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

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

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

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T h e h e r m i t a g e g a r d e n h a s p r e s e n t e d u s w i t h s o m e w h a t o f a c h a l l e n g e s i n c e o u r r e s ­, i d e n c e h e r e a n d w h a t w a s t o t a l l y a n e x ­, p a n s e o f o v e r g r o w t h i s n o w b e g i n n i n g t o s e e l i g h t a n d a s I w r i t e t h i s t h e t i n y s n o w ­, d r o p s a r e e m e r g i n g a l m o s t a s b e a c o n s o f l i g h t , a f t e r m o n t h s o f w i n t e r d a r k n e s s t h e d a y s a r e b e g i n n i n g t o l i g h t e n , w i t h s t i l l s o m e d a y l i g h t a t V e s p e r t i d e . T h e s u n i s t h e s o u r c e o f m a t e r i a l l i g h t a n d a l l o t h e r l i g h t s c o m e s f r o m i t , i n m u c h t h e s a m e w a y a l l s p i r i t u a l l i g h t , t h a t o f b e a u t y , o f t h o u g h t , o f p u r i t y , a n d g o o d n e s s h a v e c o m e f r o m o n e l i g h t , t h a t o f C h r i s t , t h e l i g h t o f t h e w o r l d . A s h u m a n s w e o n l y h a v e t h e p o w e r o f a s s i m i l a t i n g l i g h t b u t w e a r e u n ­, a b l e t o c r e a t e l i g h t . A t o u r B a p t i s m s o u r g o d p a r e n t s w e r e g i v e n a l i g h t e d c a n d l e s y m b o l i z i n g t h a t J e s u s i s t h e l i g h t o f t h e w o r l d , f r o m w h i c h a l l s p i r i ­, t u a l l i g h t c o m e s , w e w e r e j o i n e d t o J e s u s a n d a r e o n e w i t h h i m n o w i n t h a t s a m e l i g h t , o u r g o d p a r e n t s b e i n g r e s p o n s i b l e f o r b r i n g i n g u s u p i n t h e f a i t h . A s m a t u r e a d u l t s a n d a c t i v e m e m b e r s o f o u r w o r l d a n d o u r c h u r c h , i t i s o u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o k e e p t h a t s a m e l i g h t b u r n i n g w i t h i n o u r ­, s e l v e s . R e c e n t l y . P o p e F r a n c i s i n v i t e d a l l C h r i s t i a n s e v e r y w h e r e t o a r e n e w e d p e r ­, s o n a l e n c o u n t e r w i t h J e s u s , t h e l i g h t o f t h e w o r l d ( E v a n g e l i i G a u d i u m ) A l l C h r i s ­, t i a n s a r e c a l l e d t o s h i n e b r i g h t l y a s t h e l i g h t o f G o d , i n a d a r k a n d g l o o m y w o r l d , w e a r e i n v i t e d t o s h o w p r a c t i c a l c o n c e r n f o r t h e h o m e l e s s , t h e p o o r , t h e u n d e r p r i v i ­, l e g e d a n d t h e m a r g i n a l i s e d i n o u r s o c i e t y . W e a r e c a l l e d t o s h a r e t h e f a i t h a n d t h e l o v e o f C h r i s t w i t h o t h e r s i n p r o c l a i m i n g t h e G o s p e l b y o u r l i v e s a n d w i t n e s s t o G o d , r e m e m b e r i n g t h e a d v i c e o f S t . F r a n c i s w h o s a i d “, p r o c l a i m t h e G o s p e l , a n d i f n e c e s s a r y u s e w o r d s ”, . M a r c h 5 t h i s A s h W e d n e s d a y t h e b e g i n ­, n i n g o f t h e L e n t e n s e a s o n . P e r h a p s t h e w e a t h e r m a y c o n t i n u e t o b e b l e a k , s o m e ­, w h a t s t i l l d a r k a n d d r e a r y , b u t n e v e r t h e l e s s l e t u s m a k e i t o u r i n d i v i d u a l L e n t e n c h a l l e n g e t o b e a l i g h t , t o l i g h t e n o u r w o r l d . S t M a t t h e w r e m i n d s u s “, W e a r e t h e l i g h t o f t h e w o r l d , t h a t l i g h t m u s t s h i n e b e f o r e u s i n t h e s i g h t o f m e n s o t h a t s e e i n g o u r g o o d w o r k s t h e y m a y g i v e p r a i s e t o y o u r F a t h e r i n H e a v e n ”, J e s u s c a m e i n t o o u r w o r l d t a k i n g t h e f o r m o f o u r h u m a n n a t u r e a n d i n t h a t h u m a n n a t u r e h e h a s s e t t h e D i v i n e n a t u r e , s o t h a t w e c a n s h i n e a s D i v i n e l i g h t . P e o p l e w i t h s i g h t p r o b l e m s ( I c a n v o u c h f o r t h i s ) o f t e n c a n n o t b e a r b r i g h t l i g h t . i t i s n o t t h e f a u l t o f t h e l i g h t i t s e l f , b u t i s t h e f a u l t o f t h e i r e y e s , i f w e d o n o t l o v e J e s u s , t h e n w e m a y h a v e a w r o n g i m p r e s s i o n o f H i m o u r o r g a n s o f s p i r i t u a l v i s i o n m a y h a v e b e c o m e d i s e a s e d . H o p e f u l l y , t h r o u g h t h e s a c r a m e n t s t h i s L e n t w e m a y d r a w e v e r c l o s e r t o u n i o n w i t h G o d , t h r o u g h t h e l i g h t o f h i s S o n J e s u s C h r i s t . B r . D a v i d H . D . N P a g e 8 T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . M a r c h 2 0 1 4 Already We Hold Yo u I n P r a y e r. Living in the heart of London, the Tyburn Benedictine Commu­, nity has as its special mission, prayer for the people of England and Wales. 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Address:…,..…,…,…,................................................................…, …, …,…,…,…,.......…,…,...........................…,…,…,…,…,…,…,…,..…, ................................................................................…,Please print RETURN TO: RETURN TO: Mother General, Tyburn Convent, 8 Hyde Park Place, London, W2 2LJ. Phone: 020 7723 7262. I N T E R N A T I O N A L L U N C H E n j o y i n g t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l l u n c h i n t h e c h u r c h h a l l o f t h e S a c r e d H e a r t C a t h o l i c c h u r c h a t w h i c h F a t h e r B r i a n D a z e ­, l e y , p i c t u r e d , e x p r e s s e d h i s t h a n k s t o a l l P h o t o E i l e e n C h a n t r y 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 j o i n e d t o g e t h e r r e c e n t l y f o r a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l l u n c h i n t h e c h u r c h h a l l . E a c h p r o v i d i n g d e l i c a c i e s f r o m t h e i r o w n c o u n t r y . F a t h e r B r i a n D a z e l e y e x ­, p r e s s e d h i s t h a n k s t o t h o s e w h o h a d p r o v i d e d t h e l u n c h a n d t o a l l w h o h a d a t t e n d e d a d d i n g , ", I t w a s l o v e l y t o b e t o ­, g e t h e r . ", T h e r e a r e p l a n s f o r a n o t h e r l u n c h l a t e r i n t h e y e a r . 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 . . . . . . . . Y o u a r e t h e l i g h t o f t h e w o r l d ( M a t t h e w 5 . v . 1 4 ) I t ’, s t i m e f o r S u p e r p o p e M o v e o v e r S u p e r m a n , i t ’, s t i m e f o r S u ­, p e r p o p e . I n t h e s a m e w e e k t h a t h e b e ­, c a m e t h e f i r s t p o n t i f f t o b e f e a t u r e d o n t h e c o v e r o f R o l l i n g S t o n e m a g a z i n e , P o p e F r a n c i s h a s a p p e a r e d i n c a r t o o n f o r m o n a b u i l d i n g n e a r t h e V a t i c a n , h i s r i g h t f i s t c l e n c h e d a h e a d o f h i m i n c l a s ­, s i c S u p e r m a n s t y l e . H e i s c a r r y i n g a b l a c k b r i e f c a s e b e a r i n g t h e w o r d v a l ­, o r e s , S p a n i s h f o r v a l u e s , c o n t a i n i n g a s c a r f b e a r i n g t h e b l u e a n d r e d c o l o u r s o f h i s f a v o u r i t e A r g e n t i n i a n f o o t b a l l t e a m , S a n L o r e n z o . T h e a r t w o r k , w h i c h h a s b e e n p a s t e d t o t h e w a l l , i s s i g n e d M a u ­, p a l 2 0 1 4 . 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T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . M a r c h 2 0 1 4 P a g e 9 T R A V E L I N S U R A N C E a r r a n g e d f o r r e a d e r s o f T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s A N N U A L T R A V E L I N S U R A N C E A V A I L A B L E T O A N Y O N E U P T O 8 5 Y E A R S O F A G E . M O S T P R E - E X I S T I N G M E D I C A L C O N D I T I O N S A C C E P T E D T O P Q U A L I T Y C O V E R W i t h a 2 4 h o u r h e l p l i n e a n d a n a i r a m b u l a n c e g e t - y o u - h o m e s e r v i c e . M e n t i o n t h i s a d v e r t t o g e t a S p e c i a l C a t h o l i c N e w s ’, d i s c o u n t . D o n ’, t f o r g e t w e c a n a l s o s e l l S I N G L E - T R I P C O V E R , w i t h a n y d u r a t i o n u p t o o n e y e a r , w i t h n o m a x i m u m a g e l i m i t a n d u p t o £, 2 0 , 0 0 0 c a n c e l l a t i o n c o v e r p e r c o u p l e . C A L L  , F O R  , D E T A I L S A N D P R I C E S 0 1 1 6 2 7 2 0 5 0 0 R e a l p e o p l e ­, n o t m a c h i n e s ! F T T r a v e l I n s u r a n c e C a r H i r e A u t h o r i s e d a n d r e g u l a t e d b y t h e F S A P a r i s h i n t h e N e w s C a t h o l i c V of Fidelity The church needs religious sisters URGENTLY to bring Christ to others by a life of prayer and service lived in the community of Ignation spirituality. Daliy Mass is the centre of community life. By wearing the religious habit we are witnesses to the consecrated way of life. If you are willing to risk a little love and would like to find out how, contact Sister Bernadette. Late vocations up to the age of 46 wel­, comed. COVENT ,OF ,OUR LADY OF FIDELITY Central Hill, Upper Norwood, LONDON SE19 1RS Telephone: 07973 6002563 or Fax: 0208 766 6579 Mobile: 07760 297001 Ministers of Religion S t A u g u s t i n e o f E n g l a n d , S t A n n s N o t t i n g h a m O n 1 0 J u l y 1 8 7 9 n o t i c e w a s g i v e n t o t h e B o r o u g h o f N o t t i n g h a m t h a t i t w a s i n t e n d e d t o e r e c t a n e w i r o n c h u r c h o n W o o d b o r o u g h R o a d a t t h e c o r n e r o f N o r t h v i l l e s t r e e t ( n o w W e s t v i l l e G a r ­, d e n s ) . T h e c h u r c h t o o k 3 m o n t h s t o e r e c t a n d t h e D u k e o f N o r f o l k c o n t r i b u t e d £, 3 0 0 w h i c h p r o b a b l y c o v e r e d t h e w h o l e c o s t . T h i s c h u r c h s o o n b e c a m e t o o s m a l l t o a c ­, c o m m o d a t e i t s c o n g r e g a t i o n a n d i n S e p ­, t e m b e r 1 9 2 0 p l a n s w e r e s u b m i t t e d f o r a n e w s t o n e c h u r c h ­, t h e f o u n d a t i o n s t o n e w a s l a i d o n 3 F e b r u a r y 1 9 2 1 . T h e c h u r c h w a s d e s i g n e d b y J o h n S y d n e y B r o c k l e s b y . T h e d e s i g n i s d e s c r i b e d a s R o ­, m a n e s q u e a n d i s u n i q u e i n N o t t i n g h a m . T h e p r i c e w a s e s t i m a t e d a t £, 1 0 , 0 0 0 b u t e v e n t u a l l y c o s t £, 1 8 , 5 0 0 a n d i t t o o k 1 7 y e a r s t o c l e a r t h e d e b t . T h e c h u r c h c o u l d n o t b e c o n s e c r a t e d u n t i l t h e d e b t w a s c l e a r e d a n d t h i s w a s d o n e o n 2 1 S e p t e m b e r 1 9 4 0 . T o t h e l e f t o f t h e m a i n e n t r a n c e ( f a c i n g t h e s a n c t u a r y ) i s a w i n d o w d e p i c t i n g S t W i n i f r e d . T h i s w i n d o w w a s m a d e b y T h o m a s D e x t e r i n m e m o r y o f h i s s i s t e r . T h o m a s D e x t e r i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e s t a i n e d g l a s s a s m a l l o p e n h a n d w i t h h i s n a m e a c r o s s i t . T h i s c a n a l s o b e s e e n i n t h e t h r e e w i n d o w s i n t h e d o m e o v e r t h e s a n c ­, t u a r y w h i c h d e p i c t S t A u g u s t i n e , S t G r e ­, g o r y a n d C h r i s t i n M a j e s t y . A b o v e t h e S a n c t u a r y h a n g s t h e r o o d d e ­, p i c t i n g t h e c r u c i f i e d C h r i s t . A t e a c h c o r n e r a r e s y m b o l s o f t h e f o u r e v a n g e l i s t s . O n t h e b a c k o f t h e r o o d i s O u r L a d y w i t h h e r h e a r t p i e r c e d b y a s w o r d . A r o u n d h e r a r e t h e w o r d s V I R G O : M A T E R : C R U C I : F I L I I : C O N F I X A ( t h e v i r g i n m o t h e r p i e r c e d b y t h e c r o s s o f h e r s o n ) . T h i s r o o d i s v e r y s i m ­, i l a r t o o n e i n W e s t m i n s t e r C a t h e d r a l . S t A u g u s t i n e ’, s P a r i s h M i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t S h a r e t h e m e s s a g e o f J e s u s W e a c c e p t o u r m i s s i o n t o : T o e x p r e s s o u r l o v e o f G o d T o b e a w e l c o m i n g c o m m u n i t y T o c e l e b r a t e G o d ’, s l o v e f o r u s i n t h e E u c h a r i s t T o s u p p o r t f a m i l y a n d p a r i s h l i f e T o r e a c h o u t t o o u r n e i g h b o u r s w i t h i n a n d b e y o n d o u r c o m m u n i t y W o r s h i p T h e V i g i l M a s s i s a t 6 . 0 0 p m o n S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g a n d S u n d a y M a s s i s a t 1 1 . 0 0 a m . W e e k d a y M a s s i s o n T u e s d a y a n d T h u r s ­, d a y m o r n i n g s a t 1 0 . 0 0 a m . M a s s o n t h e F i r s t F r i d a y i s a t 6 . 3 0 p m . E x p o s i t i o n f o l l o w s t h e T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g a n d F i r s t F r i d a y M a s s e s . C o n f e s s i o n s a r e f r o m 5 . 1 5 p m t o 5 . 4 5 p m o n S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g ( o r o n r e q u e s t ) . C h i l d r e n ’, s L i t u r g y i s o n t h e f i r s t S u n d a y o f t h e m o n t h f o l l o w e d b y t e a a n d c o f f e e a n d a c a k e s t a l l i n t h e H a l l . M u s i c o n t h e f i r s t S u n d a y o f t h e m o n t h i s p r o v i d e d b y a n A f r i c a n g r o u p f r o m t h e C a m e r o o n a n d o n o t h e r S u n d a y s b y B a r r i e A l l a n o u r o r g a n ­, i s t . F r o m S u n d a y 2 4 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3 t h e r e w i l l b e a S c h o o l M a s s o n o n e S u n d a y a t e r m . P r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e s a c r a m e n t s t a k e s p l a c e i n t h e p a r i s h . D e a c o n s D e a c o n s a r e o r d a i n e d t o p r o c l a i m t h e G o s p e l d u r i n g M a s s a n d t o l i v e i t o u t w i t h i n t h e c o m m u n i t y . A n t h o n y S u l l i v a n , o u r p a r i s h d e a c o n , a f t e r d i s m i s s i n g t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n g o e s o u t w i t h t h e m t o s e r v e t h e l o c a l a r e a . V i s i t i n g t h o s e i n C a r e , D a y C e n t r e s a n d c o m m u n i t y o u t r e a c h , a r e a l l p a r t o f t h e d e a c o n ’, s m i n i s t r y o f c h a r i t y , w h i c h i s r e f l e c t e d i n t h e L i t u r g y b y p r e a c h ­, i n g a n d a s s i s t i n g a t M a s s , c e l e b r a t i n g b a p ­, t i s m s a n d f u n e r a l s a n d t a k i n g H o l y C o m m u n i o n , a l o n g s i d e o u r E u c h a r i s t i c M i n i s t e r s , t o t h o s e u n a b l e t o a t t e n d M a s s . P r e s e n t a t i o n S i s t e r s T h e P r e s e n t a t i o n S i s t e r s a r e a C a t h o l i c r e ­, l i g i o u s c o n g r e g a t i o n f o u n d e d b y N a n o N a g l e a n d d e d i c a t e d t o t h e m i s s i o n o f J e s u s . A s P r e s e n t a t i o n S i s t e r s , t h e y a r e c a l l e d t o f o l l o w C h r i s t i n t h e s p i r i t o f N a n o N a g l e , b r i n g i n g t h e g o o d n e w s t o t h e p o o r b y p r o ­, m o t i n g G o d ’, s K i n g d o m o f t r u t h a n d g o o d ­, n e s s , j u s t i c e , l o v e a n d p e a c e . A s c o m p a n i o n s o f N a n o N a g l e , a h e r o i c w o m a n w h o p i o n e e r e d r a d i c a l C a t h o l i c e d ­, u c a t i o n i n e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r y I r e l a n d , t h e y s h a r e h e r c h a r i s m t o d a y t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d . S i s t e r P h i l o m e n a R o o n e y a n d S i s t e r B e r n a d e t t e H e a l y l i v e i n S t A u g u s t i n e ’, s H o u s e . B o t h a r e c o m m i t t e d m e m b e r s o f S t A u g u s t i n e ’, s p a r i s h . S t A u g u s t i n e ’, s C a t h o l i c P r i m a r y a n d N u r s e r y S c h o o l S t . A u g u s t i n e ` s C a t h o l i c P r i m a r y a n d N u r s e r y s c h o o l h a s a l w a y s s h a r e d a s t r o n g r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e p a r i s h o f S t A u g u s ­, t i n e ` s . T h e S i s t e r s o f S a i n t J o s e p h o f P e a c e e s t a b l i s h e d t h e s c h o o l i n t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y a n d t h i s a s s o c i a t i o n f i n a l l y e n d e d w h e n t h e s i s t e r s m o v e d a w a y f r o m t h e a r e a i n 1 9 9 2 . H o w e v e r , t h e r e a r e s t i l l s t r o n g l i n k s w i t h S t A u g u s t i n e ’, s c h u r c h . T h e p a r i s h i s s e r v e d b y p r i e s t s f r o m t h e C a t h e d r a l t o g e t h e r w i t h O u r L a d y &, S a i n t P a t r i c k i n T h e M e a d o w s . C H R I S T E N I N G &, C O M M U N I O N W E A R A s u m p t u o u s r a n g e o f g o w n s a n d a c c e s s o r i e s t o s u i t e v e y b u d g e t a n d g r a c e a l l o c c a s i o n s S p e c i a l i s t s i n g i f t s w i t h a C h r i s t i a n t h e m e , C h r i s t e n i n g , D e d i c a t i o n , C o m m u n i o n , C o n f i r m a t i o n , M a r r i a g e , O r d i n a t i o n &, C h r i s t m a s . W h a t e v e r t h e o c c a s i o n , y o u ’, l l f i n d t h e p e r f e c t g i f t : B i b l e s , m i s s a l s , p r a y e r b o o k s , p l a q u e s , i c o n s , s t a t u e s , p h o t o ­, f r a m e s , f o u n t a i n s , f o n t s , c r o s s e s , c r u c i f i x e s , r o s a r i e s , c a n d l e s , i n c e n s e , o i l b u r n e r s , m i n i c a r d s t o i n s p i r e , o c c a s i o n c a r d s t o c e l e b r a t e , a n d a l l a t c o m p e t i t i v e p r i c e s ! G I F T S F O R A L L O C C A S S I O N S M A I L O R D E R p h o n e / f a x 0 1 1 6 2 5 1 3 4 7 7 C O M E A N D V I E W O U R E X T E N S I V E R A N G E S O p e n W e d ­, S a t 1 0 a m ­, 5 p m O p p o s i t e t h e N e w H i g h c r o s s , L e i c e s t e r M I T r u s t , 3 5 ­, 3 7 , N e w B o n d S t r e e t , L e i c e s t e r L E 1 4 R D . T e l / F a x 0 1 1 6 2 5 1 3 4 7 7 W e b s i t e : w w w . m i t r u s t . c o . u k P l e a s e b e a d v i s e d o f t h i s y e a r s R o d s l e y P i l g r i m a g e d a t e f o r y o u r s h i n y n e w D i a r i e s ! S U N D A Y J U N E 2 9 T H 2 0 1 4 C a n o n A l a n B u r b i d g e ( S t G e o r g e s , D e r b y ) w i l l b e g i v i n g t h e H o m i l y . B r i t i s h S i g n L a n g u a g e A s s i s t a n c e w i l l b e p r o v i d e d . F o r a n y f u r t h e r i n f o o n t h e S h e r w i n S o c i e t y p l e a s e v i s i t o u r n e w W e b s i t e r a l p h s h e r w i n . c o . u k

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J o s e p h P e a r c e s u b t i t l e s t h i s m o v i n g a c ­, c o u n t o f h i s c o n v e r s i o n a s “, M y j o u r n e y f r o m r a c i a l h a t r e d t o r a t i o n a l l o v e . ”, I t i s i n ­, d e e d a n e x t r a o r d i n a r y j o u r n e y : f r o m a y o u t h i n w h i c h h e w a s t w i c e i m p r i s o n e d f o r p u b l i s h i n g m a t e r i a l “, l i k e l y t o i n c i t e r a c i a l h a t r e d ”, ( P e a r c e w a s a k e e n y o u n g m e m b e r o f t h e N a t i o n a l F r o n t a n d e d i t o r o f T h e B u l l d o g ) a n d i n w h i c h h e h a d b e e n a k e e n p a r t i c i p a n t i n r a c e r i o t s , i n t o t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h i n 1 9 8 9 . H e d e d i c a t e s h i s b o o k t o h i s f a t h e r , A l b e r t , h i s i n f l u e n c e o v e r h i s s o n ’, s p o l i t i c a l e x t r e m i s m w a s s i g n i f i c a n t a n d h e l a t e r f o l l o w e d h i m i n t o t h e C h u r c h , a m o v e w h i c h P e a r c e h u m o r o u s l y c o m ­, m e n t s , w a s “, p e r h a p s e v e n m o r e m i r a c u ­, l o u s t h a n m y o w n . ”, T h e s e e d s o f P e a r c e ’, s n a r r o w a n d b i g o t e d n a t i o n a l i s m w e r e s o w n i n c h i l d h o o d . A c l e v e r , a r g u m e n t a t i v e a n d r e s t l e s s b o y , h i s f a m i l y m o v e d f r o m t h e p e a c e f u l S u f f o l k c o u n t r y s i d e t o B a r k i n g i n E a s t L o n d o n w h e n h e w a s 1 1 , t h e c h a n g e f r o m a s e c u r e p r i m a r y s c h o o l i n w h i c h h e s h o n e t o a t o u g h c o m p r e h e n s i v e w h e r e h e s t r u g g l e d t o f i n d h i s f e e t , w a s c r i t i c a l i n h i s e m o ­, t i o n a l a n d p o l i t i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t . T h e p a ­, t r i o t i s m , i m p e r i a l i s m a n d x e n o p h o b i a w h i c h h e h a d i m b i b e d f r o m h i s f a t h e r c o a ­, l e s c e d w h e n h e w a s a g e d 1 4 i n 1 9 7 5 , i n t o a n a n g r y , n e o ­, f a s c i s t , w h i t e s u p r e m a c i s t p o s i t i o n . T h e i r o n y w a s t h a t h i s f a t h e r , i n t h e u s u a l m u d d l e d w a y o f m o s t h u m a n b e i n g s , m a n a g e d t o c o m b i n e a n t i ­, S e m i t i c a n d a n t i ­, I r i s h s e n t i m e n t s w i t h a l o v e o f S h a k e s p e a r e a n d t r a d i t i o n s l i k e C h r i s t m a s . P e a r c e , a n a u t o d i d a c t l i k e h i s f a t h e r , w r i t e s t h a t “, f e w m e n l o v e d t h e i r f e l l o w m e n m o r e f u l l y a n d m o r e t r u l y a n d w i t h s u c h D i c k e n s i a n a n d C h e s t e r t o n i a n e x u b e r a n c e ”, a s h i s f a t h e r . T h e y o u n g m a n s t a r t e d t o w o r k f u l l ­, t i m e f o r t h e N a t i o n a l F r o n t a s a t e e n a g e r a n d f i r s t w e n t t o p r i s o n f o r h i s r a c i s t w r i t i n g s i n 1 9 8 2 . I n s o l i t a r y c o n f i n e m e n t P e a r c e s t a r t e d t o r e a d s e r i ­, o u s l y . H e h a d a l r e a d y e n ­, c o u n t e r e d i n h i s u n s y s t e m a t i c f a s h i o n t h e w r i t i n g s o f R i c h a r d D a w k i n s o n e v o l u t i o n , H a n s E y s e n c k o n i n h e r i t e d i n t e l l i g e n c e , H i t l e r ’, s M e i n K a m p f a n d S o l z h e n i t s y n ’, s T h e G u l a g A r c h i p e l a g o , n o w h e d i s c o v ­, e r e d G K C h e s t e r t o n ’, s T h e O u t l i n e o f S a n i t y w h i c h h e “, d e v o u r e d ”, . G K C p r o v e d a p r o v i d e n t i a l e n c o u n t e r , t h e a u t h o r d i s a r m i n g l y c o n f e s s e s t h a t “, e v e n m o r e u n s e t t l i n g t o m y o w n r e l i ­, g i o u s p r e j u d i c e w a s t h e u n c o m f o r t a b l e f e e l i n g t h a t I w a n t e d t o l i k e w h a t C h e s t e r t o n l i k e d , e v e n i f I h a d a l w a y s b e l i e v e d t h a t I d i d n ’, t l i k e i t . ”, D u r i n g t h e 1 9 8 0 s , P e a r c e a d m i t s t h a t h e w a s l i v i n g a d o u b l e l i f e “, i n w h i c h I w r o t e h a t e ­, f i l l e d p r o p a g a n d a d u r i n g t h e d a y a n d r e a d t h e l o v e ­, f i l l e d p a g e s o f C h e s t e r t o n a n d L e w i s a t n i g h t . ”, Y e t i n h i s “, r a c e w i t h t h e D e v i l ”, , t h e l a t t e r w a s s l o w i n g c e d i n g g r o u n d a s g r a c e i n ­, c r e a s e d . W i t h h i s p e r s o n a l l i f e i n a m e s s a n d i m p r i s o n e d a g a i n i n 1 9 8 5 , t h e a u t h o r w a s a t a c r o s s r o a d s , b o t h s p i r i ­, t u a l l y a n d e m o t i o n a l l y . W h e n a s k e d h i s r e l i g i o n b y t h e p r i s o n a u t h o r i t i e s h e t o l d t h e m , u n t r u t h f u l l y , h e w a s a C a t h o l i c . “, I c o u l d n ’, t b e l i e v e w h a t I h a d j u s t s a i d ”, h e r e l a t e s , d e s c r i b i n g t h e m o m e n t a s a “, b a p ­, t i s m o f d e s i r e . ”, T h i s t i m e i n p r i s o n s o l i t a r y c o n f i n e m e n t w a s w e l c o m e a s i t f o r c e d h i m f i n a l l y t o c o n f r o n t h i m s e l f . H e r e a d N e w ­, m a n , T o l k i e n a n d t h e J e s u i t p h i l o s o p h e r C o p l e s t o n e a n d r e s o l v e d t o r e s i g n f r o m p o l ­, i t i c s . O n e n t e r i n g t h e C h u r c h i n 1 9 8 9 P e a r c e d e ­, c i d e d t o u s e h i s w r i t i n g g i f t s a s a p e r s o n a l a p o s t o l a t e , b o t h t o a t o n e f o r h i s t r o u b l e d p a s t a n d t o h e l p o t h e r s l e a r n t h e b e a u t y , t r u t h a n d g o o d n e s s i m p l i c i t i n C a t h o l i c i s m . B i o g r a p h i e s o f C h e s t e r t o n , B e l l o c a n d T o l k i e n f o l l o w e d . H i s b o o k p r o v i d e s f a s c i ­, n a t i n g i n s i g h t i n t o t h e r a t i o n a l e b e h i n d w h a t i s n o w t h e B r i t i s h N a t i o n a l P a r t y . A b o v e a l l , i t i s t h e s t o r y o f a c o n v e r s i o n , b r o u g h t a b o u t , p r o v i d e n t i a l l y , b y t h e r a n ­, d o m k i n d n e s s o f s t r a n g e r s a n d t h e d i s c o v ­, e r y o f g r e a t C h r i s t i a n t h i n k e r s . F r a n c i s P h i l l i p s P a g e 1 0 T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . M a r c h 2 0 1 4 B o o k R e v i e w R a c e w i t h t h e D e v i l b y J o s e p h P e a r c e ­, S t B e n e d i c t P r e s s I n s p e c t o r s g i v e H i g h P r a i s e t o G r a c e D i e u T h e r e c e n t i n s p e c t i o n b y t h e I n d e p e n d e n t S c h o o l s I n s p e c t o r a t e h a s h i g h l i g h t e d j u s t w h a t a r e m a r k a b l e p l a c e G r a c e D i e u M a n o r S c h o o l i s f o r c h i l d r e n t o b e g i n t h e i r e d u c a t i o n a l j o u r n e y . T h e I n s p e c t o r s r e ­, m a r k e d o n t h e g o o d p r o g r e s s p u p i l s m a k e , a n d t h e h i g h s t a n d a r d s t h a t p u p i l s r e a c h d u e t o t h e ‘, e f f e c t i v e t e a c h i n g ’, . T h e y r e ­, p o r t e d t h a t ‘, a t t a i n m e n t i s h i g h ’, a n d t h a t p u p i l s ’, s u c c e s s f u l a d m i s s i o n t o s e l e c t i v e s e n i o r s c h o o l s w a s e v i d e n c e o f t h i s . I n r e l a ­, t i o n t o t h e t e a c h i n g a t G r a c e D i e u , t h e r e ­, p o r t r e f e r r e d t o ‘, b r i s k p a c e , e x c e l l e n t s u b j e c t k n o w l e d g e a n d c l e a r l e a r n i n g o b j e c ­, t i v e s t h a t e n a b l e p u p i l s o f a l l a b i l i t i e s t o a c ­, q u i r e n e w k n o w l e d g e a n d m a k e r a p i d p r o g r e s s ’, . P a r e n t s w e r e s a i d t o b e ‘, v e r y h a p p y w i t h t h e q u a l i t y o f t e a c h i n g a n d e n ­, t h u s i a s t i c a b o u t t h e q u a l i t y o f e d u c a t i o n o n o f f e r . ’, P a s t o r a l c a r e w a s r a t e d a s ‘, e x c e l l e n t ’, a n d ‘, t h e r e i s a v e r y h a p p y , f r i e n d l y , f a m i l y f e e l t h r o u g h o u t t h e s c h o o l . E v e r y i n d i v i d u a l i s w e l l ­, r e s p e c t e d a n d t r e a t e d w i t h g r e a t c o u r ­, t e s y a n d c a r e . ’, T h e r e p o r t c o m m e n t s t h a t ‘, p u p i l s s p e a k w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e m a t u r i t y f o r t h e i r a g e a n d d e v e l o p v e r y s t r o n g s e l f ­, a w a r e n e s s a n d c o n f i d e n c e b e c a u s e t h e y a r e g i v e n e x ­, c e l l e n t p a s t o r a l c a r e . ’, T h e s c h o o l i s p r o u d t h a t p u p i l s s h o w ’, g r e a t e m p a t h y a n d c o n ­, s i d e r a t i o n f o r o n e a n o t h e r ’, a n d ‘, a p p r e c i a t e a n d r e s p e c t e a c h o t h e r ’, s d i f f e r e n c e s . ’, I t w a s p l e a s i n g t h a t t h e i n s p e c t o r s n o t e d t h e s c h o o l ’, s f o c u s o n v a l u e s a n d t h e y c o m ­, m e n t e d t h a t ‘, p u p i l s h a v e a f u l l y d e v e l o p e d s e n s e o f r i g h t a n d w r o n g w h i c h i s d e v e l ­, o p e d f r o m t h e e a r l i e s t a g e i n t h e E a r l y Y e a r s F o u n d a t i o n S t a g e . ’, W h a t h a p p e n s o u t s i d e t h e c l a s s r o o m i s a l s o v i t a l a n d t h e i n s p e c t o r s w r o t e , ‘, t h e e m p h a ­, s i s t h a t t h e s c h o o l p l a c e s o n d e v e l o p i n g p u p i l s ’, c o n f i d e n c e a n d s e l f ­, e s t e e m h a s l e d t o p u p i l s o f a l l a b i l i t i e s a c h i e v i n g w e l l i n a r a n g e o f s p o r t s a n d a e s t h e t i c a c t i v i t i e s s u c h a s a r t , m u s i c a n d d r a m a . ’, A n d a g a i n , ‘, a w a r d s t o s e n i o r s c h o o l s s h o w t h a t m u s i c a n d s p o r t s a r e s t r o n g ’, , a n d r e f e r e n c e i s m a d e t o ‘, t h e v i b r a n t c h o r a l , i n s t r u m e n t a l a n d p e r f o r m i n g a r t s t r a d i t i o n ’, t h a t c l e a r l y i n s p i r e s t h e p u p i l s . ’, A s f o r t h e E a r l y Y e a r s F o u n d a t i o n S t a g e , t h e y o u n g e s t p u p i l s a t G r a c e D i e u ( 3 + a n d 4 + ) w e r e d e s c r i b e d a s ‘, a c t i v e l e a r n e r s , e n ­, j o y i n g a l l t h e y d o …, t h e t e a c h i n g b y w e l l ­, q u a l i f i e d s t a f f i s e n g a g i n g a n d m o t i v a t i n g , m e e t i n g t h e n e e d s o f a l l t h e c h i l d r e n w e l l , a n d p r o m o t i n g a n e n v i r o n m e n t i n w h i c h p a s t o r a l a n d a c a d e m i c d e v e l o p m e n t i s n u r ­, t u r e d . I n t h e E a r l y Y e a r s , t h e y o u n g e s t c h i l d r e n r e s p o n d f u l l y t o s c h o o l l i f e w i t h g r e a t e n t h u s i a s m a n d e n j o y m e n t …, ’, ", V a l e n t i n e M a r r i a g e M a s s ", O n S u n d a y 9 t h F e b t h e a n n u a l ", V a l e n t i n e M a r ­, r i a g e M a s s ", c e l e ­, b r a t i n g t h e s a c r a m e n t o f M a t r i m o n y t o o k p l a c e a t S t B a r n ­, a b a s C a t h e d r a l . C o u p l e s f r o m a l l o v e r t h e d i o c e s e c a m e t o g e t h e r f i l l i n g t h e C a t h e ­, d r a l t o r e n e w t h e i r v o w s t o o n e a n o t h e r i n t h e p r e s e n c e o f B i s h o p M a l ­, c o l m . T h o s e i n a t t e n d a n c e i n c l u d e d o n e c o u p l e a b o u t t o c e l e b r a t e t h e i r 6 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y , w h i l e a t t h e o t h e r e n d a c o u p l e w h o h a d o n l y b e e n m a r r i e d f o r f i v e m o n t h s . A f t e r M a s s h a d f i n i s h e d b o t h t h e s e c o u p l e s w e r e i n v i t e d u p t o m e e t t h e B i s h o p , a l o n g w i t h M r a n d M r s H a l l w h o h a d b o t h b e e n r e c e n t l y a w a r d e d w i t h t h e B e n e M e r e n t i m e d a l f o r t h e i r s e r v i c e t o t h e C h u r c h o v e r m a n y y e a r s a s a m a r r i e d c o u p l e . ( S e e p h o t o ) I t w a s a w o n d e r f u l c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e b e a u t i f u l s a c r a m e n t o f h o l y m a t r i m o n y , w h i c h a c c o r d i n g t o t h e t e a c h i n g o f t h e C h u r c h , i s a , ", c o v e n a n t , b y w h i c h a m a n a n d a w o m a n e s t a b l i s h b e t w e e n t h e m ­, s e l v e s a p a r t n e r s h i p o f t h e w h o l e o f l i f e , ( i t ) i s b y i t s n a t u r e o r d e r e d t o w a r d t h e g o o d o f t h e s p o u s e s a n d t h e p r o c r e a t i o n a n d e d u c a t i o n o f o f f s p r i n g , t h i s c o v e n a n t b e t w e e n b a p t i z e d p e r s o n s h a s b e e n r a i s e d b y C h r i s t T h e L o r d t o t h e d i g n i t y o f a s a c r a m e n t ", ( C a t e c h i s m o f t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h 1 6 0 1 ) T h e M a s s , ( o r g a n i z e d b y t h e M a r r i a g e a n d F a m i l y l i f e c o m m i s s i o n ) h a s b e c o m e a r e g u l a r f e a t u r e i n t h e l i f e o f t h e d i o c e s e , a n d i f y o u h a v e n ` t y e t b e e n d o c o n s i d e r c o m i n g n e x t y e a r . 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S t u d e n t s s h o w e d g r e a t i n i t i a t i v e t o c o m e u p w i t h a v a r i e t y o f f u n d r a i s i n g i d e a s i n ­, c l u d i n g c a r w a s h e s , c a k e s a l e s , r a f f l e s , f o o t ­, b a l l t o u r n a m e n t s , a n a r m w r e s t l i n g c o n t e s t , s e l l i n g r a f f l e t i c k e t s t o s t a f f t o g i v e t h e m t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o w i n a h e l p e r f o r t h e d a y w h o w o u l d c a r r y o u t a n y j o b t h e s t a f f m e m b e r r e q u i r e d —, a n d m u c h m u c h m o r e . A t t h e e n d o f t h e h a l f t e r m , t h e s t u d e n t s ’, e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l k n o w ­, h o w h a d m a n a g e d t o r a i s e d o v e r £, 3 , 2 0 0 f r o m t h e i n i t i a l i n v e s t ­, m e n t o f £, 5 0 0 . T h i s m o n e y w i l l n o w e n a b l e f a m i l i e s i n A f r i c a , A s i a a n d L a t i n A m e r i c a t o , i n t u r n , u s e t h e i r o w n t a l e n t s t o i m p r o v e t h e i r o w n l i v e s . M r s C o b b e t t , H e a d t e a c h e r , s a i d : “, W e ’, r e r e ­, a l l y e x c i t e d a b o u t b e i n g a p a r t o f t h i s s c h e m e , i t h a s g i v e n t h e s t u d e n t s a c h a n c e t o u s e t h e i r i m a g i n a t i o n s a n d t a l e n t s t o r e ­, a l l y m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e . T h e y h a v e l e a r n e d t o a p p r e c i a t e h o w p e o p l e l i v i n g i n p o v e r t y , e v e r y d a y h a v e t o f i n d c l e v e r w a y s t o m a k e t h e l i t t l e m o n e y t h e y e a r n , o r f o o d t h a t t h e y p r o d u c e s t r e t c h t o f e e d a n d t a k e c a r e o f t h e i r f a m i l i e s . T h i s p r o j e c t h a s e n a b l e s t u ­, d e n t s t o g a i n b e t t e r k n o w l e d g e o f h o w p o v e r t y a f f e c t s l i v e s a n d h a s i n s p i r e d t h e m t o t a k e a c t i o n a g a i n s t p o v e r t y . ”, “, A s a f o r m w e d e c i d e d t o m a k e i n d i v i d u a l , p e r s o n a l i s e d k e y r i n g s / b o o k p e b b l e s f r o m F I M O c l a y , w i t h t h e a i m o f r e l a t ­, i n g t h e m t o o u r f o r m i d e n t i t y . I t h a d a y e l ­, l o w b a s e t o r e p r e s e n t t h e c o l o u r o f o u r H o u s e I n d u s t r i a , w h i c h m e a n s h a r d ­, w o r k i n g . W e i n ­, c l u d e d o u r o w n d e s i g n a s a d e c o r a ­, t i o n . A s a r e s u l t , w e r a i s e d £, 6 5 . “, W r i t t e n b y C h a n t e l l e &, R h i a n n a T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . M a r c h 2 0 1 4 P a g e 1 1                        St Joseph’,s Centre, Mt St Bernard’,s Saturday 10 May 2014 10:00 –, 3:00pm Saturday 07June 2014 10:00 –, 3:00pm                St Joseph’,s Centre, Mt St Bernard’,s Saturday 13 September 2014 10:00 –, 3:00pm Saturday 15 November 2014 10:00 –, 3:00pm To reserve a place, please contact: Sr Bernadette Jo Bradbury bernadettepbvm1811@yahoo.com jobradbury47@gmail.com   H a r v e s t o f T a l e n t s S t u d e n t v s t a f f a r m w r e s t l i n g C A F O D N o t t i n g h a m n e e d s v o l u n t e e r s ! * O p p o r t u n i t y 1 —, D o y o u r e g u l a r l y s e l l i t e m s o n E ­, B a y ? W o u l d y o u b e p r e p a r e d t o s e l l s o m e i t e m s o n b e h a l f o f C A F O D i f w e p r o v i d e d p h o t o g r a p h s o f t h e i t e m s a n d d e ­, l i v e r e d t h e m t o y o u ? * O p p o r t u n i t y 2 —, W o u l d y o u b e p r e p a r e d t o r e c e i v e a n i n f o r m a t i o n p a c k e a c h L e n t a n d H a r v e s t , p u t p o s t e r s u p i n c h u r c h , p a s s o n a b i d d i n g p r a y e r , C h i l d r e n ’, s L i t u r g y o f t h e W o r d r e s o u r c e s a n d n e w s l e t t e r a n n o u n c e m e n t s t o t h e c o r r e c t p e o p l e i n y o u r p a r i s h ? I f s o , y o u c o u l d b e t h e C A F O D F a s t D a y c o n t a c t f o r y o u r p a r i s h . W e h a v e s e v e r a l p a r i s h e s w h o a r e w i t h o u t a c o n t a c t —, a n d s o m e p a r i s h e s w i t h a c o n t a c t w h e r e t h a t p e r s o n w o u l d l i k e a b i t o f h e l p ! 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