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

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

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

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

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I n t h e G o s p e l w h i c h w e h a v e j u s t h e a r d ( M t 6 : 2 4 ­, 3 4 ) , J e s u s t e l l s u s n o t t o w o r r y a b o u t o u r l i v e s . R a t h e r w e a r e c a l l e d t o s e t o u r h e a r t s o n t h e K i n g d o m o f G o d , a n d a l l t h e s e o t h e r t h i n g s –, f o o d , d r i n k , c l o t h e s –, w i l l b e g i v e n t o u s . T h i s i s n o t v e r y p r a c t i ­, c a l a d v i c e b u t t h e p o i n t t h a t J e s u s i s m a k ­, i n g i s t h a t G o d m u s t c o m e f i r s t , a s C h r i s t i a n s , w e a r e a s k e d t o m a k e G o d t h e p r i m e f o c u s o f o u r l i v e s . I f w e g e t o u r r e l a ­, t i o n s h i p w i t h h i m r i g h t , t h e n o u r o t h e r r e ­, l a t i o n s h i p s w i l l f a l l i n t o p l a c e a n d w e c a n l i v e i n h a r m o n y w i t h G o d , e a c h o t h e r a n d o u r s e l v e s . B u t S a i n t P a u l r e m i n d s u s i n t o d a y ’, s S e c ­, o n d R e a d i n g ( 1 C o r 4 : 1 ­, 5 ) o f t h e a w e s o m e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n t h e s i g h t o f o t h e r s w h i c h c o m e s w i t h b e i n g a f o l l o w e r o f C h r i s t : ‘, p e o ­, p l e m u s t t h i n k o f u s a s C h r i s t ’, s s e r v a n t s , s t e w a r d s e n t r u s t e d w i t h t h e m y s t e r i e s o f G o d ’, . A s b a p t i s e d C h r i s t i a n s , w h e t h e r o r ­, d a i n e d o r l a y , w e h o l d w i t h i n u s a t r e a s u r e t h a t i s l i k e t h e p e a r l o f g r e a t p r i c e , t h e H o l y S p i r i t . A n d a t H o l y C o m m u n i o n , C h r i s t h i m s e l f c o m e s t o d w e l l w i t h i n u s . A s h i s s e r v a n t s , w e a r e s e n t o n a m i s s i o n a t t h e e n d o f e a c h M a s s t o g l o r i f y t h e L o r d i n o u r l i v e s , t o p r o c l a i m h i s G o o d N e w s , t o b e C h r i s t t o t h e p e o p l e o f M a c k w o r t h , a n d w e a r e e x p e c t e d , i n S a i n t P a u l ’, s w o r d s , t o ‘, b e f o u n d w o r t h y o f h i s t r u s t ’, . I r e g r e t v e r y m u c h t h a t o n e o f y o u r p a r i s h p r i e s t s , P a u l C u l l e n , d i d n o t m a k e G o d t h e c e n t r e o f h i s l i f e , h e w a s n o t f o u n d ‘, t o b e w o r t h y o f h i s t r u s t ’, a n d h e c o m m i t t e d t e r ­, r i b l e o f f e n c e s a g a i n s t i n n o c e n t c h i l d r e n . T h e g r a v i t y o f t h o s e o f f e n c e s w a s m a d e w o r s e b y t h e f a c t t h a t h e w a s a C a t h o l i c p r i e s t , a p r i e s t w h o w a s e n t r u s t e d i n a p a r ­, t i c u l a r w a y w i t h t h e m y s t e r i e s o f G o d . T h i s i s a c a u s e o f s h a m e f o r m e , y o u r B i s h o p , f o r t h e g o o d a n d h a r d w o r k i n g p r i e s t s o f o u r D i o c e s e w h o s e n a m e s h a v e b e e n b e s m i r c h e d b y h i s a c t i o n s , a n d f o r a l l o f u s . I a m t r u l y s o r r y f o r t h e w r o n g t h a t h a s b e e n d o n e b y C u l l e n t o h i s v i c t i m s a n d t h e i r f a m i l i e s , t h e i r t r u s t w a s b e t r a y e d a n d t h e i r d i g n i t y v i o l a t e d . I a m a l s o m i n d f u l o f t h e e f f e c t s t h a t t h e r e ­, c e n t p r o c e e d i n g s h a v e h a d o n y o u r p a r i s h a n d t h e w i d e r c o m m u n i t y h e r e i n M a c k ­, w o r t h , i n o t h e r p a r i s h e s w h e r e C u l l e n s e r v e d , a n d b e y o n d . T h e r e a r e a l l s o r t s o f e m o t i o n s w h i c h w e w i l l b e f e e l i n g i n t h e l i g h t o f h i s a r r e s t a n d l a s t M o n d a y ’, s v e r ­, d i c t : a n g e r , b i t t e r n e s s , b e t r a y a l , s h a m e . S o m e o f y o u m a y h a v e f o n d a n d h a p p y m e m o r i e s o f h i s t i m e h e r e , r e m e m b e r i n g t h e g o o d h e d i d , a n d d o n o t u n d e r s t a n d f u l l y w h a t i s g o i n g o n , t h a t i s f i n e , b e c a u s e w e c a n n o t h e l p h o w w e f e e l . T h e a b u s e o f c h i l d r e n , i n w h a t e v e r f o r m i t t a k e s , i s r e p r e h e n s i b l e –, i t i s e v i l , a s c o u r g e o n s o c i e t y a n d f a m i l y l i f e , a n d , w h e n i t i s p e r p e t r a t e d b y p r i e s t s , a s c o u r g e o n t h e C h u r c h o f w h i c h w e a r e a l l m e m b e r s . I t i s t h a n k s t o t h e b r a v e r y o f C u l l e n ’, s v i c t i m s , i n t h i s p a r i s h , i n H y s o n G r e e n a n d i n B u x ­, t o n , a n d t h e i r w i l l i n g n e s s t o c o m e f o r w a r d a n d n o l o n g e r b e k e p t s i l e n t b y t h i s m a n , t h a t M o n d a y ’, s v e r d i c t w a s b r o u g h t a b o u t . I a m p l e a s e d t h a t P a u l C u l l e n h a s a c c e p t e d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r h i s b e h a v i o u r a n d p l e a d e d g u i l t y . 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A p r i l 2 0 1 4 W hitby Bed and Breakfast C lose to all amenities and St Hilda’,s Church Clean comfortable double e n suite rooms Spacious suites available f or 4 people Midweek reduced rates Pinewood House Bed &, Breakfast 1 0 Abbey Terrace Whitby North Yorkshire Y O21 3HQ Te l : 0 1 9 4 7 6 0 6 6 2 2 E mail: info@pinewoodwhitby.co.uk Web: www.pinewoodwhitby.co.uk S u c c e s s f o r S t u d e n t s o f O u r L a d y ’, s C o n v e n t S c h o o l O u r L a d y ’, s C o n v e n t S c h o o l ( O L C S ) , L o u g h b o r o u g h h a s a n e s t a b ­, l i s h e d e t h o s o f e d u c a t i n g t h e w h o l e i n d i v i d u a l , f o c u s i n g o n h e l p i n g e a c h s t u d e n t a c h i e v e t o t h e i r b e s t a b i l i t i e s b o t h a c a d e m i c a l l y a n d i n l i f e s k i l l s , a s d e m o n s t r a t e d b y t h e S c h o o l ’, s s e n i o r p u b l i c s p e a k ­, i n g t e a m . R e c e n t l y a t e a m o f t h r e e r e a c h e d t h e R o t a r y Y o u t h S p e a k s D i s t r i c t F i n a l . T h e Y e a r 1 2 s , A m e l i a ( M i l l i e ) E l l i o t t , F r a n c e s D e v i n e a n d C h r i s t i n a O ’, D o w d , b a t t l e d a g a i n s t t e a m s f r o m o t h e r s c h o o l s f o r a p l a c e i n t h e N a t i o n a l f i n a l s . W h i l s t t h e y d i d n ’, t m a k e i t t h r o u g h t o t h e n e x t s t a g e M i l l i e w a s p r e s e n t e d w i t h a n a w a r d f o r t h e B e s t S p e a k e r o f t h e r e g i o n a l c o m p e t i t i o n . T h e f o l l o w i n g d a y M i l l i e c o m p e t e d a t t h e C a t e n i a n P u b l i c S p e a k ­, i n g c o m p e t i t i o n , a n e x t r e m e l y c h a l l e n g i n g c o n t e s t . O u r L a d y ’, s C o n v e n t S c h o o l h a s a s t r o n g t r a d i t i o n o f d e v e l o p i n g e x c e l l e n t p u b ­, l i c s p e a k e r s a n d i n t h e l a s t s i x y e a r s s t u d e n t s h a v e a c h i e v e d t h r e e f i r s t p l a c e s a n d o n e s e c o n d i n t h i s c o m p t i t i o n . M i l l i e s p o k e o n t h e t o p i c ", T e c h n o l o g y i s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y i m p r o v i n g t h e q u a l i t y o f o u r l i v e s ", a n d i m p r e s s e d t h e j u d g e s w i t h h e r d e l i v e r y a n d a r g u m e n t t o f i n a l l y b e a n n o u n c e d w i n n e r o f t h e R e g i o n a l C a t e n i a n P u b l i c S p e a k i n g 2 0 1 4 e v e n t . S h e w i l l n o w r e p r e s e n t t h e S c h o o l a t t h e N a t i o n a l c o m p e t i t i o n i n M a n c h e s t e r i n S e p t e m b e r . A m e l i a , C h r i s t i n a a n d F r a n c e s w i t h t h e i r R o t a r y Y o u t h S p e a k s 2 0 1 4 a w a r d s C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 7 O n S u n d a y 2 n d J u n e , t h e S o l e m n i t y o f C o r p u s C h r i s t i a n d t h e F e a s t D a y o f B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t P a r i s h , w e c h a n g e d o u r n o r m a l M a s s t i m e s s o a s t o h a v e j u s t o n e M a s s a t 1 1 a m . T h i s e n d e d o u r 4 0 h o u r s o f P r a y e r a n d b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r a l a r g e n u m b e r o f p a r i s h i o n e r s f o r a w o n ­, d e r f u l c e l e b r a t i o n . T h e A f r i c a n c o m m u ­, n i t y b r o u g h t t h e i r o w n v i t a l i t y a n d r h y t h m t o t h e M a s s a s w e l l a s f a m i l i a r h y m n s w i t h o r g a n a c c o m p a n i m e n t . A t t h e e n d o f t h e M a s s t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t w a s t a k e n i n t o B r a u n s t o n e P a r k i n a p r o ­, c e s s i o n l e d b y t h e a l t a r s e r v e r s a n d t h e A f r i c a n c h o i r , t h e n c a m e t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n f o l l o w e d b y a l l t h e c h i l d r e n w h o h a d m a d e t h e i r F i r s t H o l y C o m m u n i o n t h e p r e v i o u s w e e k –, t h e g i r l s s t r e w i n g p e t a l s a n d t h e b o y s e a c h c a r r y i n g a c a n d l e . O u r t w o p r i e s t s , F a t h e r J o e l N w a l o z i e a n d F a t h e r J o h n J o e M a l o n e y e n t e r e d t h e p a r k , F a ­, t h e r J o h n J o e c a r r y i n g t h e m o n s t r a n c e c o n t a i n i n g t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t , w e s a n g h y m n s , h a d a r e a d i n g f r o m S t P a u l ’, s L e t t e r t o t h e C o r i n t h i a n s , r e c i t e d t h e L i t a n y o f S a i n t s a n d i n c e n s e d t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t a f t e r w h i c h w e r e t u r n e d t o t h e c h u r c h f o r B e n e d i c t i o n . T h e r e t h e n f o l ­, l o w e d a m a s s e x o d u s t o t h e P a r i s h H a l l w h e r e a s h a r e d t a b l e l u n c h a w a i t e d b o t h v i s i t o r s a n d p a r i s h i o n e r s . M a n y c o m ­, m e n t s s p o k e o f t h e i n s p i r a t i o n a l n a t u r e o f t h e w h o l e w e e k e n d , i t w a s i n d e e d a w o n ­, d e r f u l o c c a s i o n a n d o n e w h i c h w e w i l l n e v e r f o r g e t . T o w a r d s t h e c l o s e o f T h e Y e a r o f F a i t h w e h e l d a H e a l i n g S e r v i c e , a S e r v i c e o f R e c ­, o n c i l i a t i o n a n d a S e r v i c e f o r t h e B e r e a v e d . D u r i n g O c t o b e r w e h e l d a n H o u r w i t h M a r y . S o w h a t i s t o f o l l o w –, T h e Y e a r o f F a i t h h a s b e e n a n i n s p i r a t i o n t o m a n y a n d w e c o n t i n u e t o e n c o u r a g e p e o p l e t o d e e p e n t h e i r f a i t h a n d t o i n v i t e t h o s e w h o m a y h a v e l a p s e d t o r e t u r n t o t h e i r f a i t h . W e h a v e a l r e a d y s t a r t e d p r e p a r i n g o u r c h i l ­, d r e n f o r F i r s t H o l y C o m m u n i o n a n d c l a s s e s h a v e b e g u n f o r a d u l t s w h o a r e i n ­, t e r e s t e d i n b e c o m i n g C a t h o l i c s . P l a n n i n g f o r o u r a n n u a l P i l g r i m a g e t o I r e l a n d , w h i c h t a k e s p l a c e e v e r y s p r i n g , i s w e l l u n ­, d e r w a y a n d i s j u s t o n e o f a n u m b e r e v e n t s o n t h e h o r i z o n . W e c o n t i n u e t o s u p p o r t l o c a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l c a u s e s . A s i g n i f i ­, c a n t n u m b e r o f o u r p a r i s h i o n e r s h a v e f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y i n t h e P h i l i p p i n e s a n d w e w e r e a b l e t o s u p p o r t t h e a p p e a l l a u n c h e d f o l l o w i n g t h e r e c e n t d i s a s t r o u s f l o o d s . O u r C h r i s t m a s A p p e a l s u p p o r t e d t h e w o r k o f a y o u n g d o c t o r w h o g r e w u p i n t h e p a r i s h a n d w h o i s n o w w o r k i n g i n U g a n d a w i t h s i c k c h i l d r e n a n d t h e i r f a m ­, i l i e s . F i n a l l y o u r p l a n n i n g i s n o w f o c u s e d o n a n ­, o t h e r m a j o r c e l e b r a t i o n a s F a t h e r J o h n J o e M a l o n e y , o u r P a r i s h P r i e s t , c e l e b r a t e s h i s G o l d e n J u b i l e e o n 2 1 s t J u n e . S o a n ­, o t h e r b u s y y e a r b e g i n s ! H o m i l y o f t h e R i g h t R e v e r e n d M a l c o l m M c M a h o n O P B i s h o p o f N o t t i n g h a m P a r i s h o f C h r i s t t h e K i n g , M a c k w o r t h S a t u r d a y 1 s t / S u n d a y 2 n d M a r c h 2 0 1 4 –, E i g h t h S u n d a y i n O r d i n a r y T i m e “,The Soul that will go to confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of Mercy, shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment”,. This is the promise made by our Lord to St Faustina FEAST ,OF DIVINE ,MERCY SUNDAY 7th APRIL 2013 Bishop Malcolm McMahon OP Main Celebrant at 5.00pm Mass Priests Available for Confessions during the afternoon 2.30 Opening Hymn and Introduction Blessing of the Divine Mercy Image 3.00pm Hour of Mercy Chaplet of Mercy and Stations of the Cross 3.30 Break Refreshments and Bookstall 4.00 Holy Hour 5.00 Holy Mass and Ve n e r a t i o n o f The Relic of St Faustina THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL Gleneagles Drive, Rushymead, Leics 0116 266 1621 or Kath on 1116 234 0103 I F Y O U W O U L D L I K E T O F I L L T H I S S P A C E C A L L 0 1 4 4 0 7 3 0 3 9 9

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T h e C a t h o l i c p a r i s h o f S t . J o s e p h ` s b e g a n i n 1 9 3 8 w h e n p e o p l e g a t h e r e d f o r t h e c e l e b r a t i o n o f m a s s o n C h r i s t m a s e v e i n a c o n ­, v e r t e d s t a b l e . T h e r e h a v e b e e n t h r e e c h u r c h e s o n t h i s s i t e . T h e t e m p o r a r y s e c o n d c h u r c h w a s b u i l t i n t h e 1 9 5 0 ` s w i t h t h e i n t e n ­, t i o n o f i t s b e c o m i n g a p a r i s h h a l l w h e n t h e t h i r d a n d p r e s e n t c h u r c h w a s b u i l t i n 1 9 6 8 . T h e r e a r e a r o u n d 7 0 0 h o m e s i n t h e p a r i s h w h i c h i s s e r v e d b y t w o c h u r c h e s ­, S t J o s e p h ` s a n d O u r L a d y o f t h e R o s a r y . . I t w a s t h e 6 4 t h S c o u t s ( S a c r e d H e a r t G r o u p ) w h o h e l p e d c l e a r o u t t h e c o w s h e d a n d s t a b l e s i n t h e S u m m e r o f 1 9 3 8 . T h e s t a b l e w a s t o b e c o m e o u r f i r s t c h u r c h w i t h t h e f i r s t m a s s c e l e b r a t e d o n C h r i s t m a s E v e o f t h a t s a m e y e a r . T h e m e n p i c t u r e d c l e a r i n g t h e s t a b l e w e r e ( l e f t t o r i g h t ) W i l l i a m S a w b r i d g e , J a c k W a l k e r , N o e l B o w n e , G e o r g e S m i t h , C h a r l i e B i s h o p , J o h n C o u l f i e l d a n d R e g D a y . A n a l t a r w a s b u i l t f r o m t h e p i g t r o u g h s f o r t h e s t a b l e c h u r c h b y M r P i n c h b e c k a n d M r E a t o n . O v e r t h e y e a r s t h e p a r i s h c a n b e g r a t e f u l t o m a n y s u c h p e o p l e w h o h a v e h e l p e d w i t h t h e g r o w t h o f S t J o s e p h ` s c o m m u n i t y . P a r i s h p r i e s t F r J o h n D a l e y t o l d u s , “, T h e p a r i s h i s b l e s s e d w i t h t h e i n v o l v e m e n t o f m a n y p e o p l e i n s p i r i t u a l a n d p a s t o r a l w o r k . W e h a v e a d e d i c a t e d b r a n c h o f t h e S t V i n c e n t d e P a u l S o c i e t y , a s t r o n g c h i l d r e n ` s l i t u r g y t e a m o f t e n m e m b e r s , a n a c t i v e h a l l s o c i a l c o m m i t t e e , v a r i ­, o u s c h a r i t a b l e a n d C h u r c h o r g a n i s a ­, t i o n s ­, M I S S I O , L e t t h e C h i l d r e n L i v e , H o m e f r o m H o m e ­, t h e s a c ­, r i s t y t e a m , o u r l i t u r g y m i n i s t e r ­, i e s ­, E u c h a r i s t i c m i n i s t e r s , a l t a r s e r v e r s , r e a d e r s , t h e g a r d e n t e a m , a n d p e o p l e w i l l i n g t o h e l p w h e n f u r ­, t h e r h e l p i s r e ­, q u i r e d . W e a r e b l e s s e d w i t h m u s i c i a n s a n d s i n g e r s w h o p r e p a r e a n d p r a c ­, t i s e s o f a i t h f u l l y , a n d l e a d a n d i n s p i r e t h e p e o p l e i n o u r c o n g r e g a ­, t i o n a l s i n g i n g . O u r t w o c h u r c h e s s h a r e a s t r o n g s e n s e o f c o m m u n i t y . T h e r e a r e r e g u l a r s a t b o t h , b u t e v e r y o n e f e e l s a t h o m e i n e i t h e r c h u r c h . I f e e l b l e s s e d t o s e r v e t h e p e o p l e o f t h e p a r i s h a n d f a m i l i e s a n d f r i e n d s w h o v i s i t . O u r r e l a t i o n s w i t h t h e l o c a l C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h e s a r e g o o d . W e h a v e A d v e n t a n d L e n t p r o g r a m m e s , u n i t y s e r v i c e s o n s p e c i a l d a y s d u r i n g t h e C h r i s t i a n y e a r , a n d m e m b e r s o f t h e C h u r c h e s c o m e o n p i l g r i m a g e w i t h u s t o R o m e a n d M a l t a . ”, T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . A p r i l 2 0 1 4 P a g e 9 P a r i s h i n t h e N e w s C a t h o l i c V C h u r c h P e w s U n c o m f o r t a b l e ? W h y n o t t r y T o p q u a l i t y u p h o l s t e r e d f o a m p e w c u s h i o n s ? S a f e f o a m , G r e e n L a n e , R i l e y G r e e n , H o g h t o n , P r e s t o n P R 5 0 S N w w w . s a f e f o a m . c o . u k F r e e p h o n e 0 8 0 0 0 1 5 4 4 3 3 F r e e S a m p l e P a c k o f f o a m &, f a b r i c s s e n t b y f i r s t c l a s s m a i l W h e n p h o n i n g p l e a s e q u o t e C A T H O L I C 1 0 1 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 S t J o s e p h ` s P a r i s h , L e i c e s t e r A l t a r b o y s f r o m 1 9 6 1 How good is to stand before a crucix, or before the Blessed Sacrament, and simply to be in his presence! Jesuitvocations.org.uk Pope Francis Roman Catholic priests and brothers since 1540 M a s s T i m e s a n d R e g u l a r S e r v i c e s T h e f o l l o w i n g t i m e s o f M a s s a n d t h e i r i n t e n t i o n s a r e c o n ­, f i r m e d e a c h w e e k i n t h e p a r i s h n e w s l e t t e r . ( H o l y D a y s w i l l b e n o t i f i e d t h r o u g h t h e n e w s l e t t e r a n d C h r i s t ­, m a s a n d E a s t e r t h r o u g h t h i s p a g e ) . U s u a l M a s s T i m e s W E E K E N D S u n d a y ( S a t u r d a y V i g i l ) , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 6 . 0 0 p m S u n d a y , T h e R o s a r y C h u r c h , 9 . 0 0 a m S u n d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 1 0 . 3 0 a m S u n d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 6 . 0 0 p m W E E K D A Y M o n d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 7 . 0 0 p m T u e s d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 1 0 . 0 0 a m W e d n e s d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 1 0 . 0 0 a m T h u r s d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 1 0 . 0 0 a m F r i d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 7 . 0 0 p m S a t u r d a y , T h e R o s a r y C h u r c h , 9 . 3 0 a m P R A Y E R T h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t C h a p e l i s o p e n e v e r y w e e k d a y , 1 0 . 3 0 a m ­, 7 . 0 0 p m O p e n S a t u r d a y 1 0 . 3 0 a m ­, 5 . 1 5 p m a n d S u n d a y , 1 1 . 3 0 a m ­, 5 . 1 5 p m E X P O S I T I O N O F T H E B L E S S E D S A C R A M E N T T h e r e i s E x p o s i t i o n o f t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t f o l l o w e d b y B e n e d i c t i o n t w i c e a w e e k S a t u r d a y , 5 . 1 5 ­, 5 . 5 0 p m S u n d a y , 5 . 1 5 ­, 5 . 5 0 p m 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 T h e r e i s o p p o r t u n i t y f o r C o n f e s s i o n t h r e e t i m e s d u r i n g t h e w e e k . S a t u r d a y , T h e R o s a r y C h u r c h , 1 0 . 0 0 ­, 1 0 . 3 0 a m S a t u r d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 5 . 1 5 ­, 5 . 5 0 p m S u n d a y , S t . J o s e p h ` s , 5 . 1 5 ­, 5 . 5 0 p m T H E R O S A R Y T h e R o s a r y i s s a i d b e f o r e t h e e v e n i n g m a s s o n M o n d a y . E V E N I N G R E T R E A T S A N D D A Y S O F P R A Y E R T h e r e a r e r e g u l a r m o n t h l y ", T w i l i g h t ", r e t r e a t s o n a W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g a n d s e a s o n a l S a t u r d a y r e t r e a t s . T h e s e a r e n o t i f i e d t h r o u g h t h e p a r i s h n e w s l e t t e r a n d o n t h e W a t e r m e a d A p o s t o l a t e w e b s i t e T h e W a t e r m e a d A p o s t o l a t e T h e W a t e r m e a d A p o s t o l a t e c a m e t o S t . J o s e p h ` s i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 1 , h a v i n g b e g u n t h e i r m u s i c a n d p u b l i s h i n g a p o s t o l a t e i n 1 9 9 4 a t t h e p a r i s h o f S t . T h e r e s a ` s , B i r s t a l l . I n 2 0 0 6 t h e ", O l d S t a b l e ", C h u r c h a t t h e b a c k o f S t . J o s e p h ` s c a r p a r k w a s r e f u r b i s h e d t o h o u s e t h e w o r k o f t h e a p o s t o l a t e a n d t h i s i s n o w k n o w n a s t h e W a t e r m e a d C e n t r e ­, o f f e r i n g a l a r g e r e p o s i t o r y s h o p w i t h a w i d e r a n g e o f r e l i g i o u s i t e m s , c a r d s , g i f t s , m u s i c , C D s , D V D s , b o o k s , r o s a r i e s , e t c . , a l o n g s i d e W a t e r ­, m e a d ` s o w n p u b l i s h e d i t e m s . T h e v a r i o u s o f f i c e s a n d s t o r e r o o m s i n t h e c e n t r e a r e u s e d f o r t h e p r o d u c t i o n a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n o f W a t e r m e a d ` s o w n i t e m s ­, w h i c h a r e o r d e r e d f r o m a c r o s s t h e U K a n d v a r i o u s c o u n t r i e s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d . T h e W a t e r m e a d S h o p o p e n s r e g u l a r l y t h r o u g h o u t t h e w e e k ( a l l t h e i r p r o f i t s a r e s h a r e d w i t h c h a r i t i e s ) . W e e k d a y S h o p O p e n i n g T i m e s T u e s d a y , W e d n e s d a y , T h u r s d a y ( 1 0 . 4 5 a m ­, 3 . 3 0 p m ) W e e k e n d S h o p O p e n i n g T i m e s S a t u r d a y f r o m 5 . 0 0 ­, 5 . 5 0 p m S u n d a y f r o m 1 1 . 4 5 a m ­, 1 2 . 4 5 p m E a c h w e e k t h e a p o s t o l a t e p r o d u c e s ", T h e L o r d ` s D a y ", ­, a f r e e d o w n l o a d a b l e n e w s l e t t e r g i v i n g a b a c k g r o u n d t o t h e S u n d a y r e a d i n g s , a l o n g w i t h o t h e r r e g u l a r c o l u m n s ­, ", Q u e s t i o n o f F a i t h ", , ", P e o p l e o f G o d ", , ", T h o u g h t f o r t h e W e e k ", , e t c . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e w o r k o f t h e a p o s t o l a t e t e l e p h o n e 0 1 1 6 2 2 0 7 8 8 1 o r 0 1 1 6 2 2 0 7 8 8 1 o r e m a i l i n f o at w a t e r m e a d ­, a p o s t o l a t e . c o m T h e A p o s t o l a t e a l s o h a s i t s o w n w e b s i t e w w w . w a t e r m e a d ­, a p o s ­, t o l a t e . c o m Feast of the Divine Mercy will be celebrated at the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Brooklyn Road, Bulwell, Nottingham NG6 9ES on Sunday 27th April 2014 Speaker Fr John Martin 2.30 Welcome 2.40 Prayer to Mary the Mother of Divine Mercy 2.45 Talk given by Fr. John St John 3.pm The 3`O Clock Prayer 3.10 The Chaplet 3.20 The Stations of the Cross 3.40 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 3.50 We will conclude with Benediction 4pm Close There will be an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the end of the service. However, St. Faustina always prepared herself to receive Holy Communion on the Feast day by receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation on the Saturday before the Feast. Tea and cakes will be served in the church hall after the service Jesus promises special graces to to those who celebrate Mercy Sun­, day. He told St. Faustina `I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My Mercy. Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My Mercy. My desire is that the Feast will be celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter` Please come and join us and the Poor Clare Sisters for this great feast. For further information please ring Madeleine on 0115 927 7893 or Mary on 0115 849 4309

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

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T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . A p r i l 2 0 1 4 P a g e 1 1 T h e W o r d i n s e a s o n D E A T H W I T H L I F E C O N T E N D E D N O T E S O N T H E P A L M S U N D A Y G O S P E L O n P a l m S u n d a y ( A p r i l 1 3 t h ) w e h e a r t h e l o n g a c c o u n t o f J e s u s ’, p a s s i o n f r o m S t M a t t h e w . T h e s a d s t o r y u n f o l d s w i t h o n e t r a g i c e p i s o d e f o l l o w i n g a n o t h e r , c u l m i n a t ­, i n g i n J e s u s ’, d e a t h . W e m a y f e e l o v e r ­, w h e l m e d b y h e a r i n g o f a l l t h e s u f f e r i n g s e x p e r i e n c e d b e J e s u s w i t h i n t h e l a s t h o u r s o f h i s e a r t h l y l i f e . S t M a t t h e w b o r r o w s t h e b a s i c s t o r y l i n e f r o m S t M a r k , w h o m a y b e p r e s e r v i n g t h e t r a d i t i o n t o l d b y S t P e t e r i n R o m e . B u t S t M a t t h e w a d d s a f e w u n i q u e d e t a i l s t h a t a r e s i g n i f i c a n t . I t s e e m s t h a t S t M a t t h e w ’, s G o s p e l w a s w r i t t e n s o m e t i m e a f t e r t h e f a l l o f J e r u s a l e m i n A D 7 0 , w h e n p e o p l e i n t h e J e w i s h c o m m u n i t y w e r e a s k i n g w h y G o d h a d l e t t h i s d i s a s t e r h a p p e n . F o l l o w i n g y e a r s o f h e a v y d o m i n a t i o n b y t h e R o m a n o v e r l o r d s , J e w i s h z e a l o t s r e ­, v o l t e d a g a i n s t t h e i m p e r i a l p o w e r i n A D 6 6 . T h e m i g h t y R o m a n l e g i o n s w e r e s e n t i n t o t h e H o l y L a n d . F i n a l l y i n A D 7 0 a f t e r a l o n g s i e g e , t h e c i t y o f J e r u s a l e m f e l l t o a g e n e r a l n a m e d T i t u s , w h o l a t e r b e c a m e R o m a n e m p e r o r . T h e R o m a n v i c t o r y i n A D 7 0 w a s a t r a g e d y f o r t h e J e w i s h p e o p l e . M a n y z e a l o t s s u f ­, f e r e d t h e s a m e R o m a n p u n i s h m e n t ( c r u c i ­, f i x i o n ) t h a t h a d b e e n m e t e d o u t t o J e s u s a s “, K i n g o f t h e J e w s ”, . Y e t a l r e a d y J e s u s h a d w a r n e d h i s f e l l o w c o u n t r y m e n t h a t t h e t e m p l e w o u l d b e t o r n d o w n : “, I t e l l y o u s o l e m n l y , n o t a s i n g l e s t o n e h e r e w i l l b e l e f t o n a n o t h e r . E v e r y t h i n g w i l l b e d e ­, s t r o y e d ”, ( M a t t 2 4 : 2 ) . W h e n J e s u s w a s a r r e s t e d i n G e t h s e m a n e a n d o n e o f t h e d i s c i p l e s t o o k a s w o r d t o a t ­, t a c k t h e h i g h p r i e s t ’, s s e r v a n t , t h e n o n ­, v i o ­, l e n t J e s u s g a v e a s t a r k r e s p o n s e : “, A l l w h o d r a w t h e s w o r d w i l l d i e b y t h e s w o r d ”, ( M a t t 2 6 : 5 2 ) . T h e s e c h i l l i n g w o r d s w o u l d l a t e r b e f u l f i l l e d d r a m a t i c a l l y i n t h e f a i l e d z e a l o t r e v o l t o f A D 6 6 ­, 7 0 , w i t h d i s a s t r o u s r e s u l t s f o r t h e p e o p l e o f J e r u s a l e m . M o r e o v e r , S t M a t t h e w p r e s e n t s J e s u s p a s ­, s i o n a s f u l f i l l i n g t h e d i v i n e p l a n f o r e t o l d i n t h e s c r i p t u r e s . A f t e r n a r r a t i n g h i s a r r e s t , t h e e v a n g e l i s t s a y s : “, N o w a l l t h i s h a p ­, p e n e d t o f u l f i l t h e p r o p h e c i e s i n s c r i p t u r e ”, ( M a t t 2 6 : 5 6 ) . H e r e h e m a y b e t h i n k i n g e s ­, p e c i a l l y o f t h e p r o p h e c y o f t h e S u f f e r i n g S e r v a n t w h o “, o f f e r s h i s l i f e i n a t o n e m e n t ( I s a i a h 5 3 : 1 0 ) . A n o t h e r d e t a i l u n i q u e t o S t M a t t h e w i s t h e m e n t i o n o f a d r e a m e x p e r i e n c e d b y P i l a t e ’, s w i f e , w h o s e n t a m e s s a g e t o h e r h u s b a n d d u r i n g J e s u s ’, t r i a l : “, H a v e n o t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h a t r i g h t e o u s m a n . I h a v e b e e n u p s e t a l l d a y b y a d r e a m I h a d a b o u t h i m ”, ( M a t t 2 7 : 1 9 ) . I n h i s i n f a n c y , J e s u s h a d b e e n s a v e d f r o m H e r o d ’, s m u r d e r o u s p l a n b e ­, c a u s e S t J o s e p h h e e d e d t h e d i v i n e w a r n i n g g i v e n i n a d r e a m t o t a k e h i s f a m i l y a n d e s ­, c a p e i n t o E g y p t . T h i s t i m e , h o w e v e r , P i l a t e i g n o r e s t h e d i v i n e w a r n i n g g i v e n t o h i s w i f e i n a d r e a m a n d i n s t e a d h a n d s J e s u s o v e r t o b e c r u c i f i e d . A t t h e e n d o f J e s u s ’, t r i a l , w h e n t h e R o m a n g o v e r n o r P i l a t e f i n a l l y h a n d s h i m o v e r t o b e c r u c i f i e d , S t M a t t h e w n a r r a t e s t h e p e o ­, p l e ’, s c r y : “, H i s b l o o d b e o n u s a n d o n o u r c h i l d r e n ”, ( M a t t 2 7 : 2 5 ) . F o r t h e e v a n g e l i s t , t h i s c r y m a y h a v e s e r v e d t o e x p l a i n t h e t r a g e d y o f A D 7 0 . A c c o r d i n g t o D a n i e l H a r ­, r i n g t o n , t h e e v a n g e l i s t s e e m s t o h a v e v i e w e d t h e f a l l o f J e r u s a l e m a s a k i n d o f d i ­, v i n e p u n i s h m e n t f o r t h e r e j e c t i o n o f J e s u s ( c o m p a r e M a t t 2 3 : 3 6 ) . A t s o m e s t a g e s o f l a t e r C h r i s t i a n h i s t o r y , t h i s v e r s e h a s b e e n m i s u s e d a s a p r e t e x t f o r p e r s e c u t i n g J e w s . Y e t a l m o s t f i f t y y e a r s a g o , t h e V a t i c a n I I d e c l a r a t i o n N o s t r a A e ­, t a t e ( p a r a g r a p h 4 ) t a u g h t : “, E v e n t h o u g h t h e J e w i s h a u t h o r i t i e s ( a n d t h o s e w h o f o l ­, l o w e d t h e i r l e a d ) p r e s s e d f o r C h r i s t ’, s d e a t h , n e i t h e r a l l J e w s i n d i s c r i m i n a t e l y a t t h a t t i m e , n o r J e w s t o d a y , c a n b e c h a r g e d w i t h t h e c r i m e s c o m m i t t e d d u r i n g h i s p a s ­, s i o n . ”, T h e V a t i c a n I I d e c l a r a t i o n t h e n e m p h a ­, s i z e s t h a t J e s u s f r e e l y s a c r i f i c e d h i s l i f e t o s a v e u s : “, T h e C h u r c h h a s a l w a y s h e l d a n d c o n t i n u e s t o h o l d t h a t C h r i s t o u t o f i n f i n i t e l o v e f r e e l y u n d e r w e n t s u f f e r i n g a n d d e a t h b e c a u s e o f t h e s i n s o f a l l , s o t h a t a l l m i g h t a t t a i n s a l v a t i o n . ”, H e n c e , a p o s i t i v e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f t h i s v e r s e w a s g i v e n i n 2 0 1 1 b y P o p e B e n e d i c t i n t h e s e c o n d v o l u m e o f h i s b o o k J e s u s o f N a z a r e t h ( P , 1 8 7 ) : “, J e s u s ’, b l o o d d o e s n o t c r y o u t f o r v e n g e a n c e a n d p u n i s h m e n t , i t b r i n g s r e c o n c i l i a t i o n . I t i s n o t p o u r e d o u t a g a i n s t a n y o n e , i t i s p o u r e d o u t f o r m a n y , f o r a l l . T h e s e w o r d s a r e n o t a c u r s e , b u t r a t h e r r e d e m p t i o n , s a l v a t i o n . ”, T h e s t o r y o f J e s u s ’, p a s s i o n w o u l d b e d e ­, p r e s s i n g f o r u s t o h e a r i f w e d i d n o t b e l i e v e i n t h e r e s u r r e c t i o n . O u r f a i t h i s w e l l e x ­, p r e s s e d i n t h e E a s t e r s e q u e n c e : “, D e a t h w i t h l i f e c o n t e n d e d ­, c o m b a t s t r a n g e l y e n d e d ! L i f e ’, s o w n c h a m p i o n s l a i n ­, y e t l i v e s t o r e i g n ! ”, F a t h e r J e r e m y C o r l e y The Mercian Centre The Mercian Centre ‘,A Centre for Christian Spirituality’, Located in the heart of the National Forest in Leicestershire, The Mercian Centre , at Abbey Grange is in the beautiful Charnwood Forest. The Centre is being developed to serve the Church and wider community in ‘,Mercia’, (the Midlands), and beyond, and is available for groups and indi­, viduals for day events or overnight stays. You can also call in and have something to eat and drink in the Tearoom. To find out more or to make a booking: Phone: 01509 600137 Email: info@monos.org.uk Or visit our Website: www.monos.org.uk The Mercian Centre has a selection of single, double, twin, en­,suite and family rooms and can accommodate residential groups of up to 15 peo­, ple where some are willing to share rooms. The day booking of the conference/training room can accommodate up to 35 people. The building has disabled access, including a lift and wet room fa­, cilities. There is a conference/meeting room , a sep­, arate lounge and a well­,stocked library. Enjoy extensive grounds that offer an opportu­, nity to find a quiet space to reflect in this beauti­, ful location. There are a number of local walks including those passing through the grounds of nearby Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, a Cistercian Monastery. Bradgate Park and Beacon Hill are a ten minute drive away for walking and leisure ac­, tivities. The Mercian Centre runs St Joseph’,s Tearoom which is ideal for individuals and groups to use for lunches and snacks. Catering can be provided or groups can organise this themselves utilising the facilities available. Please discuss this at the time of booking. St Joseph’,s Tearoom is open Tuesday to Sun­, day from 11am to 4.30pm, offering a selection of wholesome food for the weary traveller or visitor. Try our homemade soup or selection of jacket po­, tatoes, sandwiches, cakes or famous Cream Tea with homemade scones! Why not pre­,book for a group Afternoon Tea? Call 01509 506935 You can pay by: Crafts The Mercian Centre sells a selection of craft items made by local crafters and regularly hosts Coracle making workshops and supports local wood crafts. The Mercian Centre is a place of rest and reflec­, tion. Come and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere. The Centre also hosts Monos Education , which is an organisation that seeks to nurture a monastic spirit within society through workshops and conferences. For more information contact Anthony Grimley: ant@monos.org.uk For those who want a guided retreat please ask on booking. The Mercian Centre is expression of the Little Community of John and Mary Mercian Centre –, Abbey Grange Oaks Rd, Whitwick, Coalville, Leicester­, shire, LE67 5UP Monos is a Company Limited by Guaran­, tee. No: 05442101 Registered Charity No: 1144096 ‘,Martin’, Bedroom A quiet corner

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