d i n g s e s s i o n s a t T h e B r i a r s w i l l e n c o u r a g e o t h e r s t o d o s o . C A F O D h a s b e e n s o i m p o r t a n t i n p u t t i n g m y f a i t h i n t o a c t i o n , a n d t h a t ’ s w h y I d e c i d e d t o d e d i c a t e a n e n t i r e y e a r t o s p r e a d t h e w o r d a b o u t C A F O D a n d i n s p i r e y o u n g p e o p l e t o t a k e a n i n t e r e s t i n g l o b a l j u s t i c e . I ’ m l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o a l l t h e n e w e x p e r i e n c e s S t e p I n t o t h e G a p w i l l b r i n g , i n c l u d i n g t h e o v e r s e a s v i s i t . B e i n g a b l e t o h e a r f r o m C A F O D p a r t n e r s d i r e c t l y , w h o a r e o n t h e f r o n t l i n e o f t h e f i g h t a g a i n s t g l o b a l i n j u s t i c e , i s s u c h a p r i v i l e g e . I ’ m h o p i n g t h a t t h i s v i s i t w i l l n o t o n l y i n s p i r e m e a n d t h e o t h e r G a p ­ p e r s , b u t t h e t h o u s a n d s o f y o u n g p e o p l e w e w i l l r e a c h i n o u r p l a c e ­ m e n t s . 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O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 J O E W ALSH T O U RS PIL G R IMA G E S MANCHESTER : 0 16 1 8 2 0 8 7 9 0 | LIVERPOOL : 015 1 9 0 9 2 8 7 1 www.joewalsh t o urs . c o.uk | i n fo@ j o e w al s h t o u r s.co. u k B o n d e d & L icensed b y t h e C ivil A viati o n A u t h o r ity i n t h e U K | ATO L 5 16 3 | A B T OT 5 332 W E O FFE R » D i r ect i g h t s f ro m v ariou s a irport s i n t h e U K » Full y e scorted w i t h p rofess i o nal g u i d e s » Retur n airp o r t t r a n s fers » Grea t s electio n o f h o t els » F ull y exibl e tailor-made iti n e r a r i e s » B o n d ed & f ull y licen s e d f o r nancia l p rotection £ 4 9 9 p p £ D AIL Y B REAKFAST , L UNC H & D INNER F A T IMA 1 , 5 & 1 2 N OVEMBE R | 5 N IGHTS From M a n c h est e r » H o t e l a c c o m m o d a t i o n o n f u l l b o a r d b a s i s » C o m p r e h e n s i v e R e l i g i o u s P r o g r a m m e » C e n t e n a r y C e l e b r a t i o n s & C e r e m o n i e s N O W T A K I N G 2 0 1 8 B O O K I N G S R E A L I T Y C H E C K … b y J u l i a B e a c r o f t H o w d o y o u t u n e i n t o t h e L o r d ? “ J E R R Y ! J E R R Y ! J E R R Y ! ” m y t h e n s e v e n ­ t e e n y e a r o l d s o n c h a n t e d , a l o n g w i t h t h e T V s t u d i o a u d i e n c e . “ J E R R Y ! ” H e w a s , o f c o u r s e , w a t c h i n g t h e J e r r y S p r i n g e r s h o w . T e l e v i s i o n p r e s e n t e r , f o r m e r l a w y e r , D e m o ­ c r a t i c m a y o r o f C i n c i n n a t i , n e w s p r e s e n t e r , a c t o r , a n d m u s i c i a n J e r r y S p r i n g e r r e m a i n s w e l l k n o w n f o r h o s t i n g h i s o w n c h a t s h o w , w h i c h c o n t i n u e s t o b e e v e r p o p u l a r . I n f a c t , t h e c u r r e n t t r e n d o f r e a l i t y T V , d o c u ­ s o a p s a n d c h a t s h o w s , c o m m a n d a h u g e p r o ­ p o r t i o n o f a i r t i m e o n o u r t e l e v i s i o n s w i t h s o a r i n g v i e w i n g f i g u r e s . A n d t h e r e a r e s o m a n y o f t h e m . Y o u n a m e i t – a n d t h e r e ’ s b e e n a p r o ­ g r a m m e a b o u t i t , w h e t h e r i t ’ s t h e A r m e d F o r c e s , c o o k e r y , h a i r d r e s s i n g , M I 5 , s u g a r o r s u r v i v a l , o r t h e r e a l l y w e l l ­ k n o w n ‘ b i g g u n s ’ s u c h a s ‘ B i g B r o t h e r ’ o r ‘ K e e p i n g u p w i t h t h e K a r d a s h i a n s ’ . T h e s e d a y s o u r s c r e e n s s e e m t o f e a t u r e t h e m a l l . H U M A N E M O T I O N S Y e t w h a t d o e s ‘ R e a l i t y T V ’ r e a l l y m e a n ? T h e I n t e r n e t , a s e v e r , p r o v i d e s u s w i t h t h e a n ­ s w e r . 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I n f a c t a c h i l d f i r s t l e a r n s a b o u t l o v e i n t h e h o m e . A n d w h e r e t h e r e i s l o v e , t h e r e i s G o d – I ’ m s u r e m o s t o f u s a r e f a ­ m i l i a r w i t h t h e e x p r e s s i o n ‘ G o d i s l o v e ’ . O u r o w n p e r s o n a l r e a l i t i e s i n v o l v e o u r r e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t h e a c h o t h e r a n d w i t h t h e L o r d . A n d i n t h e s e r e l a t i o n s h i p s o u r e m o t i o n s a r e a l ­ w a y s e n g a g e d . B u t o f c o u r s e , t h e p r i m a r y f o c u s o f J e s u s ’ r e a l i t y w a s h i s L a w o f L o v e . T h e r e a r e m a n y d i s t r a c t i o n s i n o u r w o r l d t o d a y b u t t h e r e a r e t w o t h i n g s w h i c h w i l l e n d u r e f o r e v e r – l o v e a n d t h e L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t . S U P E M E R E A L I T Y R e a l i t y T V i s c u l t e n t e r t a i n m e n t f o r o u r t i m e w h i c h w e c a n t u n e i n t o i f w e a r e s o i n c l i n e d . B u t w e c a n b e c e r t a i n t h a t J e s u s C h r i s t i s t h e s u p r e m e r e a l i t y f o r a l l t i m e a n d h e i s r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e f o r u s t o ‘ t u n e i n t o ’ w h e n e v e r w e w a n t t o . I f J e s u s w e r e t o a p p e a r o n o u r s c r e e n s t o d a y a s a c h a t s h o w g u e s t , w o u l d y o u f o l l o w m y s o n ’ s e x a m p l e , b u t i n s t e a d e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y s h o u t : “ J e s u s , J e s u s , J e s u s ! ” ? C i a r a i s o n e o f s i x n e w C A F O D g a p p e r s C i a r a w i t h h e r f e l l o w g a p p e r s M e e t C i a r a , C A F O D ` s n e w g a p y e a r v o l u n t e e r M e e t C i a r a , o n e o f t h e n e w s t e p i n t o t h e g a p v o l u n t e e r s ! 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T e r e s a o f K o l k a t a a n a t i v e o f w h a t i s n o w M a c e d o n i a , s p e n t m o s t o f h e r l i f e i n I n d i a a n d i n K o l k a t a i n p a r t i c u l a r . S h e j o i n e d t h e S i s t e r s o f L o r e t o a t t h e a g e o f 1 8 , a n d s o o n m o v e d t o I n d i a t o b e g i n h e r n o v i t i a t e . E v e n ­ t u a l l y s h e b e c a m e h e a d m i s t r e s s o f a s c h o o l l o c a t e d i n e a s t e r n K o l k a t a , b u t s h e l o n g e d t o h e l p t h o s e p e o p l e s e v e r e l y a f f e c t e d b y p o v e r t y . W h i l e o n h e r w a y t o h e r o r d e r ’ s a n n u a l r e ­ t r e a t i n 1 9 4 6 , M o t h e r T e r e s a e x p e r i e n c e d a c a l l f r o m G o d t o l e a v e t h e o r d e r a n d c r e a t e a c o m m u n i t y a m i d t h e p o o r . L e a v i n g s o o n a f t e r , s h e s p e n t s e v e r a l m o n t h s r e c e i v i n g m e d i c a l t r a i n i n g i n P a t n a , a n d o p e n e d a s c h o o l i n t h e K o l k a t a s l u m M o t i j h i l . S h e f o u n d e d t h e M i s s i o n a r i e s o f C h a r i t y i n 1 9 5 0 . S t . T e r e s a o f K o l k a t a d i e d i n 1 9 9 7 , a n d t h e o r d e r s h e f o u n d e d n o w h a s m o r e t h a n 5 , 0 0 0 m e m b e r s . T h e S u p e r i o r G e n e r a l o f t h e M i s s i o n a r i e s o f C h a r i t y , S i s t e r P r e m a , s a i d “ O n 6 S e p t e m ­ b e r a t H o l y M a s s i n t h e C a t h e d r a l [ o f t h e M o s t H o l y R o s a r y ] t h e A r c h b i s h o p d e c l a r e d M o t h e r T e r e s a a s c o ­ p a t r o n e s s o f t h e A r c h ­ d i o c e s e , ” . A r c h b i s h o p T h o m a s D ’ S o u z a o f K o l k a t a s a i d “ W e w a n t e d t o m a k e M o t h e r o u r c o ­ p a ­ t r o n e s s . W e s e e k h e r i n t e r c e s s i o n a n d g i v e h e r t h e p r o m i n e n c e t h a t i s d u e e s p e c i a l l y i n a c i t y l i k e C a l c u t t a a n d t h e A r c h d i o c e s e o f C a l c u t t a , ” S t M a r y ’ s a r e S e i z i n g t h e D a y ! T E A ­ S o m e o f t h e h e l p e r s a t t h e r e c e n t a f t e r n o o n t e a h e l d a t O u r O u r L a d y a n d t h e E n g l i s h M a r t y r s c h u r c h i n S p i l s b y a t w h i c h p a r i s h i o n e r s f r o m t h e S a c r e d H e a r t c h u r c h i n S k e g n e s s a l s o a t t e n d e d . P h o t o E i l e e n C h a n t r y A t S t M a r y ’ s P r i m a r y S c h o o l , D e r b y , t h e s t a r t o f t h e n e w y e a r l i t u r g y w a s a l l a b o u t t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f s e i z i n g t h e d a y a n d m a k ­ i n g t h e m o s t o f e v e r y m o m e n t . T h e y w a t c h e d t h e ` P a r a b l e o f t h e T a l e n t s , ` a s r e ­ t o l d b y L e g o p e o p l e , a n d r e c o g n i s e d t h a t b y d o i n g n o t h i n g w i t h h i s o n e t a l e n t , t h e t h i r d m a n s q u a n d e r e d h i s c h a n c e s o f s u c c e s s . F e a r o f f a i l u r e s o m e t i m e s h o l d s u s b a c k , w e s p e n d s o m u c h t i m e t h i n k i n g a b o u t w h a t c o u l d g o w r o n g , w e n e v e r s t o p t o t h i n k a b o u t w h a t m i g h t g o r i g h t . T h e c h i l d r e n h a d f u n h e l p i n g R a b b i t a n d T e d d y p l a y a g a m e o f s n a k e s a n d l a d d e r s . D e s p i t e t h e i r w o r r i e s a b o u t b e i n g e a t e n a n d f a l l i n g o f f l a d d e r s ­ t h e y b o t h b r o k e t h r o u g h t h e f e a r b a r r i e r a n d m a n a g e d t o w i n c a r r o t s t i c k s a n d a j a r o f h o n e y ! T h e m i s s i o n f o r s t a f f a n d p u p i l s t h i s s c h o o l y e a r i s t o s e i z e t h e d a y b y s a y i n g Y E S t o t h e o p p o r t u n i t i e s t h a t t h e y a r e g i v e n ” .

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R e q u i e m M a s s b o o k l e t F u n e r a l d i r e c t o r s a n d a l l t h o s e i n v o l v e d i n t h e f u n e r a l i n d u s t r y h a v e i t t o u g h . D a y i n d a y o u t , t h e r o l e i n v o l v e s d e a l i n g w i t h a l o t o f s a d n e s s , g r i e f a n d l o s s . T h e y a l s o h a v e t o d e a l w i t h v e r y t r a u m a t i c e v e n t s ­ d e a t h s t h r o u g h m a j o r i n c i d e n t s ; t h e d e a t h o f a c h i l d , v i o l e n t d e a t h s , m u r d e r , s u i c i d e , d e a t h d u e t o t h e f a u l t o f o t h e r s ­ f r o m c a r e l e s s n e s s o r n e g l i g e n c e , t e r r o r i s m , d e a t h s i n a l l k i n d s o f h o r r i f i c c i r c u m s t a n c e s . O f t e n , t h e y d o n ’ t h a v e a n y o n e t o t a l k t o w h e n i t a l l g e t s t o o m u c h o r i f t h e y h a v e h a d a v e r y b a d d a y . I t c a n b e p u r e c h a n c e w h e t h e r a f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r h a s a c c e s s t o p r o f e s s i o n a l c o u n s e l l i n g ; s o m e d o , s o m e d o n ’ t . I n a O n e p o l l o f 2 , 0 0 0 U K a d u l t s , c o m m i s ­ s i o n e d b y t h e A r t o f D y i n g W e l l , a l m o s t h a l f o f U K a d u l t s ( 4 4 . 9 % ) t h i n k t h a t f u n e r a l d i ­ r e c t o r s s h o u l d h a v e a c c e s s t o p r o f e s s i o n a l c o u n s e l l i n g . M o r e t h a n a t h i r d ( 3 6 . 8 5 % ) t h i n k s t h a t f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r s m u s t s t r u g g l e w i t h t h e c o n s t a n t t h e m e o f d e a t h a n d g r i e f a n d 3 9 . 3 5 % o f t h o s e s u r v e y e d b e l i e v e t h a t t h e y f a c e m o r e s a d n e s s t h a n m a n y o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n s . J u s t o v e r 1 i n 5 U K a d u l t s ( 2 0 . 9 5 % ) a s s u m e t h a t f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r s o f t e n d o n ` t h a v e a c c e s s t o p r o f e s s i o n a l s u p ­ p o r t i f t h e y h a v e h a d a b a d d a y a t w o r k . P a u l A l l c o c k , D i r e c t o r o f A l l c o c k F a m i l y F u n e r a l S e r v i c e s i n N o r w i c h s a i d : “ O f t e n f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r s a r e t h e f o r g o t t e n o n e s . W e d e a l w i t h t h e m o s t d i f f i c u l t s i t u a ­ t i o n s a n d s c e n a r i o s o n a d a i l y b a s i s . W e a r e d e a l i n g w i t h e v e r y o n e e l s e ’ s g r i e f . W e a r e n o t i m m u n e t o g r i e f o u r s e l v e s a n d d i s t r e s s a t s o m e o f t h e s i t u a t i o n s t h a t w e c o m e a c r o s s . I ’ m l u c k y t h a t I ’ v e g o t a l o t o f f a m i l y a r o u n d m e a n d w e k n o w w h e n o n e o f u s i s h a v i n g a b a d d a y . N o t e v e r y f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r i n t h e c o u n t r y i s i n t h e s a m e s i t u a t i o n . ” A d r i a n F o r s e y o f F o r s e y a n d S o n F u ­ n e r a l D i r e c t o r s , G l a s t o n b u r y s a y s : “ I f e e l t h a t w e o f t e n d e v a l u e o u r o w n c o n ­ c e r n s w h e n c o m p a r i n g t h e m t o t h e s o m e ­ t i m e s t r a g i c l o s s e s o f t h e b e r e a v e d f a m i l y a n d f e e l g u i l t y o r s e l f i s h a b o u t s e e k i n g h e l p . V u l n e r a b i l i t y c a n e s p e c i a l l y a r i s e w i t h i n m a n y s m a l l f u n e r a l d i r e c t i n g c o m p a n i e s o f o n l y o n e o r t w o s t a f f m e m b e r s w h o m a y n o t b e l o n g t o p r o f e s s i o n a l o r g a n i s a t i o n s w h e r e s u p p o r t i s a v a i l a b l e . ” T h e s u r v e y i s r e l e a s e d o n t h e F e a s t D a y o f S t J o s e p h o f A r i m a t h e a , 3 1 A u g u s t , t h e w e a l t h y n o b l e m a n w h o b u r i e d C h r i s t ’ s b o d y i n h i s o w n t o m b a f t e r t h e C r u c i f i x i o n . H e i s t h e P a t r o n S a i n t o f F u n e r a l D i r e c t o r s , U n ­ d e r t a k e r s a n d M o r t i c i a n s . A b o u t S t J o s e p h o f A r i m a t h e a , P a u l A l l c o c k s a y s : “ I h a v e e v e r y i n t e n t i o n o f m a k i n g s u r e t h a t a l l m y f e l l o w f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r s a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y a r e m a d e a w a r e o f t h e h e l p t h a t i s a t h a n d f o r t h e m t h r o u g h t h e i n t e r c e s s i o n o f t h i s s a i n t . W e n e e d a l l t h e s u p p o r t t h a t w e c a n g e t . “ O n t h i s d a y t o o , t h e A r t o f D y i n g W e l l p u b ­ l i s h e s a n e w o n l i n e G u i d e t o C a t h o l i c F u n e r ­ a l s a n d C r e m a t i o n s – a h e l p f u l s t e p ­ b y ­ s t e p p l a n n e r t h a t s e t s o u t t h e o p t i o n s t o a n y o n e w h o i s o r g a n i s i n g a C a t h o l i c f u n e r a l . J u s t a s t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h h a s a w e a l t h o f e x p e r i ­ e n c e i n h e l p i n g p e o p l e t o d i e w e l l , s o t o o d o e s i t h a v e c o m f o r t i n g r i t u a l s f o r t h o s e w h o a r e l e f t b e h i n d . T h e g u i d e g i v e s a n s w e r s t o q u e s t i o n s s u c h a s : B u r i a l o r c r e m a t i o n R e c e p t i o n o f t h e b o d y R e q u i e m M a s s o r S e r v i c e o f t h e W o r d H o w c a n t h e f a m i l y b e i n v o l v e d ? W h a t r e a d i n g s a n d m u s i c s h o u l d t h e r e b e ? W h a t a b o u t a e u l o g y ? F r T i m M e n e z e s o f t h e A r c h d i o c e s e o f B i r m i n g h a m s a y s : “ A g o o d f u n e r a l i s o n e w h e r e e v e r y o n e f e e l s w e l c o m e . I t r e q u i r e s t i m e s p e n t w i t h t h e f a m i l y a n d l i s t e n i n g t o t h e m . I t n e e d s c a r e ­ f u l p r e p a r a t i o n a n d p l a n n i n g . T h e l o c a l p a r i s h p r i e s t s h o u l d b e a b l e t o h e l p y o u a t t h i s d i f f i c u l t t i m e . T h e C a t h o l i c f u n e r a l w e l l p r e p a r e d a n d r o o t e d i n t h e S c r i p t u r e s c a n b e a r e a l s o u r c e o f s t r e n g t h t o t h e f a m i l y i n t h e i r g r i e v i n g a n d i n t h e n a t u r a l q u e s t i o n s t h a t a r i s e . ” K a t h r y n T u r n e r , h e a d o f t h e D e p a r t ­ m e n t o f S p i r i t u a l i t y i n t h e D i o c e s e o f H e x h a m a n d N e w c a s t l e s a y s : “ T h e p e r s o n a l t o u c h i s s o i m p o r t a n t . Y o u c a n h e l p s o m u c h b y b e i n g t h e r e a n d l i s t e n ­ i n g . A t a v e r y b l e a k t i m e f o r a f a m i l y , w e c a n b e t h e r e f o r t h e m a n d a c c o m p a n y t h e m o n t h a t j o u r n e y , f r o m w h e n s o m e o n e h a s a d i ­ a g n o s i s o f t e r m i n a l i l l n e s s t o t h e i r d e a t h a n d f o r a s l o n g a s i t t a k e s a f t e r w a r d s . ” P o p e F r a n c i s s a i d i n o n e o f h i s W e d n e s d a y A u d i e n c e s : " O u r l o v e d o n e s h a v e n o t d i s a p p e a r e d i n t o d a r k n o t h i n g n e s s : H o p e a s s u r e s u s t h a t t h e y a r e i n G o d ` s g o o d a n d s t r o n g h a n d s . L o v e i s s t r o n g e r t h a n d e a t h . " P a g e 1 0 T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 F u n e r a l d i r e c t o r s , w h o c a r e s ? C a t h o l i c W o m e n o f t h e Y e a r 2 0 1 7 T h e C a t h o l i c W o m e n o f t h e Y e a r f o r 2 0 1 7 h a v e b e e n a n n o u n c e d . T h e y a r e : S i s t e r M a r y K e n e f i c k , J a c k i e O t t a w a y , A n t o n i a M o f f a t a n d K a t h y K e l l y . S i s t e r M a r y K e n e f i c k , p a r i s h s i s t e r a t S t P a t r i c k ’ s , S o h o , a n d c h a p l a i n t o s t u d e n t s a t U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e , L o n d o n a n d B r u n e l U n i v e r s i t y . S h e i s a f o r m e r h e a d m i s t r e s s a n d h a s w o r k e d i n c h a p l a i n c y w i t h t h e B r i t i s h A r m y i n G e r m a n y a n d a t H e a t h r o w A i r p o r t . F r S t e p h e n W a n g , s e n i o r U n i v e r ­ s i t y C h a p l a i n f o r t h e d i o c e s e o f W e s t m i n ­ s t e r n o m i n a t e d h e r s a y i n g “ s h e b r i n g s w a r m t h , j o y , p r o f e s ­ s i o n a l i s m a n d a d e e p f a i t h t o h e r r e l a t i o n ­ s h i p s , r e a c h i n g o u t t o t h o s e u n c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e C h u r c h a n d t i r e l e s s l y s u p p o r t i n g t h e C a t h o l i c s t u d e n t s s o t h e y c a n b e a c o n ­ f i d e n t a n d l o v i n g p r e s e n c e a m o n g t h e i r p e e r s . ” J a c k i e O t t a w a y c o ­ e d i t o r o f T h e P o r t a l , t h e o n ­ l i n e m a g a z i n e o f t h e O r d i n a r i a t e o f O u r L a d y o f W a l s i n g ­ h a m . S h e h e l p e d t o l a u n c h t h e p r o j e c t a n d t o f u n d i t f r o m h e r o w n l i m i t e d r e ­ s o u r c e s i n i t s f i r s t f e w m o n t h s , a n d c o n ­ t r i b u t e s t o e a c h i s s u e w i t h i n t e r v i e w s . H e r w o r k f o r t h e O r d i n a r ­ i a t e a l s o i n c l u d e s h e l p i n g t o r u n p i l ­ g r i m a g e s a n d t h e a n n u a l F e s t i v a l a s w e l l a s a s s i s t i n g w i t h a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f i t s f i ­ n a n c e s . S h e m a i n t a i n s e c u m e n i c a l l i n k s a n d s i n c e b e c o m i n g a C a t h o l i c w i t h O r d i ­ n a r i a t e i n 2 0 1 1 , c o n t i n u e s a s s i s t i n g h e r f o r m e r A n g l i c a n p a r i s h a s i t s t r e a s u r e r . A n t o n i a M o f f a t , w h o s e c a m p a i g n i n g t o p r o m o t e d e v o t i o n t o O u r L a d y o f W a l s i n g ­ h a m r e s u l t e d i n t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a s h r i n e i n W e s t m i n s t e r C a t h e d r a l . A n t o n i a n o w w o r k s f o r t h e N a t i o n a l S h r i n e a t W a l s i n g h a m a n d t r a v e l s t o d i f f e r e n t p a r i s h e s a n d g r o u p s t o t e a c h t h e m e s s a g e o f r e v i v i n g t h e F a i t h t h r o u g h d e v o t i o n t o O u r L a d y u n d e r t h i s a n c i e n t t i t l e . H e r d e d i c a t i o n a n d c o m m i t m e n t h a v e h e l p e d t o e n s u r e t h a t a n e w w a v e o f e n t h u s i a s m i s g a t h e r i n g p a c e a m o n g C a t h o l i c s , w i t h a m e s s a g e o f h o p e f o r t h e N e w E v a n g e l i s a ­ t i o n . K a t h y K e l l y w h o f o r o v e r 2 5 y e a r s r a n t h e P a d r e P i o B o o k s h o p n e a r L o n d o n ’ s V i c t o ­ r i a S t a t i o n . S h e l a u n c h e d a p r a y e r g r o u p m e e t i n g d a i l y a t 3 p m f o r D i v i n e M e r c y d e ­ v o t i o n s a n d t h e R o s a r y , a n d t h r o u g h f r i e n d s h i p a n d k i n d n e s s h e l p e d m a n y w h o w e r e l o n e l y o r e x p e r i e n c i n g d i f f i c u l t i e s . H e r w e l c o m e a n d o p e n n e s s m e a n t t h a t p e o p l e w h o h a d s t r a y e d f r o m t h e C h u r c h o r w e r e c o n f u s e d i n t h e i r f a i t h f o u n d a n e w d i r e c t i o n . P r a y e r g r o u p s w i l l n o w c o n t i n u e a t t w o n e a r b y p a r i s h e s , a l e g a c y o f K a t h y ’ s d e v o t i o n . T h e C a t h o l i c W o m e n o f t h e Y e a r a r e c h o ­ s e n a n n u a l l y b y s e c r e t b a l l o t b y a c o m m i t ­ t e e d r a w n f r o m t h e m a i n C a t h o l i c w o m e n ’ s o r g a n i s a t i o n s i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s , f r o m n o m i n a t i o n s s e n t i n f r o m a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y . Murray’s Independent Funeral Directors Owned and run by Sue and David Barke Be assured as a Catholic family we understand how best to combine church teachings with your wishes • On site­chapel of rest and car parking • Pre payment plans – Repatriations • Flowers, memorial cards and printing Our office in Findern is just a few minutes from Littleover and Mickleover Holly Bank House, 25 Main St. Findern, Derbys DE65 6AG Tel: 01332 425022 Also at 23 York St. Burton upon Trent DE14 2LX Tel: 01283 562299 murraysfunerals.co.uk

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T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 P a g e 1 1 2 - i n - 1 C r o s s w o r d b y A x e Y o u c a n u s e b o t h s e t s o f c l u e s t o s o l v e t h e p u z z l e : t h e s o l u t i o n s a r e t h e s a m e . S o , i f y o u w a n t t o t r y t h e C R Y P T I C p u z z l e , f o r i n s t a n c e , b u t a r e u n s u r e , u s e t h e Q U I C K c l u e s t o h e l p y o u w o r k o u t t h e s o l u t i o n . S i m i l a r l y , i f y o u t r y t h e Q U I C K c l u e s , u s e t h e C R Y P T I C c l u e s t o h e l p y o u p r o v e t h e s o l u t i o n C R Y P T I C A c r o s s 1 H a r d f o l l o w i n g m a t h s c l a s s f o r A d a m ` s b o y ( 4 ) 3 I l o v e R o m a n c u s t o m s , o n e ` s w e c a n f i n d i n t h e B i b l e ( 8 ) 9 F i n d h e r e E d a m ` m a a r k t ` , t r a n s l a t e d n o t i m e a f t e r t h e S p a n i s h r e t r e a t ( 7 ) 1 0 F a n t a s y h e c r e a t e d i n I n v e r n e s s ( 5 ) 1 1 P r e p a r e f a v o u r i t e , b u t t a k e o n l y s e c o n d p l a c e w i t h R u b y r i d i n g , c l o s e t o D e r b y ( 5 ) 1 2 U n t o l d m u r k y c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n D i a n d M a r y ( 6 ) 1 4 M a s s e s o t h e r c h u r c h e s w o u l d l i k e ? ( 1 3 ) 1 7 I t a l i a n i s l a n d ` s c h u r c h i s a h e a d , t a k i n g a b a c k r o a d ( 6 ) 1 9 D r e s s f o r a M u s l i m b a c h e l o r t o g o a b o u t t h e o l d c i t y , t h e K a l i f ` s c a p i t a l ( 5 ) 2 2 R u n n i n g l a s t i n l e a g u e , V i l l a , a f t e r a w f u l M a y , a n t i c i p a t e n e w s e a s o n ( 5 ) 2 3 H e p a i n t e d s p o r t s g r o u n d w i t h L e g o ­ s h a p e d t e r r a c i n g ( 2 , 5 ) 2 4 ` I a m ` , a s b l u e ­ c o l l a r t y p e a n n o u n c e d , ` t h e M e s s i a h ` ! ( 8 ) 2 5 S t a t e t h e t i p p i n g o f h e a d g e a r i s o b l i g a t o r y a f t e r y o u t e x t e d ( 4 ) C R Y P T I C D o w n 1 O n e o f D a n ` s m a t e m a d e d a s h w i t h c o m p a s s , b u t l o s t d i r e c t i o n ( 8 ) 2 N o t e U S p i l o t ` s a f f i r m a t i v e , r e t u r n i n g t o w h e r e A m o s l i v e d ( 5 ) 4 J e s u s h e a l e d h e r t w o g i r l s a n d l i t t l e b o y w i t h d r u g s ( 4 , 9 ) 5 D r i f t e r c o w b o y t i p p e d o f f ( 5 ) 6 N a v y c o m m e r c i a l ` s a l s o a b o u t v i o l e n t a i r ­ t o ­ l a n d a c t i o n ( 7 ) 7 I n U S l a r g e n u m b e r , s o m e B r i t i s h ( a l m o s t a l l ) , g e t r e j e c t e d ( 4 ) 8 P o i n t t o y e a r i n f e a r , p r i m a r i l y , r e s u l t i n g i n o n e c u t t i n g u p ( 6 ) 1 3 A r c a n e s t u f f b o x e d i n w o o d f e a t u r i n g o n e o f t h e e v i l t r i n i t y ( 8 ) 1 5 R e m e d y n e g a t i v e w a y t o p l a y t h e g u i t a r ( 7 ) 1 6 C a r i b b e a n i s l a n d ` s t h e p l a c e t o s h o o t d u c k ( 6 ) 1 8 M a s s e s h e w r o t e , m a r g i n a l l y d o w n a f t e r b o o k f a i r ( 5 ) 2 0 B u t l e r ` s r i g h t m a n t o b e r e t a i n e d o v e r t i m e ( 5 ) 2 1 N o i s o m e i n t h e e n d i n m o v e t o b e c o m e t h e t o p p a t r i a r c h ( 4 ) Q U I C K A c r o s s 1 B r o t h e r o f C a i n a n d A b e l ( 4 ) 3 E a r l y b i b l i c a l p e o p l e l i v i n g w e s t o f t h e E u p h r a t e s R i v e r ( 8 ) 9 D u t c h c i t y f a m o u s f o r i t s E d a m m a r k e t ( 7 ) 1 0 J u l e s ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ a u t h o r o f 2 0 0 0 0 L e a g u e s U n d e r t h e S e a ( 1 8 7 0 ) ( 5 ) 1 1 P o i s e d f o r a c t i o n ( 5 ) 1 2 I m m e a s u r a b l e ( 6 ) 1 4 G r o u p s o f p e o p l e w h o a d h e r e t o a c o m m o n f a i t h a n d h a b i t u a l l y a t t e n d a g i v e n c h u r c h ( 1 3 ) 1 7 I t a l i a n v o l c a n i c i s l a n d i n t h e T y r r h e n i a n S e a ( 6 ) 1 9 L o o s e g a r m e n t a s w o r n b y M u s l i m w o m e n , w i t h v e i l e d h o l e s f o r t h e e y e s ( 5 ) 2 2 P r e m a t u r e ( 5 ) 2 3 S p a n i s h p a i n t e r , n i c k n a m e d f o r h i s p l a c e o f b i r t h ( 2 , 5 ) 2 4 C h r i s t o r t h e M e s s i a h , a s n a m e d i n M a t t h e w f r o m a r e f e r e n c e i n I s a i a h ( 8 ) 2 5 I n t h e U S , t h e B e e h i v e S t a t e , t h e 4 5 t h o f t h e U n i o n ( 4 ) Q U I C K D o w n 1 C o m p a n i o n o f D a n i e l , H a n a n i a h b e f o r e h i s n a m e d w a s c h a n g e d ( 8 ) 2 T o w n s o u t h o f B e t h l e h e m , h o m e o f A m o s ( 5 ) 4 F i r s t p e r s o n t o s e e J e s u s a f t e r h i s r e s u r r e c t i o n ( K J V s p e l l i n g ) ( 4 , 9 ) 5 V a g a b o n d ( 5 ) 6 T w i s t e r ( 7 ) 7 K i l l e d , a s p e r t h e K J V ( 4 ) 8 T h e A d v e n t u r e s o f T o m ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ , n o v e l b y M a r k T w a i n ( 1 8 7 6 ) ( 6 ) 1 3 A l o n g w i t h B e e l z e b u b a n d L u c i f e r , o n e o f t h e E v i l T r i n i t y ( 8 ) 1 5 Q u a c k m e d i c i n e ( 7 ) 1 6 T r i n i d a d a n d ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ , C a r i b b e a n n a t i o n ( 6 ) 1 8 C l a s s i c a l G e r m a n c o m p o s e r w h o s e M a s s e s i n c l u d e t h e ` S t C e c i l i a ` a n d ` N e l s o n ` ( 5 ) 2 0 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ B u t l e r , m o s t p r o m i n e n t m a l e c h a r a c t e r i n G o n e W i t h t h e W i n d ( 5 ) 2 1 S o n o f J a c o b a n d L e a h ( 4 ) 12 34 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 D D A c r o s s : 1 S e t h , 3 A m o r i t e s , 9 A l k m a a r , 1 0 V e r n e , 1 1 R e a d y , 1 2 M y r i a d , 1 4 C o n g r e g a t i o n s , 1 7 I s c h i a , 1 9 B u r k a , 2 2 E a r l y , 2 3 E l G r e c o , 2 4 I m m a n u e l , 2 5 U t a h . D o w n : 1 S h a d r a c h , 2 T e k o a , 4 M a r y M a g d a l e n e , 5 R o v e r , 6 T o r ­ n a d o , 7 S l e w , 8 S a w y e r , 1 3 A s t a r o t h , 1 5 N o s t r u m , 1 6 T o ­ b a g o , 1 8 H a y d n , 2 0 R h e t t , 2 1 L e v i . S O L U T I O N C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 T h e r e a r e n o w o v e r 2 , 1 0 0 C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s i n E n g l a n d , a n d t h i s m a k e s u p 1 0 % o f t h e n a t i o n a l t o t a l o f m a i n t a i n e d s c h o o l s . O u r C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s e d u c a t e j u s t o v e r 8 5 0 , 0 0 0 p u p i l s a n d r e m a i n t h e m o s t e t h n i c a l l y a n d s o c i o ­ e c o n o m i c a l l y d i v e r s e s c h o o l s i n t h e c o u n t r y . Y e a r o n y e a r , t h e y o u t p e r f o r m t h e n a t i o n a l a v e r a g e b o t h a t p r i m a r y a n d s e c o n d a r y l e v ­ e l s . 2 W e c a n r i g h t l y b e v e r y p r o u d o f t h e m . I n d e e d , o n e o f m y g r e a t e s t p l e a s u r e s a s y o u r b i s h o p o v e r t h e p a s t t w o y e a r s h a s b e e n t o n v i s i t m a n y o f o u r d i o c e s a n s c h o o l s , t o s e e a t f i r s t ­ h a n d t h e g r e a t w o r k t h a t t h e y d o a n d t o a c k n o w l e d g e t h e i m m e n s e d e d i ­ c a t i o n o f o u r s c h o o l l e a d e r s , t e a c h i n g s t a f f , s u p p o r t s t a f f , g o v e r n o r s a n d d i r e c t o r s . O v e r t h e n e x t y e a r t h e w a y i n w h i c h o u r d i o c e s a n s c h o o l s a r e s t r u c t u r e d a n d g o v ­ e r n e d w i l l c h a n g e , b u t t h e i r f u n d a m e n t a l m i s s i o n o f p r o v i d i n g a h i g h q u a l i t y , c o m ­ p r e h e n s i v e , C a t h o l i c e d u c a t i o n t o o u r c h i l ­ d r e n w i l l n o t . T h e m a j o r i t y o f o u r m a i n t a i n e d s c h o o l s i n t h e D i o c e s e o f N o t ­ t i n g h a m a r e a c a d e m i e s w i t h i n s m a l l M u l t i ­ A c a d e m y T r u s t s . I n m o s t c a s e s , t h i s i s a g r o u p o f p r i m a r y s c h o o l s a l o n g w i t h t h e l o c a l s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l . B y S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 8 , I h a v e d i r e c t e d t h a t a l l s c h o o l s w i l l b e a c a d e m i e s w o r k i n g w i t h i n o n e o f f o u r l a r g e C a t h o l i c M u l t i ­ A c a d e m y T r u s t s . E a c h o f t h e s e w i l l b e u n d e r t h e p a t r o n a g e o f a S a i n t o f t h e C h u r c h . A C a t h o l i c M u l t i ­ A c a d e m y T r u s t m o d e l t h r o u g h o u t t h e d i o c e s e w i l l m e a n t h a t n o i n d i v i d u a l s c h o o l w i l l b e l e f t i s o l a t e d o r v u l ­ n e r a b l e i n t h i s r a p i d l y c h a n g i n g e d u c a t i o n a l e n v i r o n m e n t . T h e n e w T r u s t s w i l l e n a b l e o u r s c h o o l s t o w o r k e v e n m o r e c l o s e l y t o ­ g e t h e r i n a s p i r i t o f m u t u a l s u p p o r t , c o o p e r ­ a t i o n a n d r e s p e c t . T h e r e w i l l b e g r e a t e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r c a r e e r p r o g r e s s i o n a n d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f f u t u r e l e a d e r s f o r o u r C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s . A s f i n a n c i a l a u s t e r i t y b e ­ c o m e s m o r e o f a r e a l i t y f o r m a n y s c h o o l s , t h e s e T r u s t s w i l l b e a b l e t o p u r c h a s e t h e s e r v i c e s t h e y r e q u i r e i n a m o r e f i n a n c i a l l y e f f i c i e n t w a y . I a m a w a r e o f t h e v e r y g e n e r o u s c o m m i t ­ m e n t o f m a n y m e m b e r s o f o u r C a t h o l i c c o m m u n i t y w h o s e r v e o u r s c h o o l s a s b o t h f o u n d a t i o n g o v e r n o r s a n d d i r e c t o r s o f o u r e x i s t i n g T r u s t s . I w o u l d l i k e t o e x p r e s s t o t h e m m y d e e p e s t g r a t i t u d e . A l l g o v e r n o r s a n d d i r e c t o r s h a v e a d u t y t o u p h o l d t h e C a t h o l i c e t h o s o f o u r s c h o o l s , b u t f o u n d a ­ t i o n g o v e r n o r s a n d d i r e c t o r s h a v e a f u r t h e r p a r t i c u l a r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o r e p r e s e n t m e a s b i s h o p , i n e n s u r i n g t h a t t h e q u a l i t y o f C a t h o l i c e d u c a t i o n i s h i g h , a n d t h a t r e l i ­ g i o u s e d u c a t i o n a n d c o l l e c t i v e w o r s h i p a r e c a r r i e d o u t i n k e e p i n g w i t h t h e t e n e t s a n d t e a c h i n g s o f t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h . I a m c o n ­ c e r n e d , h o w e v e r , t h a t t h e o v e r a l l d e m a n d s p l a c e d o n b o t h g o v e r n o r s a n d d i r e c t o r s a r e b e c o m i n g e v e r m o r e c h a l l e n g i n g . O u r n e w s t r u c t u r e s w i l l p r o v i d e a m o r e c l e a r l y d e ­ f i n e d r o l e f o r g o v e r n o r s a n d d i r e c t o r s , a n d w i l l a l s o e n s u r e t h a t t h e s a m e p e o p l e a r e n o t h a v i n g t o f u l f i l b o t h r o l e s , w h i c h a r e q u i t e d i s t i n c t . D i r e c t o r s w i l l b e a s k e d t o t a k e o n a m o r e ‘ s t r a t e g i c ’ v i e w o f t h e t r u s t a s a w h o l e , w h e r e a s g o v e r n o r s w i l l b e e n a b l e d t o f o c u s o n e a c h s c h o o l a t a l o c a l l e v e l . H o w e v e r , i n o r d e r t o d o t h i s , i t i s e s s e n t i a l t h a t w e b e g i n t o r e c r u i t m o r e p r a c t i s i n g C a t h o l i c s w i t h t h e r i g h t s k i l l s a n d a p t i t u d e s w h o c a n t a k e o n t h e s e i m p o r t a n t r o l e s . I t m a y b e t h a t s o m e g o v e r n o r s , w h o h a v e r e c e n t l y c o m e t o t h e e n d o f t h e i r t e r m o f o f ­ f i c e i n t h e i r o w n p a r i s h s c h o o l , m i g h t c o n ­ s i d e r s e r v i n g a s c h o o l i n a n e i g h b o u r i n g p a r i s h . I t w o u l d c e r t a i n l y b e a s h a m e i f v a l u a b l e s k i l l s a n d e x p e r i e n c e w e r e t o b e l o s t t o t h e d i o c e s e . M o r e i m m e d i a t e l y , I w i s h t o a p p o i n t f o u n d a t i o n d i r e c t o r s w h o w i l l s u p p o r t u s b y w o r k i n g i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h t h e D i o c e s a n E d u c a t i o n S e r v i c e o n t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f t h e n e w M u l t i ­ A c a d e m y T r u s t s a n d t h e a p p o i n t m e n t o f C h i e f E x e c u ­ t i v e O f f i c e r s . T h e s k i l l s r e q u i r e d t o s e r v e a s a d i r e c t o r o r g o v e r n o r a r e m a n y a n d v a r i e d ; t h e y a r e c e r t a i n l y n o t r e s t r i c t e d t o t h e f i e l d o f e d u c a t i o n o r t o a p a r t i c u l a r p r o f e s s i o n a l b a c k g r o u n d . T r a i n i n g a n d s u p p o r t w o u l d b e o f f e r e d f o r b o t h r o l e s . I f y o u f e e l t h a t y o u w o u l d l i k e t o b e c o n s i d e r e d f o r a n y o f t h e s e r o l e s , p l e a s e d o l e t y o u r p a r i s h p r i e s t k n o w o r c o n t a c t t h e D i o c e s a n E d u c a t i o n S e r v i c e . T h i s E d u c a t i o n S u n d a y I a s k y o u t o p r a y f o r t h e c o n t i n u e d s u c c e s s o f o u r C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s . M a y a l l w h o w o r k i n t h e m a n d s u p ­ p o r t t h e m b e s t r e n g t h e n e d i n t h e i r c a l l i n g , a n d m a y m o r e o f o u r y o u n g p e o p l e , s e t t i n g o u t f o r t h e i r s t u d i e s a t u n i v e r s i t y , c o n s i d e r t h e v o c a t i o n o f a C a t h o l i c t e a c h e r . P l e a s e p r a y a l s o f o r o u r D i o c e s a n E d u c a t i o n S e r ­ v i c e , w h i c h i s t a s k e d w i t h t h e e n o r m o u s c h a l l e n g e o f i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e c h a n g e s I h a v e d e s c r i b e d s o a s t o p r o t e c t a n d s t r e n g t h e n C a t h o l i c E d u c a t i o n i n o u r d i o ­ c e s e . F i n a l l y , t h e r e m a y b e p a r i s h i o n e r s w h o , f o r a n u m b e r o f r e a s o n s , a r e t e a c h i n g i n a s c h o o l o u t s i d e o f t h e C a t h o l i c s e c t o r b u t w h o m a y w i s h t o f i n d o u t m o r e a b o u t t e a c h ­ i n g i n o r l e a d i n g a C a t h o l i c s c h o o l . I f t h i s i s t h e c a s e , I w o u l d u r g e y o u t o l e t y o u r p a r i s h p r i e s t k n o w o r t o c o n t a c t P e t e r G i o r g i o , o u r d i o c e s a n D i ­ r e c t o r o f E d u c a t i o n , w h o w o u l d b e v e r y p l e a s e d t o s p e a k t o y o u . W i t h m y p r a y e r s a n d b l e s s i n g t o y o u a n d t o a l l o f y o u r l o v e d o n e s . R i g h t R e v e r e n d P a t r i c k M c K i n n e y B i s h o p o f N o t t i n g h a m

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