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T h e O ffi, c i a l N e w s p a p e r t o t h e D i o c e s e o f L a n c a s t e r I s s u e 2 5 9 + M a y 2 0 1 4 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k F R E E I N S I D E : H e a v e n l y F a t h e r , P o u r f o r t h y o u r H o l y S p i r i t t o i n s p i r e m e w i t h t h e s e w o r d s f r o m H o l y S c r i p t u r e . S t i r i n m y s o u l t h e d e s i r e t o r e n e w m y f a i t h a n d d e e p e n m y r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h y o u r S o n , o u r L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t s o t h a t I m i g h t t r u l y b e l i e v e i n a n d l i v e t h e G o o d N e w s . O p e n m y h e a r t t o h e a r t h e G o s p e l a n d g r a n t m e t h e c o n fi, d e n c e t o p r o c l a i m t h e G o o d N e w s t o o t h e r s . P o u r o u t y o u r S p i r i t , s o t h a t I m i g h t b e s t r e n g t h e n e d t o g o f o r t h a n d w i t n e s s t o t h e G o s p e l i n m y e v e r y d a y l i f e t h r o u g h m y w o r d s a n d a c t i o n s . I n m o m e n t s o f h e s i t a t i o n , r e m i n d m e : I f n o t m e , t h e n w h o w i l l p r o c l a i m t h e G o s p e l ? I f n o t n o w , t h e n w h e n w i l l t h e G o s p e l b e p r o c l a i m e d ? I f n o t t h e t r u t h o f t h e G o s p e l , t h e n w h a t s h a l l I p r o c l a i m ? G o d , o u r F a t h e r , I p r a y t h a t t h r o u g h t h e H o l y S p i r i t I m i g h t h e a r t h e c a l l o f t h e N e w E v a n g e l i z a t i o n t o d e e p e n m y f a i t h , g r o w i n c o n fi, d e n c e t o p r o c l a i m t h e G o s p e l , a n d b o l d l y w i t n e s s t o t h e s a v i n g g r a c e o f y o u r S o n , J e s u s C h r i s t , w h o l i v e s a n d r e i g n s w i t h y o u , i n t h e u n i t y o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t , o n e G o d , f o r e v e r a n d e v e r . A m e n ( c o u r t e s y o f t h e U S C C B ) P r o c l a i m t h e G o o d N e w s C o u r a g e H a v e p 0 9 Q u o V a d i s C h u r c h ? p 1 1 S t T e r e s a o f A v i l a p 1 2 T h e C r o w n –, A S h o r t S t o r y K &, M M a i n t e n a n c e H e a t i n g - E l e c t r i c a l - B u i l d i n g T e l e p h o n e : 0 1 7 7 2 7 0 4 5 3 0 F a x 0 1 7 2 2 7 9 8 8 0 1 H e a t i n g , E l e c t r i c a l a n d B u i l d i n g s e r v i c e s a c r o s s t h e N o r t h W e s t o f E n g l a n d G a s •, E m e r g e n c y B o i l e r R e p a i r s f o r a l l m a k e s •, B o i l e r I n s t a l l a t i o n s &, s e r v i c i n g •, C e n t r a l H e a t i n g S y s t e m r e p a i r s / u p g r a d e s / l e a k s •, N e w f i t t e d C e n t r a l H e a t i n g S y s t e m s •, L a n d l o r d G a s S a f e t y C e r t i f i c a t e s ( C P 1 2 ) E l e c t r i c a l •, N e w c o n s u m e r u n i t s s u p p l i e d a n d f i t t e d •, A l l e m e r g e n c y b r e a k d o w n s •, P o w e r t r i p p i n g •, N e w l i g h t i n g •, A d d i t i o n a l s o c k e t s •, F a u l t y s o c k e t s •, R e w i r i n g •, O u t d o o r l i g h t i n g / s o c k e t s B u i l d i n g •, E x t e n s i o n w o r k •, A l t e r a t i o n s •, D r i v e w a y s , p a t h s a n d p a t i o s •, C o n s e r v a t o r i e s •, D o u b l e g l a z i n g •, F a s c i a s a n d S o f f i t s  , P r i c e s B o i l e r S e r v i c e - £, 3 9 + V A T p l u s £, 1 0 f o r e v e r y a d d i t i o n a l a p p l i a n c e . T e l N o : 0 1 7 7 2 7 0 4 5 3 0 M o b i l e : 0 7 9 4 1 5 5 4 7 3 0 F a x N o : 0 1 7 7 2 7 9 8 8 0 1 A d d r e s s : K &, M M a i n t e n a n c e S e r v i c e s L t d , U n i t 9 R o m a y W a y , P r e s t o n , L a n c s P R 2 5 B B M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n : w w w k m m a i n t e n a n c e . c o . u k

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M a g i c w o u l d b e f o r a C h u r c h t h a t s u r v i v e d t h e e r a o f m a r t y r d o m a n d t o r t u r e s u b s e q u e n t l y t o f a d e f r o m h i s t o r y b e c a u s e a l l o u r e ff, o r t s a r e c o n c e n t r a t e d o n t h e m a i n t e n a n c e o f o u r t a n g i b l e a s s e t s , b u i l d i n g s a n d s t r u c t u r e s r a t h e r t h a n t h e p a s s i n g o n o f t h e t r u e F a i t h . W e c a n b e s u r e o f o n e t h i n g : t h e C h u r c h w i l l n o t g r o w b y m a g i c . S t P a u l e x h o r t s u s t o c a s t a s i d e t h e t h i n k i n g o f t h e w o r l d a n d t o p u t o n t h e m i n d o f C h r i s t , t o b e a g l o w w i t h t h e S p i r i t a n d t o b e g e n e r o u s - h e a r t e d , r e a c h i n g o u t t o t h o s e a r o u n d u s , e s p e c i a l l y t h e p o o r e s t o f t h e p o o r . I n t h e s e t u m u l t u o u s t i m e s , t h e C h u r c h h a s b e e n b l e s s e d b y t h e c o u r a g e o u s w i t n e s s o f S t J o h n P a u l I I , t h e p r o f o u n d t e a c h i n g o f P o p e B e n e d i c t X V I , a n d t h e c h a r i s m a t i c p e r s o n a l i t y o f P o p e F r a n c i s w h o o n a d a i l y b a s i s s h o w s u s w h a t i t i s t o b e a l i v e i n o u r f a i t h . T h e y f o l l o w i n t h e f o o t s t e p s o f S t P e t e r w h o o n l y d i s c o v e r e d w h a t f a i t h w a s w h e n h e s t e p p e d o u t o f t h e b o a t a n d s t a r t e d t o w a l k o n t h e w a t e r . I n t a k i n g t h e r i s k , h e e x p e r i e n c e d t h e p o w e r o f t h e L o r d . D i s t r a c t e d b y t h e w a v e s a n d w i n d a n d h i s o w n d i s b e l i e f , h e b e g a n t o s i n k . B u t i n t h a t m o m e n t P e t e r e x p e r i e n c e d s o m e t h i n g f a r g r e a t e r t h a n h i m s e l f : J e s u s ’, a l l - e n c o m p a s s i n g p o w e r a n d l o v e . H o w m u c h w e d e f e n d o u r s e l v e s a g a i n s t e x p e r i e n c i n g t h i s p o w e r w o r k i n g t h r o u g h u s , a n d h o w l i t t l e w e k n o w G o d ’, s m e r c y a n d l o v e , b e c a u s e w e h a v e n e v e r a l l o w e d o u r s e l v e s t o e x p e r i e n c e i t . T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e e x h o r t s a l l t h e H o l y P e o p l e o f G o d i n t h i s E a s t e r S e a s o n t o c l i n g t o t h e R i s e n L o r d , t o t o u c h h i s s a c r e d w o u n d s , t o a l l o w o u r h e a r t s t o b u r n w i t h t h e r e a d i n g o f t h e H o l y S c r i p t u r e s , a n d t o f e a s t u p o n t h e L a m b t h a t w a s s l a i n a n d y e t i s a l i v e . R e n e w e d i n s t r e n g t h , l e t u s u s e t h e s e , t h e ‘, l a s t d a y s ’, , t h i s f a v o u r a b l e t i m e , t o p r e p a r e f o r t h e r e n e w a l o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t a n d t o m a k e a s o u r p r i o r i t y - b e c o m i n g m i s s i o n a r y d i s c i p l e s , k n o w i n g t h a t t h e r e i s o n l y o n e s a d n e s s i n l i f e , a n d t h a t i s n o t t o b e c o m e a s a i n t . 2 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + M a y 2 0 1 4 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k C o n t a c t u s T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r i s p u b l i s h e d o n t h e l a s t S u n d a y o f t h e m o n t h p r e v i o u s t o p u b l i c a t i o n d a t e . T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r i s p u b l i s h e d b y i t s o w n e r s . T h e T r u s t e e s o f t h e R o m a n C a t h o l i c D i o c e s e o f L a n c a s t e r , a r e g i s t e r e d c h a r i t y , ( N o . 2 3 4 3 3 1 ) , a n d i s w h o l l y i n d e p e n d e n t o f a n d s e p a r a t e f r o m a n y p r e v i o u s n e w s p a p e r p u b l i s h e d b y o r o n b e h a l f o f t h e d i o c e s e . E D I T O R : E d w i n a G i l l e t t 0 1 2 5 3 7 3 6 6 3 0 / 0 7 9 6 9 9 6 7 2 6 8 e d w i n a g i l l e t t at h o t m a i l . c o . u k w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k A D V E R T I S I N G : C a r o l i n e G o n e l l a / C a t h C o m L t d . 0 1 2 2 3 9 6 9 5 0 6 c a r o l i n e g at c a t h c o m . o r g w w w . c a t h c o m . o r g D E S I G N &, L A Y O U T : R o b H o t c h k i s s / H o t C r e a t i v e 0 1 2 5 3 7 3 0 3 4 3 r o b at h o t - c r e a t i v e . c o . u k w w w . h o t - c r e a t i v e . c o . u k P U B L I S H E D B Y : C a t h C o m L t d . N 2 B l o i s M e a d o w B u s i n e s s C e n t r e , B l o i s R o a d , 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 ff, o l k C B 9 7 B N 0 2 0 7 1 1 2 6 7 1 0 / w w w . c a t h c o m . o r g A r t i c l e s t o : v o i c e n e w s at h o t m a i l . c o . u k L e t t e r s t o : v o i c e l e t t e r s at h o t m a i l . c o . u k V o i c e X t r a : v o i c e x t r a at h o t m a i l . c o . u k P o s t a l A d d r e s s : F A O E d w i n a G i l l e t t 9 9 C o m m o n s i d e , A n s d e l l , L y t h a m S t . A n n e s F Y 8 4 D J P l e a s e s e n d a r t i c l e s f o r p u b l i c a t i o n o n C D o r b y e m a i l , s u p p l y i n g a n y p h o t o s s e p a r a t e t o t h e t e x t ( i . e . i n j p e g f o r m a t ) . O t h e r w i s e p l e a s e t y p e d o u b l e s p a c i n g o r w r i t e v e r y c l e a r l y . L a s t d a t e f o r c o p y i s t h e L A S T D A Y o f t h e m o n t h p r i o r t o p u b l i c a t i o n . P h o t o g r a p h s w i l l b e r e t u r n e d i f y o u r e m e m b e r t o p u t y o u r n a m e a n d a d d r e s s o n t h e b a c k o f e a c h a n d e n c l o s e s u i t a b l e s t a m p e d a n d s e l f - a d d r e s s e d p a c k a g i n g . E D I T O R I A L T h i s E a s t e r a b o u t fi, f t y a d u l t s w e r e r e c e i v e d i n t o t h e C h u r c h i n o u r d i o c e s e . T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e w o u l d l i k e t o c o n g r a t u l a t e t h e m f o r t h e c o u r a g e o u s w a y t h e y h a v e s t o o d o u t i n o u r t i m e s a n d t h e g e n e r o s i t y w i t h w h i c h t h e y h a v e r e s p o n d e d t o t h e L o r d ’, s c a l l w i t h i n t h e m . T h e r e i s n o t h i n g m o r e i n v i g o r a t i n g t o t h e l o c a l C h u r c h t h a n t o b e a b l e t o w e l c o m e n e w m e m b e r s , t h e j o u r n e y o f t h e E l e c t i n s p i r e s , c h a l l e n g e s a n d r e n e w s t h e c o m m i t m e n t o f t h e w h o l e C h r i s t i a n C o m m u n i t y . W e t h a n k G o d f o r t h e s e fi, f t y , b u t w h a t h a v e w e m a d e o f t h e C h u r c h i n t h i s p a r t o f t h e w o r l d t h a t i t i s o n l y fi, f t y ? O n t h e d a y o f P e n t e c o s t a l o n e t h r e e t h o u s a n d w e r e a d d e d t o t h e n u m b e r o f d i s c i p l e s . C h r i s t ’, s m a n d a t e w a s t o g o t o t h e e n d s o f t h e e a r t h , t o p r o c l a i m t h e G o o d N e w s , a n d t o b a p t i s e p e o p l e i n t h e n a m e o f t h e F a t h e r , a n d o f t h e S o n , a n d o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t , r e m i n d i n g u s t h a t H e w o u l d b e w i t h u s t i l l t h e e n d o f t i m e . B u t w h e n w a s t h e l a s t t i m e a n y o f u s p r o c l a i m e d t h e G o o d N e w s t o a f r i e n d , t o a c o l l e a g u e , t o a s t r a n g e r , a n d w o u l d w e e v e n k n o w w h a t t o s a y i f w e w e r e a s k e d ? H o w m a n y p e o p l e h a v e w e a c c o m p a n i e d o n t h e i r j o u r n e y t o w a r d s b a p t i s m ? D o e s o u r f a i t h m e a n t h a t l i t t l e t o u s t h a t w e a r e a f r a i d t o s h a r e i t w i t h o t h e r s ? D o w e t r u s t t h e L o r d e n o u g h t o k n o w t h a t H e i s w i t h u s t i l l t h e e n d o f t i m e a n d t h a t H e w i l l s u s t a i n u s i n f u l fi, l l i n g H i s m a n d a t e ? T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e b e l i e v e s i t i s a c a u s e o f s h a m e t h a t t h e s t a t i s t i c s f o r t h e n u m b e r s o f t h o s e r e c e i v e d i n t o o u r p a r i s h e s s e e m s t o b e n o l o n g e r r e c o r d e d i n o u r d i o c e s a n d i r e c t o r y f o r f e a r o f a n e m b a r r a s s m e n t o f n u m b e r s . A s t a r k c h o i c e i s b e i n g h e l d b e f o r e t h e l o c a l C h u r c h o f L a n c a s t e r : w i l l t h e f a i t h f u l r e m n a n t b e m i d w i v e s , b r i n g i n g t o b i r t h n e w l i f e w i t h i n t h e C h u r c h , o r h a v e w e r e s i g n e d o u r s e l v e s t o b e c o m e u n d e r t a k e r s , b u r y i n g t h e l a s t v e s t i g e s o f a t i r e d a n d w o r n - o u t r e l i g i o n ? H o w t r a g i c i t M a g i c T h e C h u r c h w i l l n o t G r o w b y

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M a g i c M a y 2 0 1 4 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + 3 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k 2 4 H o u r s f o r t h e L o r d R e s p o n d i n g t o a P o n t i fi, c a l C o u n c i l f o r t h e L a i t y L a d y e w e l l S h r i n e , F e r n y h a l g h , P r e s t o n h e l d a 2 4 h o u r E x p o s i t i o n O f t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t c l o s i n g w i t h B e n e d i c t i o n o n 2 8 M a r c h . T h e S a c r a m e n t o f R e c o n c i l i a t i o n w a s a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h o u t t h e 2 4 h o u r s a n d s o t o o w e r e r e f r e s h m e n t s . W h a t d o p r i e s t s d o w i t h t h e i r s p a r e t i m e ? M a n y r e p a i r t o t h e g o l f c o u r s e o r g o w a l k i n g b u t F r D a v i d B r a n f o r d , C h a p l a i n , L a n c a s t e r F a r m s Y o u n g O ff, e n d e r s I n s t i t u t e , h a s t a k e n t o w r i t i n g a n d h a s r e c e n t l y p u b l i s h e d h i s fi, r s t n o v e l ` C a d w a l l a n . ` T h e b o o k h a s b e e n w e l l r e c e i v e d a n d h a s b e e n f a v o u r a b l y r e v i e w e d b y a n u m b e r o f r e a d e r s . I t i s a v a i l a b l e o n A m a z o n f o r £, 1 . 0 3 . T h e S t o r y T h i s h a s a t i t s h e a r t a t r i a n g u l a r f r i e n d s h i p f o r m e d b e t w e e n t h r e e O x f o r d s t u d e n t s , T o m B o w e n , J o s e f v o n H o l t z a n d L y d i a F a i r h u r s t , i n t h e c l o s i n g y e a r s o f t h e 1 9 3 0 s . A f t e r fi, n i s h i n g t h e i r s t u d i e s , t h e y m e e t u p f o r a h o l i d a y i n t h e P e m b r o k s h i r e v i l l a g e o f S t D u g a i n ’, s , w h e r e T o m h a s r o o t s , f o r a g e t - t o g e t h e r b e f o r e g o i n g t h e i r s e p a r a t e w a y s . T o m s h a r e s w i t h h i s f r i e n d s t h e a n c i e n t l o v e s t o r y o f C a d w a l l a n a n d M o r w e n n a , h a v i n g n o i d e a t h a t i n s o d o i n g h e h a s i n a d v e r t e n t l y s o w n s e e d s w h i c h w i l l r e s u r f a c e i n a w a r t i m e P E R F O R M E R S t o o k t o t h e s t a g e w h e n C o r p u s C h r i s t i C a t h o l i c H i g h S c h o o l h o s t e d t h e a n n u a l ‘, S t a r s i n T h e i r E y e s ’, p e r f o r m a n c e t o r a i s e m o n e y f o r a g o o d c a u s e . A f t e r m o n t h s o f r e h e a r s a l s a n d p e r f e c t i n g t h e i r a c t s , p u p i l s f r o m a l l y e a r g r o u p s e n t e r t a i n e d a s o l d –, o u t h a l l o v e r s e v e r a l d a y s . S i n g i n g , d a n c i n g a n d c o m e d y s t a n d u p s w e r e a l l p a r t o f t h e 1 5 a c t l i n e u p d u r i n g t h e t h r e e ‘, h e a t s ’, w h i c h w e r e h e l d d u r i n g l u n c h t i m e s . ‘, C a d w a l l a n ’, G e r m a n p l o t t o u n d e r m i n e B r i t i s h m o r a l e . P r i o r t o t h e o u t b r e a k o f w a r , T o m t r a v e l s t h r o u g h F r a n c e a n d G e r m a n y a n d a r e u n i o n w i t h J o s e f d o e s n o t e n d h a p p i l y . A f t e r t h e d e c l a r a t i o n o f w a r , T o m a n d L y d i a a r e i n d e p e n d e n t l y r e c r u i t e d f o r c l a n d e s t i n e w o r k i n F r a n c e b u t a m o r e s i n i s t e r t h r e a t o n t h e H o m e F r o n t s e e s t h e m d i v e r t e d b a c k t o W a l e s w h e r e t h e i s o l a t e d c o a s t l i n e o f P e m b r o k e s h i r e h a s b e e n i n fi, l t r a t e d b y a s m a l l b a n d o f G e r m a n s o l d i e r s . T h e s t o r y r e a c h e s i t s c l i m a x o n a d e s e r t e d b e a c h w h e r e T o m a n d J o s e f c o m e f a c e t o f a c e a g a i n , t h e o l d t i e s o f f r i e n d s h i p c o u n t i n g f o r n o t h i n g . T h i s i s a n e s p i o n a g e s t o r y b u t i t i s a l s o a r o m a n c e . T h o u g h n o t s p e c i fi, c a l l y a C h r i s t i a n n o v e l , i t b e l o n g s t o t h e g e n r e o f C h r i s t i a n w r i t i n g , c h a l l e n g i n g s o m e o f t h e n o r m s o f m u c h m o d e r n l i t e r a t u r e b y i t s a v o i d a n c e o f s e x a n d b a d l a n g u a g e . T h e b o o k w a s w r i t t e n w i t h a n a d u l t r e a d e r s h i p i n m i n d b u t w o u l d c e r t a i n l y b e a c c e s s i b l e t o t e e n a g e r e a d e r s a s w e l l . P h o t o g r a p h c o u r t e s y o f t h e B i s h o p ’, s B l o g G o d ’, s b o x e s I h a v e i n m y h a n d s t w o b o x e s , W h i c h G o d g a v e m e t o h o l d . H e s a i d , “, P u t a l l y o u r s o r r o w s i n t h e b l a c k b o x , A n d a l l y o u r j o y s i n t h e g o l d . ”, I h e e d e d H i s w o r d s , a n d i n t h e t w o b o x e s B o t h m y j o y s a n d s o r r o w s I s t o r e d . B u t t h o u g h t h e g o l d b e c a m e h e a v i e r e a c h d a y . T h e b l a c k w a s a s l i g h t a s b e f o r e . W i t h c u r i o s i t y , I o p e n e d t h e b l a c k , I w a n t e d t o fi, n d o u t w h y , A n d I s a w , i n t h e b a s e o f t h e b o x , a h o l e W h i c h m y s o r r o w s h a d f a l l e n o u t b y . I s h o w e d t h e h o l e t o G o d , a n d m u s e d , “, I w o n d e r w h e r e m y s o r r o w s c o u l d b e . ”, H e s m i l e d a g e n t l e s m i l e a n d s a i d , “, M y c h i l d , t h e y ` r e a l l h e r e w i t h m e . ”, I a s k e d G o d w h y H e g a v e m e t h e b o x e s , W h y t h e g o l d , a n d t h e b l a c k w i t h t h e h o l e ? “, M y c h i l d , t h e g o l d i s f o r y o u t o c o u n t y o u r b l e s s i n g s , T h e b l a c k i s f o r y o u t o l e t g o . ”, A n o n

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4 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + M a y 2 0 1 4 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k B e i n g a Y o u n g C a t h o l i c T o d a y R a c h e l , 1 4 , F l e e t w o o d I n e v e r r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e d m y f a i t h . I w a s b o r n i n t o a C a t h o l i c f a m i l y , s o g o i n g t o t h e N e o - C a t e c h u m e n a l W a y a n d C h u r c h w a s p r e t t y m u c h t h e n o r m . I n t i m e s o f t r o u b l e I k n e w I c o u l d a l w a y s t u r n t o G o d f o r h e l p . M y b e l i e f s w e r e n e v e r s o m e t h i n g t o h i d e . B u t w h e n o t h e r p e o p l e s u c h a s f r i e n d s o r a c q u a i n t a n c e s f o u n d o u t t h a t I w a s a C a t h o l i c t h e r e w o u l d b e m i x e d r e a c t i o n s . S o m e w o u l d b e c o o l w i t h i t , b u t o t h e r s w o u l d s a y t h i n g s s u c h a s , “, S o , y o u g o t o C h u r c h e v e r y S u n d a y ? ”, w i t h a p u z z l e d e x p r e s s i o n o n t h e i r f a c e s . I w o u l d g o a d e e p s h a d e o f r e d , m u m b l e a “, y e s ”, a n d s h u ffl, e a w a y . S o m e o n e e v e n r e f e r s t o m e a s t h e i r ‘, C a t h o l i c ’, f r i e n d ! ( I g u e s s I s h o u l d t a k e t h a t a s a c o m p l e m e n t ! ) B u t w h e n s o m e o n e l o o k s a t y o u l i k e y o u ’, r e a n a l i e n j u s t b e c a u s e y o u b e l i e v e i n s o m e t h i n g t h e y d o n ’, t , i t k i n d o f h u r t s . I s o o n d i s c o v e r e d t h a t d a y a f t e r d a y , w e e k a f t e r w e e k I w a s b e c o m i n g a s h a m e d o f m y f a i t h . B u t i n 2 0 1 2 t h a t a l l c h a n g e d . I w e n t t o a n e v e n t c a l l e d “, F l a m e ”, w h i c h b r o u g h t y o u n g m e m b e r s o f t h e C h u r c h t o g e t h e r t o l i s t e n t o i n s p i r a t i o n a l p e o p l e i n W e m b l e y A r e n a . A s I s t e p p e d i n t o t h e a r e n a I s a w o v e r 1 0 , 0 0 0 y o u n g p e o p l e s m i l i n g a n d e n j o y i n g t h e m s e l v e s . I j u s t f e l t s o h a p p y ! I w a s n ’, t a l o n e , I ’, m p a r t o f s o m e t h i n g h u g e ! I l e a r n t s o m u c h t h a t d a y a n d I ’, m t r u l y g r a t e f u l t o e v e r y s i n g l e o n e o f t h o s e 1 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e f o r s h o w i n g m e t h a t I ’, m p a r t o f a b e a u t i f u l c o m m u n i t y . I d i s c o v e r e d t h a t s o m e t i m e s I j u s t h a v e t o p u s h e v e r y t h i n g i n t o G o d ’, s h a n d s a n d t a k e a l e a p ! T o k e e p u p - t o - d a t e w i t h w h a t i s g o i n g o n , c h e c k o u t w w w . c a s t l e r i g g m a n o r . c o . u k M e a n i n g a n d P u r p o s e f o r t h i s G e n e r a t i o n F o u r y o u n g p e o p l e f r o m o u r d i o c e s e p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e r e c e n t S P U C Y o u t h C o n f e r e n c e a n d h e r e t h e y s h a r e t h e i r e x p e r i e n c e s : S o p h i e , w h o i s s t u d y i n g a t L a n c a s t e r , w r i t e s , ‘, A s a u n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t i t c a n b e d i ffi, c u l t t o h o l d a p r o - l i f e p o s i t i o n . S o m e t i m e s I f e e l s u r r o u n d e d b y a t t i t u d e s t h a t s e e m s o a g a i n s t t h i s ‘, c u l t u r e o f l i f e ’, w e t r y s o h a r d t o p r o m o t e . H o w e v e r , t h e S P U C y o u t h c o n f e r e n c e s a l w a y s g i v e m e t h e i n s p i r a t i o n a n d k n o w l e d g e I n e e d t o c a r r y o n i n t h i s fi, g h t f o r l i f e . T h e S P U C t a l k s a l l o w e d y o u n g p e o p l e t o c o n n e c t , t o g e t t o k n o w o t h e r s w i t h t h e s a m e a t t i t u d e s o v e r t h e w e e k e n d , a n d w h a t b e t t e r w a y t o r e l a x a n d s h a k e - o ff, a f t e r a f u l l d a y o f l e c t u r e s t h a n a c e i l i d h ? I t ’, s i m p o r t a n t f o r u s t o k n o w t h a t t h e r e a r e o t h e r s o u t t h e r e w h o l o v e l i f e , i n a l l i t s f o r m s , j u s t a s m u c h a s w e d o ! ’, N i c h o l a f r o m B l a c k p o o l , r e fl, e c t e d u p o n ‘, t h e t h r e e s p e a k e r s I f o u n d e s p e c i a l l y i n s p i r i n g , w h o r e a l l y o p e n e d m y e y e s t o c e r t a i n i s s u e s t h a t I ’, d n e v e r q u i t e t h o u g h t a b o u t i n t h e s a m e w a y . F i r s t t h e r e w a s D r W i l l i a m N e w t o n , w h o s p o k e a b o u t t h e v i t a l l i n k b e t w e e n c o n t r a c e p t i o n a n d a b o r t i o n , t h a t t h e y w e r e n o t j u s t f r u i t s o f t h e s a m e t r e e b u t o n e w a s t h e f r u i t o f t h e o t h e r . T h e r e w a s a l s o F i o r e l l a P a r t o f s o m e t h i n g H U G E ! C e l e b r a t i n g L i f e N a s h , a p r o - l i f e f e m i n i s t , w h o s p o k e a b o u t t h e i m p a c t o f a b o r t i o n o n m e n , w h i c h I ’, m a s h a m e d t o s a y i s s o m e t h i n g I ’, d n e v e r t h o u g h t a b o u t b e f o r e . J o h n - H e n r y W e s t e n , f o u n d e r o f L i f e S i t e N e w s . c o m , s p o k e a b o u t t h e m i s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f p r o - l i f e r s b y t h e m e d i a , a n d r e i n f o r c e d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f c o m m u n i c a t i n g t h e p r o - l i f e m e s s a g e w i t h l o v e a n d c o m p a s s i o n n o t j u s t f o r t h e u n b o r n c h i l d , b u t f o r t h e o p p o s i t i o n a s w e l l . T h e p a s s i o n o f t h e s p e a k e r s w a s i n f e c t i o u s . I w a s p a r t i c u l a r l y i n s p i r e d b y t h e fi, n a l t a l k g i v e n b y t h e d i r e c t o r o f S P U C , J o h n S m e a t o n , w h o m a i n t a i n e d t h a t t h e w o r l d c a n ’, t a n d w o n ’, t b e c h a n g e d b y p o l i t i c i a n s , b u t o n l y b y t h e c o n v e r s i o n o f h e a r t s a n d m i n d s . I t a ffi, r m e d f o r m e t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f m y C h r i s t i a n v o c a t i o n , t o d e f e n d h u m a n l i f e a n d l i v e b y e x a m p l e . I l e f t t h e S P U C c o n f e r e n c e w i t h a s t r o n g c o n v i c t i o n , y e s I a m p r o - l i f e , a n d I f e e l e m p o w e r e d w i t h a s e n s e o f d u t y t o d e l i v e r t h e p r o - l i f e m e s s a g e b y l i v i n g a l i f e o f l o v e , w i t n e s s a n d c o n c e r n f o r e a c h a n d e v e r y s i n g l e h u m a n l i f e , w h e t h e r i t b e i n s i d e a n d o u t s i d e t h e w o m b ’, . P a t r i c i a w h o i s c u r r e n t l y a t C a s t l e r i g g , a d d e d , ‘, A b i g t h a n k y o u t o F l e e t w o o d S P U C a n d e s p e c i a l l y t o A u d r e y A r m o r i n s u p p o r t i n g t h e c o s t . K e e p u p t h e g o o d w o r k ! ’,

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

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6 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + M a y 2 0 1 4 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k W h a t i s T i n n i t u s ? T h e w o r d ‘, t i n n i t u s ’, c o m e s f r o m t h e L a t i n w o r d f o r ‘, r i n g i n g ’, a n d i s t h e p e r c e p t i o n o f s o u n d i n t h e a b s e n c e o f a n y c o r r e s p o n d i n g e x t e r n a l s o u n d . T h i s n o i s e m a y b e h e a r d i n o n e e a r , i n b o t h e a r s o r i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e h e a d o r i t m a y b e d i ffi, c u l t t o p i n p o i n t i t s e x a c t l o c a t i o n . T h e n o i s e m a y b e l o w , m e d i u m o r h i g h p i t c h e d . T h e r e m a y b e a s i n g l e n o i s e o r t w o o r m o r e c o m p o n e n t s . T h e n o i s e m a y b e c o n t i n u o u s o r i t m a y c o m e a n d g o . T i n n i t u s T r e a t m e n t s a n d R e c e n t R e s e a r c h fi, n d i n g s A s t u d y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i l a n h a s l o o k e d a t t h e l i n k b e t w e e n t i n n i t u s a n d h e a r i n g l o s s . I t w a s a l r e a d y k n o w n t h a t m o s t p e o p l e w i t h h e a r i n g l o s s h a v e s o m e d e g r e e o f t i n n i t u s b u t s o m e s u ff, e r e r s o f t i n n i t u s a p p e a r t o h a v e n o r m a l h e a r i n g . I n i t i a l r e s u l t s f r o m t h e s t u d y f o u n d t h a t m o s t o f t h o s e w i t h a p p a r e n t l y n o r m a l h e a r i n g i n f a c t a p p e a r t o h a v e a t l e a s t m i l d h e a r i n g l o s s . H e a r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s a r e i n c r e a s i n g l y b e i n g u s e d t o t r e a t t i n n i t u s a s i t i s t h o u g h t t h a t t i n n i t u s r e s u l t s w h e r e t h e b r a i n o v e r c o m p e n s a t e s f o r t h e l o s s o f h e a r i n g a t p a r t i c u l a r f r e q u e n c i e s . T h e r e f o r e , p r o v i d i n g s u ffi, c i e n t i n p u t a t S o m e t i m e s l i f e i s h a r d a n d w e c a n g e t l o s t i n t h e d a i l y g r i n d o f m a k i n g e n d s m e e t , o f g e t t i n g t h i n g s d o n e , a n d f o r g e t t i n g t o ‘, s m e l l t h e r o s e s ’, . T h e n , q u i t e s u d d e n l y , a c h a n g e o c c u r s t h r o u g h a l i t t l e s h o w o f a ff, e c t i o n : a k i s s , a h u g o r a l o v i n g g e s t u r e f r o m m y b e l o v e d . A s a r e s u l t l i f e i s t r a n s f o r m e d . W e f e e l s o m u c h b r i g h t e r , t h e s u n i s s h i n i n g , i t ’, s g r e a t t o b e a l i v e a n d a l l i s w e l l i n m y l i t t l e w o r l d . W h e n w e t a k e t h e t r o u b l e t o r e v e a l t h e t r u e n a t u r e o f o u r l o v e f o r e a c h o t h e r , t h e r e w i l l b e a r e a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n i n o u r r e l a t i o n s h i p . E a c h m a r r i e d c o u p l e h a s e x p e r i e n c e d t h i s a t s o m e t i m e i n t h e i r l i v e s t o g e t h e r . T h e q u e s t i o n w e h a v e t o a s k o u r s e l v e s i s t h i s : i f t h i s i s a l l t r u e , i f t h i s i s h o w w e b e c o m e b e t t e r w i v e s a n d h u s b a n d s , w h y a r e w e n o t d o i n g i t a l l t h e t i m e ? W h e n w e l i v e i n t h i s w a y w e a l s o b e c o m e b e t t e r p a r e n t s f o r o u r c h i l d r e n . O n e t h i n g o u r c h i l d r e n w a n t , p e r h a p s m o r e t h a n a n y t h i n g i n t h e w o r l d , i s t o s e e u s , t h e i r p a r e n t s , b e i n g l o v i n g t o w a r d s e a c h o t h e r . P R A Y E R L o r d , h e l p u s t o r e a c h o u t w i t h l o v e t o e a c h o t h e r c o n t i n u o u s l y a n d s o t r a n s f o r m o u r r e l a t i o n s h i p , s o t h a t i t b e c o m e s a b r i g h t b e a c o n o f y o u r l o v e , s h i n i n g o u t f o r a l l y o u r p e o p l e . A m e n . w w w . t w o i n o n e fl, e s h . o r g . u k E x t r a c t f r o m ‘, I A M W I T H Y O U ’, –, Y e a r A &, B O X - S E T W h a t p l a c e d o e s t h e f a m i l y h a v e i n G o d ’, s p l a n o f c r e a t i o n ? A m a n a n d w o m e n w h o a r e m a r r i e d t o e a c h o t h e r f o r m , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e i r c h i l d r e n , a f a m i l y . G o d w i l l s t h a t t h e l o v e o f t h e s p o u s e s , i f p o s s i b l e , s h o u l d p r o d u c e c h i l d r e n . T h e s e c h i l d r e n , w h o a r e e n t r u s t e d t o t h e p r o t e c t i o n a n d c a r e o f t h e i r p a r e n t s , h a v e t h e s a m e d i g n i t y a s t h e i r p a r e n t s . ( Y o u C A T q u e s t i o n 3 6 8 ) “, T h e f a m i l y i s a n e c e s s a r y g o o d f o r p e o p l e s , a n i n d i s p e n s a b l e f o u n d a t i o n f o r s o c i e t y a n d a g r e a t a n d l i f e l o n g t r e a s u r e f o r c o u p l e s . I t i s a u n i q u e g o o d f o r c h i l d r e n , w h o a r e m e a n t t o b e t h e f r u i t o f t h e l o v e , o f t h e t o t a l a n d g e n e r o u s s e l f - g i v i n g o f t h e i r p a r e n t s ”, P o p e B e n e d i c t X V 1 , 2 0 0 6 A D V E R T O R I A L t h e s e s h o u l d r e d u c e t i n n i t u s . C o g n i t i v e b e h a v i o u r a l t h e r a p y ( C B T ) i s a t r e a t m e n t a d m i n i s t e r e d b y a t h e r a p i s t w h i c h s e e k s t o c h a n g e p e o p l e ’, s a t t i t u d e s a n d b e h a v i o u r . W h e n u s e d t o t r e a t t i n n i t u s i t s e e m s t o i m p r o v e p a t i e n t s ’, q u a l i t y o f l i f e , e v e n w h e n t h e v o l u m e o f n o i s e f r o m t h e t i n n i t u s r e m a i n s t h e s a m e . T h e r e i s c u r r e n t l y a l o t o f r e s e a r c h l o o k i n g i n t o m e d i c a t i o n s t o h e l p t i n n i t u s s u ff, e r e r s a n d d r u g c o m p a n i e s a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n fi, n d i n g d r u g s t o s u p p r e s s i t . F u r t h e r r e s e a r c h i s n e e d e d b e f o r e a n y d r u g c a n b e a c c e p t e d a s a s t a n d a r d t r e a t m e n t . T i n n i t u s A w a r e n e s s W e e k F o l l o w i n g t h e T i n n i t u s A w a r e n e s s W e e k b a c k i n F e b r u a r y , P P P w i l l b e o ff, e r i n g f r e e a d v i c e t o s u ff, e r e r s . W e a r e c o m m i t t e d t o p r o v i d i n g h e l p a n d a d v i c e f o l l o w i n g T i n n i t u s A w a r e n e s s W e e k . S e e t h e b a c k p a g e f o r o u r s p e c i a l e v e n t s a n d o ff, e r s t o s u p p o r t t i n n i t u s a w a r e n e s s . W h a t S h o u l d y o u d o i f y o u t h i n k y o u h a v e T i n n i t u s ? F o r t i n n i t u s a n d a n y o t h e r h e a r i n g d i ffi, c u l t i e s c o n t a c t u s t h r o u g h y o u r l o c a l b r a n c h o r b y E - m a i l t o i n f o at p r e n t i c e p r o f e s s i o n a l p a r t n e r s . c o . u k L i v i n g w i t h t i n n i t u s . . . T h e g o o d n e w s i s y o u d o n ’, t h a v e t o . . . 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M a y 2 0 1 4 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + 7 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k Y o u r l e t t e r s H o w t o s e n d u s y o u r l e t t e r s : W r i t e t o : T h e E d i t o r , 9 9 , C o m m o n s i d e , A n s d e l l , L y t h a m S t . A n n e s , F Y 8 4 D J . E m a i l t o : v o i c e l e t t e r s at h o t m a i l . c o . u k •, P l e a s e k e e p y o u r l e t t e r s c o n c i s e ( m a x 3 0 0 w o r d s ) , •, I n c l u d e y o u r f u l l n a m e a n d a d d r e s s •, L e t t e r s s h o u l d n o t i n c l u d e a n y p e r s o n a l c r i t i c i s m o r a t t a c k s •, T h e e d i t o r r e s e r v e s t h e r i g h t t o : - a m e n d o r s h o r t e n l e t t e r s o r t o r e f u s e t o p u b l i s h t h e m ( n o c o r r e s p o n d e n c e t o d i s c u s s d e c i s i o n s t a k e n w i l l b e e n t e r e d i n t o ) - p u b l i s h a r e s p o n s e i f d e e m e d a p p r o p r i a t e C u r r y A i d , a p e r s o n a l i n i t i a t i v e o f D e n i s e O d d y , h a s r a i s e d a f u r t h e r £, 5 , 0 0 0 w h i c h h a s g o n e t o h o u s e , f e e d a n d c l o t h e 1 4 0 c h i l d r e n a n d a h a n d f u l o f e l d e r l y p e o p l e . T h e r e c i p i e n t s s e n d a v e r y b i g t h a n k y o u t o e v e r y o n e f o r t h e g e n e r o u s s u p p o r t w h i c h m a k e s s u c h a d i ff, e r e n c e t o t h e i r l i v e s . I n l o t s o f c a s e s t h e p e o p l e w i t h i n I n d i a n c o m m u n i t i e s h a v e l i t t l e f o r t h e m s e l v e s a n d t h e r e a r e t h o s e w h o a r e c o m p l e t e l y d e s t i t u t e ! A g r o u p o f c h i l d r e n w e r e t r e a t e d t o a w o n d e r f u l m e a l , s o m e t o y s , b o o k s , p e n s , c a k e s , s w e e t s –, i t w a s l i k e a c o m b i n i n g C h r i s t m a s a n d b i r t h d a y s i n t o o n e b i g c e l e b r a t i o n . T h e c h i l d r e n a l s o r e c e i v e d a p a i r o f s h o e s , s o m e t h i n g t h a t t h e y h a d s p e c i fi, c a l l y a s k e d f o r . O n e b o y w o u l d n o t p u t h i s s h o e s o n u n t i l h e g o t h o m e a s h i s M o t h e r h a d n e v e r s e e n a n e w p a i r o f s h o e s b e f o r e a n d s o h e w a n t e d t o s h o w h e r . A g i r l a s k e d i f s h e c o u l d h a v e a b i g g e r s i z e s o C u r r y A i d s h e c o u l d s h a r e t h e m w i t h h e r b r o t h e r , e a c h w e a r i n g t h e m f o r 6 m o n t h s e a c h . A n o t h e r b o y w a n t e d t o w a i t u n t i l h e h a d w a s h e d h i s f e e t a n d a l i t t l e g i r l c o u l d n ’, t f e e l h e r f e e t a s i t w a s l i k e w a l k i n g o n s p o n g e s . A n o t h e r b o y w h o s e m o t h e r s u ff, e r e d w i t h a h e a r t c o m p l a i n t a n d t h e r e f o r e c o u l d n o t a ff, o r d t o k e e p h i m a s h e h a d a h e a r t c o m p l a i n t a s w e l l w a s h e l p e d w i t h t h e c o s t o f t r e a t m e n t . 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I ` v e c h a n g e d m y w i l l t h r e e t i m e s i n a s m a n y w e e k s ! ’, P h o t o g r a p h s c o u r t e s y o f W e b s i t e o f t h e D i o c e s e o f L a n c a s t e r M a s s L i s t i n g s –, M a y 2 0 1 4 T h u r s d a y M a y 1 s t a t 7 . 3 0 p m S t J o s e p h t h e W o r k e r O u r L a d y &, S t W i l f r i d , W a r w i c k B r i d g e , C a r l i s l e S u n d a y M a y 4 t h a t 3 . 0 0 p m S e c o n d S u n d a y a f t e r E a s t e r C h r i s t t h e K i n g , H a r r a b y , C a r l i s l e F r i d a y M a y 9 t h a t 7 . 3 0 p m S t G r e g o r y N a z i a n z e n S i z e r g h C a s t l e C h a p e l , n r K e n d a l S u n d a y M a y 1 1 t h a t 3 . 0 0 p m T h i r d S u n d a y a f t e r E a s t e r S t P e t e r ` s C a t h e d r a l , L a n c a s t e r S u n d a y M a y 2 5 t h a t 6 . 0 0 p m F i f t h S u n d a y a f t e r E a s t e r O u r L a d y &, S t W i l f r i d , W a r w i c k B r i d g e , C a r l i s l e T h u r s d a y M a y 2 9 t h a t 7 . 3 0 p m A s c e n s i o n o f O u r L o r d O u r L a d y &, S t W i l f r i d , W a r w i c k B r i d g e , C a r l i s l e S a t u r d a y M a y 3 1 s t a t 1 0 . 0 0 a m S o l e m n H i g h M a s s i n h o n o u r o f S t P e t r o n i l l a O u r L a d y &, S t W i l f r i d , W a r w i c k B r i d g e , C a r l i s l e ( f o l l o w e d b y d e v o t i o n s &, p r o c e s s i o n t h e n l u n c h i n p a r i s h h a l l ) M a s s i s a l s o c e l e b r a t e d e v e r y S u n d a y a t 9 . 0 0 a m a t S t M a r y M a g d a l e n e , L e y l a n d R o a d , P e n w o r t h a m . 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A t t h i s t i m e w h e n t h e C h u r c h i s a t a c r o s s r o a d s i n t h e W e s t e r n w o r l d , a n d e m b o l d e n e d b y t h e f a i t h o f P o p e F r a n c i s , t h e c o n f e r e n c e c h a l l e n g e d u s n o t t o r e s i g n o u r s e l v e s t o s m a l l - m i n d e d n e s s , c y n i c i s m , a n d o b l i v i o n , b u t t o r e - o p e n t h e v i s t a o f a w o r l d t h a t s o r e l y n e e d s , a n d i s i n d e e d h u n g e r i n g f o r , t h e G o o d N e w s . W e w e r e p r i v i l e g e d t o h e a r S h e r r y W e d d e l l , a u t h o r o f t h e b e s t s e l l i n g ‘, F o r m i n g I n t e n t i o n a l D i s c i p l e s ’, s p e a k . D r a w i n g o n r e s e a r c h i n A m e r i c a , s h e e x p l a i n e d t h a t o n l y 4 8 % o f A m e r i c a n C a t h o l i c s a r e s u r e t h a t t h e y c a n h a v e a p e r s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h G o d . E v e n m o r e u n c o m f o r t a b l e w a s t h e s t a t i s t i c t h a t o n l y 5 % o f C a t h o l i c s a t t e n d i n g c h u r c h c o u l d b e u n d e r s t o o d a s ‘, d i s c i p l e s ’, . W h a t t h i s s u g g e s t s i s t h a t m o s t C a t h o l i c s h a v e n o t d e v e l o p e d a p e r s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e L o r d . W i t h o u t a l i v i n g e n c o u n t e r w i t h t h e L o r d , f a i t h c o r r u p t s i n t o a s o u l l e s s r e l i g i o u s t r a d i t i o n a l i s m . A n d w i t h o u t t h a t l i v i n g e n c o u n t e r , t h e j o u r n e y o f d i s c i p l e s h i p b a r e l y g e t s o ff, t h e g r o u n d . N o o n e u n d e r e s t i m a t e s t h e s c a l e o f t h e c h a l l e n g e b e f o r e t h e C h u r c h i n t h e W e s t , b u t a l l i s n o t l o s t . S t A u g u s t i n e r e m i n d s u s t h a t o u r h e a r t s a r e r e s t l e s s u n t i l t h e y fi, n d r e s t i n t h e L o r d , a n d o u r w o r l d e x h i b i t s t h i s r e s t l e s s n e s s i n s o m a n y w a y s . O u r r o l e i s t o c h a n n e l t h i s r e s t l e s s n e s s a n d t o b r i n g t h o s e w h o a r e s e a r c h i n g t o t h e f o u n t a i n o f l i v i n g w a t e r s , t o C h r i s t H i m s e l f , t o s l a k e t h e i r t h i r s t . I n b r i n g i n g p e o p l e t o C h r i s t w e n e e d t o r e c o g n i s e w h e r e t h e y a r e a n d b e p a t i e n t e n o u g h t o w a l k w i t h t h e m o v e r m a n y m o n t h s , y e a r s a n d e v e n d e c a d e s , a l w a y s a w a r e t h a t a p e r s o n n e e d s t o d e v e l o p t h r o u g h d i ff, e r e n t ‘, t h r e s h o l d s o f c o n v e r s i o n ’, . A b a b y c a n n o t b e f e d o n R o a s t B e e f a n d Y o r k s h i r e p u d d i n g s : fi, r s t m i l k , t h e n b a b y f o o d , t h e n l i t t l e b y l i t t l e s o l i d s , a n d s o i t i s w i t h f a i t h . T h e p r o b l e m i s t h a t m a n y o f o u r p a r i s h e s h a v e d e v e l o p e d g o o d p r o g r a m m e s o f c a t e c h e s i s , b u t t h e s e a r e c o m p l e t e l y i n d i g e s t i b l e f o r t h o s e w h o h a v e y e t t o l e a r n h o w t o d r i n k t h e m i l k o f f a i t h . T h e r e i s a w h o l e s t a g e o f p r e - d i s c i p l e s h i p a n d p r o c l a m a t i o n w h i c h i s n o t b e i n g t a l k e d a b o u t i n o u r p a r i s h e s o r i n o u r d i o c e s e s . H o w d o w e r e s p o n d t o t h i s s i t u a t i o n ? F i r s t , W e d d e l l a r g u e s t h a t w e h a v e t o c h a l l e n g e t h e c u l t u r e o f s i l e n c e w i t h i n o u r p a r i s h e s , t h e r e l u c t a n c e o f p e o p l e t o t a l k a b o u t a r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h J e s u s C h r i s t . W e h a v e c r e a t e d a n a b s u r d s i t u a t i o n –, m a y b e o u t o f a m i s g u i d e d f e a r o f a p p e a r i n g a s t o o P r o t e s t a n t –, w h e r e b y i n t h e C h u r c h p e o p l e a r e a f r a i d t o s p e a k a b o u t t h e i r f a i t h . I t w o u l d b e t h e s a m e a s g o i n g t o a f o o t b a l l m a t c h w h e r e e v e r y o n e w a s f o r b i d d e n t o t a l k a b o u t f o o t b a l l . W e d d e l l a r g u e s t h a t w e n e e d t o b r e a k t h i s s i l e n c e a n d n o t b e a s h a m e d t o s h a r e w i t h o n e Q u o V a d i s C h u r c h ? a n o t h e r o u r f a i t h j o u r n e y s o t h a t w e c a n w e l c o m e t h o s e w h o h a v e n e v e r b e e n b r o u g h t u p w i t h a n y f a i t h a n d r e c o g n i s e i n t h e i r s e a r c h i n g o u r s e a r c h i n g t o o . S e c o n d l y , i n w e l c o m i n g p e o p l e i n t o t h e l i f e o f t h e C h u r c h , W e d d e l l a r g u e s t h a t w e n e e d t o b e a w a r e o f w h e r e p e o p l e a r e c o m i n g f r o m : t h i s i s w h e r e t h e c o n c e p t o f ‘, t h r e s h o l d s o f c o n v e r s i o n ’, i s h e l p f u l . I t ’, s a l l a b o u t s h i f t i n g t h a t p e r s o n w i t h t h e h e l p o f G o d f r o m a m o r e p a s s i v e a t t i t u d e t o w a r d s f a i t h t h r o u g h d e v e l o p i n g f r i e n d s h i p a n d t r u s t , a n d r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e i r c u r i o s i t y . N u r t u r i n g f a s c i n a t i o n w i t h t h e f a i t h c a n d e v e l o p w i t h t i m e i n t o a m o r e a c t i v e s e a r c h f o r f a i t h i n w h i c h a p e r s o n b e c o m e s a n ‘, i n t e n t i o n a l d i s c i p l e ’, , c o n s c i o u s l y s e e k i n g t o f o l l o w J e s u s . H e l p i n g a l l p e o p l e –, a n d e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e g o i n g t o c h u r c h –, t o d e v e l o p t h r o u g h t h e s t a g e s o f d i s c i p l e s h i p i s t h e p u r p o s e o f W e d d e l l ’, s i n s p i r i n g b o o k . I n l i g h t o f P o p e F r a n c i s ’, s E x h o r t a t i o n , ‘, T h e J o y o f t h e G o s p e l ’, , W e d d e l l ’, s b o o k i s a b o o k f o r o u r t i m e . W e d d e l l ’, s b o o k c o m e s o n t h e b a c k o f s e v e r a l o t h e r b o o k s t h a t a r e c h a l l e n g i n g t h e w a y w e a r e a s a C h u r c h . T w o b o o k s i n p a r t i c u l a r h e l p t o t r a n s l a t e w h a t W e d d e l l i s s a y i n g a b o u t p e r s o n a l d i s c i p l e s h i p i n t o a p a r i s h c o n t e x t . R o b e r t R i v e r s ’, ‘, F r o m M a i n t e n a n c e t o M i s s i o n ’, a n d M i c h a e l W h i t e a n d T o m C o r c o r a n ’, s , ‘, R e b u i l t ’, s p e a k o f h o w d e c l i n i n g p a r i s h e s i n A m e r i c a h a v e r e v e r s e d t h e i r f o r t u n e s i n s u r p r i s i n g a n d r a d i c a l w a y s . ‘, R e b u i l t ’, o p e n s w i t h a c h a l l e n g i n g q u e s t i o n : I f y o u r p a r i s h c l o s e d t o m o r r o w , w h o i n t h e w i d e r c o m m u n i t y w o u l d e v e n n o t i c e ? T h e r e a l i s a t i o n t h a t i n t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r p a r i s h n o o n e w o u l d h a v e n o t i c e d , l e d t o a n o v e r h a u l o f t h e w h o l e p a r i s h . T h e p a r i s h w a s c h a l l e n g e d t o t u r n i t s e l f i n s i d e o u t , k e e p i n g p r a y e r a t t h e c e n t r e , b u t r e a c h i n g o u t t o t h e w i d e r c o m m u n i t y , s e r v i n g t h e p o o r , e v a n g e l i s i n g . T h e p r e m i s e b e h i n d b o t h t h e s e b o o k s w a s t h e o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t i n r e c e n t y e a r s t h e H o l y S p i r i t h a s i n s p i r e d t h e c r e a t i o n o f m a n y n e w c o m m u n i t i e s a n d m o v e m e n t s , b u t t h e p a r i s h –, a s t h e b a s i c c e l l o f t h e C h u r c h –, s u r e l y i s t h e k e y t o t h e N e w E v a n g e l i s a t i o n . T h i s i s a t h e m e t a k e n u p b y G e o r g e W e i g e l i n h i s ‘, E v a n g e l i c a l C a t h o l i c i s m ’, w h i c h e s c h e w s p u e r i l e C h u r c h l a b e l s ( l i b e r a l v c o n s e r v a t i v e , p r o g r e s s i v e v t r a d i t i o n a l i s t ) a n d a s k s t h e C h u r c h t o s t e p u p t o w h o s h e i s : e v a n g e l i c a l . S i m p l y p u t , t h i s m e a n s w e t a k e o u r b a p t i s m a l p r o m i s e s w i t h t h e u t m o s t s e r i o u s n e s s . L i k e t h e S a m a r i t a n w o m a n , w e ’, v e m e t a m a n –, J e s u s –, w h o h a s c h a n g e d o u r l i v e s . A s o n e c o m m e n t a t o r h a s s a i d , i t i s t i m e t o r e - l i g h t t h e C h u r c h ’, s m i s s i o n a r y fi, r e s , b u t g o o d i n t e n t i o n s n e e d p r a c t i c a l b l u e p r i n t s i f t h e y a r e g o i n g t o w o r k o u t , a n d t h e s e b o o k s a r e a g o o d s t a r t i n g p o i n t , o p e n i n g u s u p t o t h e q u e s t i o n f o r o u r t i m e s , Q u o V a d i s D o m i n e ? 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B r i d g e H o u s e M a r i n a &, C a r a v a n P a r k N a t e b y C r o s s i n g L a n e , N a t e b y , G a r s t a n g , P R 3 0 J J w w w . b r i d g e h o u s e m a r i n a . c o . u k s a l e s at b r i d g e h o u s e m a r i n a . c o . u k t e l : 0 1 9 9 5 6 0 3 2 0 7 0 1 9 9 5 6 0 3 2 0 7 B o a r b a n k H a l l C o n t a c t : S r A n n e D o n o c k l e y B o a r b a n k H a l l , G r a n g e o v e r S a n d s C u m b r i a L A 1 1 7 N H T e l e p h o n e : 0 1 5 3 9 5 3 2 2 8 8 W e b s i t e : w w w . b o a r b a n k h a l l . o r g . u k C a n o n e s s e s o f S t A u g u s t i n e o f t h e M e r c y o f J e s u s “, Y o u d e s i r e t o b e b u i l d e r s o f p e a c e , p o s s e s s i t y o u r s e l v e s f i r s t ”, ­, S t A u g u s t i n e A W a r m W e l c o m e t o E v e r y o n e P r a y e r •, C o m m u n i t y •, H o s p i t a l i t y •, C a r e o f t h e p o o r a n d s i c k March 2014 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 11 www.catholicvoiceoancaster.co.uk T he nal Mass at St Francis of Assisi Chapel of Ease was cel­, ebrated by Father Bryan Irving, Sunday 5th January, 2014, on the eve of his retirement after 43 years` service as a priest both in Lancashire and Cumbria. We wish Father Bryan a long and fullling retirement at St Winifrede`s, (home for retired priests, Bispham) . Father Bryan and the parishioners met in the chapel the following Saturday for a “,farewell”, meal accompanied by Father Anthony Keefe and Father Bernard Partington prior to closing the doors for the last time. The initiative to re­,establish Catholic worship in Hambleton, can be dated back to Sunday, July 9th, 1967, when 21 Catholic residents of Hambleton attended a Mass celebrated by Father Ganey, Pilling, at the home of the Bolangaro family in Market Street –, the rst celebration of a Catholic Mass in Hambleton in over 400 years. The need for a larger venue for future Masses led to the use of the Supper Room at the Village Hall, then the Main Hall itself. Weekday Masses were celebrated in the homes of members of the congregation. Father Ganey was succeeded by Father Bilsborrow and priests from the seminary at Underley. This arrangement continued till St Francis of Assisi Hambleton 1979­,2014 1973 when Father Mitchell, the Parish Priest of Little Thornton, assumed the duties. The rural Catholics of Hambleton identied themselves with the nature­,loving St Francis of Assisi and, in 1975, money was raised, and land was purchased, for the erec­, tion of a chapel dedicated to him. By 1978, following a huge, 3­,year, fund­,raising eort by the whole Christian community, sucient money had been raised for the construction of a new chapel. Early the following year the chapel was completed. On Saturday, 31st March, 1979, The Rt Rev Brian Foley, Bishop of Lancaster, celebrated Mass and blessed the new chapel. In the 35 years of its existence, the chapel of St Francis, has been a Chapel of Ease attached to various parishes, latterly of St Mary`s, Great Eccleston, and has seen many Parish Priests come and go: ­, Father George Pennington ­, Father Peter Groody ­, Father Anthony Keefe ­, Father Stephen Ashton ­, Father Jim Burns ­, Father Bryan Irving The congregation are indebted to the pioneering work of the rst `committee` which, prior to 1979, was instrumental in creating the chapel of St Francis, and to all committee members whose eorts, since then, sustained the chapel over the years. Gerald O’,Donoghue The “,farewell”, meal, Saturday, 11th January, 2014. Photo courtesy of G O’,Donoghue. Inside the Bolangaro home, 1967. Photo courtesy of M and D Dowling. Outside the Bolangaros, 1967. Photo courtesy of Mr J Daresbury Hatton. 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M a r y m a d e i t p o s s i b l e f o r t h e H o l y S p i r i t t o w o r k t h e m i r a c l e o f a l l m i r a c l e s : t h e I n c a r n a t i o n o f G o d . S h e g a v e G o d h e r Y e s : “, B e h o l d , I a m t h e h a n d m a i d o f t h e L o r d , l e t i t b e t o m e a c c o r d i n g t o y o u r w o r d ”, ( L k 1 : 3 8 ) . S t r e n g t h e n e d b y t h e H o l y S p i r i t , s h e w e n t w i t h J e s u s t h r o u g h t h i c k a n d t h i n , e v e n t o t h e f o o t o f t h e C r o s s . T h e r e J e s u s g a v e h e r t o u s a l l a s o u r M o t h e r ( J n 1 9 : 2 5 - 2 7 ) . ( Y O U C A T q u e s t i o n s 1 1 6 - 1 1 7 ) C a n M a r y r e a l l y h e l p u s ? Y e s . S i n c e t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e C h u r c h , e x p e r i e n c e h a s t a u g h t t h a t M a r y h e l p s . M i l l i o n s o f C h r i s t i a n s t e s t i f y t o i t . B e i n g t h e M o t h e r o f J e s u s , M a r y i s a l s o o u r M o t h e r . G o o d m o t h e r s a l w a y s s t a n d u p f o r t h e i r c h i l d r e n . C e r t a i n l y t h i s M o t h e r d o e s . W h i l e s t i l l o n e a r t h s h e i n t e r c e d e d w i t h J e s u s f o r o t h e r s , f o r e x a m p l e , s h e p r o t e c t e d a b r i d e a n d g r o o m i n C a n a f r o m e m b a r r a s s m e n t . I n t h e U p p e r R o o m o n P e n t e c o s t s h e p r a y e d i n t h e m i d s t o f t h e d i s c i p l e s . B e c a u s e h e r l o v e f o r u s n e v e r c e a s e s , w e c a n b e s u r e t h a t s h e w i l l p l e a d f o r u s i n t h e t w o m o s t i m p o r t a n t m o m e n t s o f o u r l i f e : “, n o w a n d a t t h e h o u r o f o u r d e a t h ”, . ( Y O U C A T 1 4 7 ) O u r F a i t h M a y w e w o r s h i p M a r y ? N o . O n l y G o d c a n b e w o r s h i p p e d . B u t w e c a n r e v e r e M a r y a s t h e M o t h e r o f o u r L o r d . B y w o r s h i p w e m e a n t h e h u m b l e , u n c o n d i t i o n a l a c k n o w l e d g m e n t o f t h e a b s o l u t e s u p e r i o r i t y o f G o d o v e r a l l c r e a t u r e s . M a r y i s a c r e a t u r e l i k e u s . I n f a i t h s h e i s o u r M o t h e r . A n d w e s h o u l d h o n o u r o u r p a r e n t s . T h e r e i s a b i b l i c a l b a s i s f o r t h i s , s i n c e M a r y h e r s e l f s a y s , “, F o r b e h o l d , h e n c e f o r t h a l l g e n e r a t i o n s w i l l c a l l m e b l e s s e d ”, ( L k 1 : 4 8 b ) . S o t h e C h u r c h h a s M a r i a n s h r i n e s a n d p l a c e s o f p i l g r i m a g e , f e a s t d a y s , h y m n s , a n d p r a y e r s , f o r i n s t a n c e , t h e R o s a r y . I t i s a c o m p e n d i u m o f t h e G o s p e l s . ( Y O U C A T 1 4 8 ) W h a t c a n w e l e a r n f r o m t h e w a y i n w h i c h M a r y p r a y e d ? T o l e a r n f r o m M a r y h o w t o p r a y m e a n s t o j o i n h e r i n p r a y e r : “, L e t i t b e t o m e a c c o r d i n g t o y o u r w o r d ”, ( L k 1 : 3 8 ) . P r a y e r i s u l t i m a t e l y s e l f - g i v i n g i n r e s p o n s e t o G o d ’, s l o v e . I f w e s a y “, Y e s ”, a s M a r y d i d , G o d h a s t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o l e a d h i s l i f e i n o u r l i f e . ( Y O U C A T 4 7 9 ) H a i l , h o l y Q u e e n , M o t h e r o f m e r c y , h a i l , o u r l i f e , o u r s w e e t n e s s a n d o u r h o p e . T o t h e e d o w e c r y , p o o r b a n i s h e d c h i l d r e n o f E v e : t o t h e e d o w e s e n d u p o u r s i g h s , m o u r n i n g a n d w e e p i n g i n t h i s v a l e o f t e a r s . T u r n t h e n , m o s t g r a c i o u s A d v o c a t e , t h i n e e y e s o f m e r c y t o w a r d u s , a n d a f t e r t h i s o u r e x i l e , s h o w u n t o u s t h e b l e s s e d f r u i t o f t h y w o m b , J e s u s , O m e r c i f u l , O l o v i n g , O s w e e t V i r g i n M a r y ! A m e n .

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T h e f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e i s a b r i e f a c c o u n t o f t h e o c c a s i o n f o r t h e C a r m e l i t e F a m i l y a n d t h e m a n y f r i e n d s o f C a r m e l t h r o u g h o u t t h e d i o c e s e . T h e d a y b e g a n w i t h M a s s a t 9 . 0 0 a m a t t h e C a r m e l i t e m o n a s t e r y . I t w a s c o n - c e l e b r a t e d b y o u r t h r e e C a r m e l i t e F r i a r s a n d h a d a s i t s t h e m e , “, I W a s B o r n F o r Y o u ”, . F r . M a t t B l a k e g a v e t h e h o m i l y a n d b l e s s e d t h e t h o u s a n d C e n t e n a r y I c o n s t h a t w i l l b e o n d i s p l a y i n t h e C a r m e l i t e C h a p e l . T h e ‘, T a b o r S i n g i n g G r o u p ’, f o r m e d t h e c h o i r . A f t e r M a s s , t h e d a y o f r e fl, e c t i o n c o n t i n u e d a t T a b o r f r o m 1 0 . 3 0 . a m –, 4 . 0 0 . p m , w i t h t a l k s b y G i l l i a n C o x h e a d a n d F r . 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H o w e v e r , t h e r e w e r e f e w l i f e c h o i c e s a t t h a t t i m e i n 1 6 t h C e n t u r y S p a i n . S h e h a d a f r i e n d i n t h e C a r m e l i t e C o n v e n t i n A v i l a a n d s o , a t t h e a g e o f 2 1 , s h e d e c i d e d t o e n t e r t h e r e . F o r m a n y y e a r s , s h e w a s l u k e w a r m , a b a n d o n i n g p r a y e r a n d s e e k i n g s o l a c e i n f r i e n d s h i p s . A t t h e a g e o f 4 2 , s h e u n d e r w e n t a g r e a t c o n v e r s i o n a f t e r s e e i n g a n i m a g e o f t h e w o u n d e d C h r i s t . S h e k n e l t d o w n a n d b e g g e d C h r i s t , s a y i n g s h e w o u l d n o t g e t u p u n t i l H e h a d g r a n t e d h e r w h a t s h e a s k e d . T e r e s a t h e n e m b a r k e d o n a m y s t i c a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h C h r i s t w h i c h w a s t o m a k e h e r o n e o f t h e m o s t r e n o w n e d t e a c h e r s o f p r a y e r . 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A n d h o w d o e s s h e s t i l l s p e a k t o u s ? T e r e s a l i v e d i n a t i m e l i k e o u r o w n , o f g r e a t i n s e c u r i t y a n d u n c e r t a i n t y . S h e h a d a b u r n i n g m i s s i o n a r y z e a l a n d f e l t k e e n l y t h e s u ff, e r i n g s o f C h r i s t a n d H i s C h u r c h . “, T h e w o r l d i s i n fl, a m e s , t h e y w a n t t o s e n t e n c e C h r i s t a g a i n , t h e y r a i s e a t h o u s a n d f a l s e w i t n e s s e s a g a i n s t H i m , t h e y w a n t t o r a v a g e H i s C h u r c h . ”, S i n c e C h r i s t h a d s o f e w f r i e n d s , s h e e n d e a v o u r e d t o g a t h e r f a i t h f u l f o l l o w e r s a r o u n d h e r , w h o w o u l d o ff, e r t h e i r l i v e s , t h e i r p r a y e r s a n d t h e i r t e a r s f o r t h e s a k e o f H i s B o d y , t h e C h u r c h . T e r e s a t e a c h e s u s t h e i n e s t i m a b l e v a l u e o f t h e h u m a n s o u l . A l l o f u s h a v e a G o d - s h a p e d h o l e w i t h i n u s t h a t o n l y H e c a n fi, l l , b u t s h e t e l l s u s n o t t o i m a g i n e w e a r e h o l l o w i n s i d e . S h e e x p l a i n s t h a t i f w e c o u l d s e e t h e b e a u t y o f t h e s o u l , i t i s a c a s t l e w h e r e i n G o d t a k e s H i s d e l i g h t . I f w e t r u l y r e a l i s e d o u r v a l u e a n d w o r t h , w e w o u l d b e o v e r w h e l m e d w i t h j o y a n d h o p e . G o d w a s T e r e s a ` s w h o l e l i f e : s h e d i d n o t c o n fi, n e h i m t o o n e h o u r o n a S u n d a y . S h e t e l l s u s t o l i v e a l w a y s i n H i s p r e s e n c e a n d s h e t e a c h e s u s a b o u t t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f t h e s a c r a m e n t o f t h e p r e s e n t m o m e n t , w h e r e C h r i s t e v e n “, w a l k s a m o n g t h e p o t s a n d p a n s ”, . F u t u r e o p p o r t u n i t i e s O u r d a y o f r e fl, e c t i o n c a m e t o a n e n d , fi, r s t w i t h a t e a - p a r t y a n d a s o l e m n c a k e - c u t t i n g o f t w o Q u i n c e n t e n a r y c e l e b r a t i o n c a k e s w i t h i m a g e s o f T e r e s a p r i n t e d o n t h e m , a n d t h e n w i t h a p r a y e r s e s s i o n l e d b y G i l l i a n t o t h e a c c o m p a n i m e n t o f S p a n i s h m u s i c . E a c h p e r s o n w a s g i v e n a w a l n u t t o h o l d t h a t c a m e f r o m a t r e e i n A v i l a t h a t T e r e s a h e r s e l f p l a n t e d –, a r e m i n d e r t o u s t h a t w e a r e t h e f r u i t o f h e r v i n e . T h i s d a y o f c e l e b r a t i o n i s j u s t a b e g i n n i n g . T h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r , t h e r e w i l l b e o n g o i n g c e l e b r a t i o n s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o l e a r n m o r e a b o u t T e r e s a a t T a b o r R e t r e a t C e n t r e i n P r e s t o n a n d a t o t h e r n a t i o n a l e v e n t s . T o l e a r n m o r e a b o u t T e r e s a s e e : w w w . t e r e s a o f a v i l a . o r g W e a r e b l e s t t o h a v e i n o u r D i o c e s e o f L a n c a s t e r b r a n c h e s o f t h e C a r m e l i t e F a m i l y : C a r m e l i t e F r i a r s a t T a b o r R e t r e a t C e n t r e i n P r e s t o n : w w w . c a r m e l i t e . n e t T a b o r C a r m e l i t e R e t r e a t H o u s e , 1 6 9 S h a r o e G r e e n L a n e , F u l w o o d , P r e s t o n , P R 2 8 H E T e l : 0 1 7 7 2 7 1 7 1 2 2 D i s c a l c e d C a r m e l i t e N u n s i n P r e s t o n : w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / C a r m e l i t e N u n s P r e s t o n w w w . c a r m e l i t e s p r e s t o n . c o m 2 g r o u p s o f t h e C a r m e l i t e S e c u l a r O r d e r m e e t o n c e a t m o n t h a t T a b o r . C o n t a c t : t a b o r at c a r m e l i t e . n e t D o r e e n G a l l a g h e r , S e c u l a r O r d e r o f C a r m e l a n d S r . 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12 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + M a y 2 0 1 4 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k A s h o r t s t o r y T h e C r o w n T h e C r o w n I t w a s t h e 2 6 t h y e a r o f m y l i f e w h e n i t a l l c h a n g e d . I w a s a s o l d i e r i n t h e I m p e r i a l R o m a n a r m y . I w a s t h e s t r o n g e s t , fi, t t e s t , a n d b i g g e s t o f a l l t h e u n i t o f m e n s e n t t o k e e p o r d e r a m o n g t h e J e w s . W e w e r e t h e o c c u p y i n g a r m y a n d s e d i t i o n w a s a m a j o r p r o b l e m . I h a d m y o w n w a y o f d e a l i n g w i t h t r o u b l e m a k e r s . O n e b l o w f r o m m e a n d t h e y n e v e r f o r g o t i t . B r o k e n r i b s , b r o k e n n e c k s , b r o k e n b a c k s w e r e m y t r a d e m a r k . I w i l l n e v e r f o r g e t t h e d a y o f t h e t r i p l e c r u c i fi, x i o n s . W e s t a r t e d e a r l y a n d n a i l e d u p t w o t h i e v e s a n d t h o u g h t i t w a s t h e e n d o f o u r d a y s w o r k . I t w a s s o m e k i n d o f J e w i s h P a s s o v e r a n d t o k e e p t h e p e a c e w e w e r e o r d e r e d t o s t a y a w a y f r o m t h e i r p l a c e s o f w o r s h i p . T h i n k i n g o u r d a y ’, s d u t y w a s o v e r t h e C e n t u r i o n i n c h a r g e o f o u r C o h o r t o r d e r e d u s t o s t a n d d o w n . T i m e w a s o u r o w n a n d s k i n s o f w i n e w e r e b o u g h t a n d g a m b l i n g g a m e s s e t u p . T h e r e ’, s o n e t h i n g a b o u t t h e R o m a n s o l d i e r , h e c a n d r i n k , fi, g h t a n d g a m b l e b e t t e r t h a n a n y a r m y a n y w h e r e . I w a s o n m y t h i r d s k i n o f w i n e a n d m y s e c o n d w r e s t l i n g b o u t w h e n t h e C e n t u r i o n c a l l e d u s t o a t t e n t i o n . T h e r e w a s t r o u b l e i n t h e s q u a r e a n d a w e l l o r g a n i s e d m o b w a s b a y i n g f o r b l o o d ! W e l l t r a i n e d s o l d i e r s j u m p t o a t t e n t i o n , p u l l o n t h e i r I m p e r i a l a r m y t u n i c s a n d p r e p a r e f o r b a t t l e . W e s t a g g e r e d t o o u r f e e t , s t u m b l e d i n t o o u r t u n i c s a n d c u r s e d a l l t h e g o d s w e k n e w . S w o r d i n t o s c a b b a r d a t t h e t h i r d a t t e m p t , a s t a g g e r t o t h e l e f t t o r e t r i e v e m y s p e a r a n d t h e n l i n i n g u p o u t s i d e t o m a r c h o ff, . W e w e r e a l l r a g i n g m a d a t l o s i n g o u r t i m e o ff, a n d I w a s p r e p a r e d t o t a k e i t o u t o n a n y J e w i n s i g h t . T h e s i g h t w e s a w w a s n ’, t w h a t w e w e r e e x p e c t i n g . T h e r e w a s a m a n s t a n d i n g a t t h e t o p o f t h e s t e p s t o t h e s q u a r e a n d h i s h a n d s w e r e b o u n d . I r e c o g n i s e d h i m a t o n c e a s t h e p r e a c h e r w h o d r e w l a r g e c r o w d s . O u r u n i t h a d b e e n s e n t o u t o n c e o r t w i c e t o m a k e s u r e t h e c r o w d w a s p e a c e f u l w h e n h e p r e a c h e d a n d I l i k e d t h e t h i n g s h e s a i d b u t t o d a y h e w a s t h e c a u s e o f l o s t l e i s u r e . T h e c e n t u r i o n i n f o r m e d u s t h a t t h i s m a n h a d b e e n s e n t e n c e d t o a fl, o g g i n g a n d I i m m e d i a t e l y v o l u n t e e r e d . D r u s u s w h o h a d l o s t a l l h i s m o n e y a t t h e g a m b l i n g g a m e s w a s a s p e e v e d a s I a n d p i c k e d u p a w h i p a n d s t o o d r e a d y w i t h m e . A s k i n o f w i n e w a s p r o d u c e d a s a r m y i s s u e a n d a s t h e y r e m o v e d t h e o u t e r g a r m e n t s o f t h e p r i s o n e r h i s ‘, c r i m e s ’, w e r e r e a d o u t t o t h e m o b . H i s n a m e w a s J e s u s f r o m t h e h i l l c o u n t r y o f N a z a r e t h . S e d i t i o n w a s o n e o f t h e c h a r g e s b u t s o m e c a m e f o r w a r d t o s a y h e c o n s o r t e d w i t h S a t a n t o c u r e t h e i n c u r a b l e , t o b r i n g t h e d e a d b a c k t o l i f e a n d w a s a b o u t t o d e s t r o y t h e t e m p l e . T h e y s a i d h e p r o c l a i m e d h i m s e l f K i n g o f t h e J e w s ! H e w a s t i e d t o t h e p o s t a n d I t o o k a r u n a n d l a s h e d h i s b a c k . I f y o u d o i t c l o s e u p , t h e e n d s c u r l r o u n d t o t h e c h e s t . D r u s u s w e n t f o r t h e t h i g h s . I s p a t w i n e o n t h e w o u n d s t o s t o p t h e fi, v e p r o n g s o f t h e l a s h f r o m s t i c k i n g . T h e c r o w d b o o e d a n d l a s h e d a g a i n , s p i n n i n g t h e w h i p a r o u n d m y h e a d s o t h a t h i s b l o o d s p r a y e d t h e m . W e g a v e h i m a d o z e n m o r e t h i n k i n g t h a t w e w e r e fi, n i s h e d , w h e n t h e C e n t u r i o n i n f o r m e d u s t h a t t h i s w a s a c r u c i fi, x i o n . T h e r a b b l e h a d b e e n b a y i n g “, c r u c i f y h i m ”, b u t I t h o u g h t h e w a s j u s t h e r e f o r a fl, o g g i n g . A c r o s s a r r i v e d a n d I y e l l e d a t h i m “, I ’, l l g i v e y o u k i n g o f t h e J e w s ”, F r o m t h e p r i c k l e b u s h a t t h e c o r n e r o f t h e s q u a r e I c u t s e v e r a l l e n g t h s a n d w o v e t h e m i n t o a c r o w n . M y fi, n g e r s b l e d b u t I w a s t o o m a d t o c a r e . I p u s h e d i t h a r d d o w n o n t o h i s h e a d . I t s l i p p e d b u t I h a m m e r e d i t d o w n w i t h t h e e d g e o f m y s w o r d . I t p i e r c e d h i s b r o w a n d t h e t o p s o f h i s e a r s . I h e l d h i s f a c e u p t o s e e w h a t I ’, d d o n e a n d h i s e y e s l o o k e d i n t o m i n e . M y h e a r t l u r c h e d a n d s u d d e n l y I w a s s o r r y f o r t h i s g e n t l e m a n w h o m I h a d s o b a d l y a b u s e d a b o v e a n d b e y o n d t h e c a l l o f d u t y . W e s t a r t e d o ff, a l o n g t h e r u b b l e s t r e w n p a t h t o m o u n t C a l v a r y a n d I k n e w i t w o u l d t a k e a l o n g t i m e b e c a u s e o f t h e e x t r e m e fl, o g g i n g h e h a d j u s t e n d u r e d . H e f e l l a n d I l i f t e d u p t h e c r o s s b e a m o f t h e c r o s s a n d r e a l i z e d h o w h e a v y i t w a s . W e a l l t r i e d t o h u r r y h i m a l o n g , b u t h e w a s g e t t i n g n e a r e r t o t h e ‘, I h e l d h i s f a c e u p t o s e e w h a t I ’, d d o n e a n d h i s e y e s l o o k e d i n t o m i n e . M y h e a r t l u r c h e d a n d s u d d e n l y I w a s s o r r y f o r t h i s g e n t l e m a n w h o m I h a d s o b a d l y a b u s e d a b o v e a n d b e y o n d t h e c a l l o f d u t y . ’,

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C r u c i f y h i m M a y 2 0 1 4 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + 13 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k g r o u n d . H i s b a r e f e e t w e r e b l e e d i n g a n d b i t s o f s t o n e w e r e s t i c k i n g i n h i s k n e e s , m a d e w o r s e w h e n h e f e l l . T h e c r o s s w a s g a u g i n g a d e e p t r a i l i n t h e s a n d y u n e v e n p a t h a n d w e w e r e s t r u g g l i n g t o k e e p h i m m o v i n g . H e f e l l a g a i n , t h e c r o s s l a n d i n g o n h i s b a c k k n o c k i n g t h e w i n d o u t o f h i m a n d p u s h i n g t h e c r o w n o f t h o r n s d e e p e r i n t o t h e b a c k o f h i s h e a d . I g r a b b e d a m a n f r o m t h e c r o w d o f f o l l o w e r s , s o m e c r y i n g , a n d s o m e j e e r i n g . H e p r o t e s t e d t h a t h e w a s a t r a v e l e r o n h i s w a y t o t h e c i t y b u t I s l a p p e d t h e b a c k o f h i s h e a d a n d y e l l e d ‘, l i f t ’, . N o o n e i g n o r e s a s l a p w h e n I g i v e i t a n d t h e w e l l d r e s s e d m a n t o o k a fi, r m h o l d o f t h e b l o o d w e t c r o s s a n d l i f t e d i t . J e s u s h e l d o n e e n d o f t h e c r o s s b e a m a n d t h e t r a v e l e r t h e o t h e r w i t h h i s a r m t r y i n g t o s u p p o r t h a l f o f t h e c r o s s a n d t h e o t h e r a r m t r y i n g t o h o l d u p J e s u s b y h i s c l o t h i n g w h i c h b y n o w w a s s t i c k i n g t o h i s fl, e s h . T h e c r o s s c o n t i n u e d t o p l o u g h a f u r r o w i n t o t h e p a t h . T h e h i l l w a s i n s i g h t b u t J e s u s f e l l a t h i r d t i m e p u l l i n g t h e t r a v e l e r t o h i s k n e e s . A g a i n I f e l t s o r r y f o r t h i s s i l e n t m a n w h o a c c e p t e d t h i s c r u e l R o m a n p u n i s h m e n t w i t h o u t s a y i n g o n e w o r d . I k n e w h i s m o t h e r w a s i n t h e c r o w d b y t h e w a y t h a t s h e l o o k e d a t h i m a n d h o w s h e c r i e d o u t e a c h t i m e h e f e l l . A t l a s t w e w e r e h e r e a n d t h e h o l e w a s a l r e a d y d u g f o r t h e c r o s s . T h e c r e w w a s t h e r e t o n a i l h i m a n d p u l l t h e c r o s s u p r i g h t w i t h r o p e s f r o n t a n d b a c k . S o m e f o o l h a d m a d e a s i g n s a y i n g K i n g o f t h e J e w s ’, I f e l t d i s g u s t a t t h i s a l o n g w i t h t h e c r o w n I h a d m a d e . T h e o n l y t i m e I h e a r d J e s u s c r y o u t i n p a i n w a s w h e n t h e c r o s s w a s p u l l e d u p r i g h t a n d h e s w a y e d a s i t r o c k e d i n t o p o s i t i o n . W e d e c i d e d t o k i l l a b i t o f t i m e b y g a m b l i n g f o r h i s c l o t h e s . I w o n h i s c l o a k a n d s o m e o n e t r i e d t o b u y i t b u t f o r s o m e r e a s o n I f e l t c o m p e l l e d t o k e e p i t . T i m e d r a g g e d . T h e o t h e r t w o p r i s o n e r s w e r e c h i d i n g J e s u s a b o u t b e i n g t h e s o n o f G o d “, G e t y o u r s e l f o u t o f t h i s ”, . O n e s a i d t o l e a v e h i m a l o n e t h a t h e w a s a g o o d m a n w h o d i d o n l y g o o d i n t h i s w o r l d a n d d i d n ’, t d e s e r v e t h i s p u n i s h m e n t . A t t h a t m o m e n t I r e a l i z e d h o w a s h a m e d I f e l t a b o u t t h e w a y I h a d t r e a t e d t h i s g e n t l e b r a v e m a n . N o w h e w a s t e l l i n g t h e t h i e f t h a t h e w o u l d b e r e w a r d e d f o r h i s b e l i e f i n h i m b y m e e t i n g h i m i n p a r a d i s e ! O h J e s u s , h o w I w a n t t o t e l l y o u h o w s o r r y I a m f o r w h a t I h a v e d o n e t o y o u . M y p r i d e i n f r o n t o f m y f e l l o w s o l d i e r s w i l l n o t l e t m e . T i m e d r a g g e d o n a n d a t l a s t J e s u s c a l l e d t o h i s f a t h e r i n h e a v e n a s k i n g i f i t c o u l d b e a l l o v e r . S o m e t i m e l a t e r h e b r e a t h e d a l o n g s i g h a n d t h e s i l e n c e w a s b r o k e n o n l y b y t h e c r y f r o m h i s m o t h e r . T h e c e n t u r i o n t o o k m y s p e a r a n d p i e r c e d t h e b o t t o m o f h i s l u n g . T h i s w a s d o n e b e c a u s e p e o p l e h a n g i n g i n t h a t p o s i t i o n e v e n t u a l l y g a v e u p t r y i n g t o l i f t t h e m s e l v e s u p r i g h t t o b r e a t h e a n d t h e l u n g s fi, l l e d w i t h w a t e r . J e s u s ’, l u n g s p o u r e d o u t w a t e r a n d t h e C e n t u r i o n w a s s a t i s fi, e d t h a t h e w a s d e a d . T h e c r o s s w a s l o w e r e d a n d b e f o r e t h e n a i l s w e r e r e m o v e d I t o o k t h e c r o w n o f t h o r n s f r o m h i s h e a d a n d w h i s p e r e d m y r e q u e s t f o r h i s f o r g i v e n e s s . W r a p p i n g t h e c r o w n i n h i s c l o a k I h e l d i t t o m y b r e a s t a n d a p e a c e I h a d n e v e r k n o w n i n m y l i f e c a m e o v e r m e . B a c k a t t h e b a r r a c k s I t h o u g h t a b o u t m y l i f e . I t h o u g h t a b o u t t h e R o m a n E m p i r e o c c u p y i n g t h i s c o u n t r y a n d d e m a n d i n g t a x e s f r o m e v e r y o n e t o p a y f o r s o l d i e r s l i k e m e t o p l u n d e r a n d o c c u p y o t h e r p e a c e l o v i n g c o u n t r i e s . I d e c i d e d t o l e a v e t h e I m p e r i a l R o m a n A r m y a n d s e e k o u t t h e f o l l o w e r s o f J e s u s a n d l e a r n a b o u t h i s t e a c h i n g . I w a s n o t a c o n s c r i p t s o I h a d t h e o p t i o n o f l e a v i n g b y r e q u e s t . W i t h m y r e q u e s t i n w r i t i n g i t w a s a m a t t e r o f w a i t i n g f o r c o n fi, r m a t i o n o f m y r e l e a s e . W h i l e o n g u a r d d u t y I c u t d o w n t h e p r i c k l e b u s h w i t h m y m i l i t a r y s w o r d a n d d u g u p t h e r o o t w i t h m y m i l i t a r y s p e a r . T h e n I t o o k t h e c r o w n o f t h o r n s f r o m i t ’, s h i d i n g p l a c e a n d b u r i e d i t i n t h e p l a c e o f t h e p r i c k l e b u s h . M y r e l e a s e c a m e t h r o u g h a f e w d a y s l a t e r a n d a s I c r o s s e d t h e s q u a r e f o r t h e l a s t t i m e I s a w t h a t a b e a u t i f u l r o s e b u s h i n f u l l b l o o m h a d s p r u n g u p w h e r e I h a d b u r i e d t h e c r o w n o f t h o r n s . I f o u n d t h e f o l l o w e r s o f J e s u s w h o h a d r e g r o u p e d a n d w e r e m u l t i p l y i n g r a p i d l y . I t o l d t h e m m y s t o r y a n d t h e y a c c e p t e d m e . I h a v e s p e n t m a n y h a p p y y e a r s t r a v e l i n g m a n y l a n d s p r e a c h i n g a n d t e a c h i n g . N o t h o w t o fi, g h t b u t h o w t o l o v e o n e a n o t h e r a n d t o f o r g i v e y o u r e n e m i e s a s J e s u s f o r g a v e m e a s a d i s t a n d a t o r t u r e r . M a r g a r e t P o l a n d C r u c i f y h i m C r u c i f y h i m C r u c i f y h i m 6 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + May 2013 www.catholicvoiceoancaster.co.uk Your letters H ow to send us your letters: Write to: The Editor, 9 9, Commonside, Ansdell, L ytham St. Annes, FY8 4DJ. Email to: voiceletters@hotmail.co.uk •, Please keep your letters concise (max 300 words), •, Include your full name and address •, Letters should not include any p ersonal criticism or attacks •, The editor reserves the right to: ­, amend or shorten letters or to r efuse to publish them (no correspondence to discuss decisions taken will be entered into) ­, publish a response if deemed appropriate T he only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, un­,inhabited island. He prayed feverishly for GOD to rescue him, and everyday he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements and to store his few possessions. One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to nd his little hut in ames with smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened! Everything was lost! He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. “,GOD, how could you do this to me?”, he cried. Early the next day he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. “,How did you know I was here?”, asked the weary man of his rescuers. “, We saw your smoke signal, ”, they replied. Moral of the story: It`s easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn`t lose heart, because GOD is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain, and suering. Remember that, the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of GOD. Dear Editor H uman beings are the most important feature of God’,s creation, we through baptism are God’,s adopted children made in His image. H e created male and female, the human s pecies complementary to each other, m ainly for the procreation of children to live t ogether in a loving relationship as husband and wife joined together in holy matrimony t o create a family unit which is the bedrock of society. This is why it is against God’,s law for two people of the same sex to live together in a marriage situation. I n a Christian society we cannot make our own rules, Christ has already laid down the way we must try and follow. Why does the Govenment want to make its’, own laws against God’,s will? We must remember the words from the g reatest Christian prayer ever spoken ordained by Jesus Christ, God’,s son: “,Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”, A nyone who believes that God is their creator should be against this change. Yours faithfully Mrs M. I. Atherton, Preston Food for thought! “, Everyone should pray for half an hour each day, except when they are very busy. Then they should pray for an hour. ”, “, The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become ­, because He made us. He invented us. He invented all the dierent people that you and I were intended to be. It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I rst begin to have a real personality of my own. ”, C.S. Lewis St Francis de Sales •, Statutory Audits •, Accounts Preparation •, Tax Planning •, Advice and Compliance •, Payroll •, VAT and Book­,keeping Services •, Management Accounts •, Business Planning &, Financial Projections •, Family Tax Planning •, Retirement Planning •, Inheritance Tax advice We are not just accountants ­, we are here to help you with all family &, business matters. 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14 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + M a y 2 0 1 4 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k W e a r e a c o m m u n i t y o f t w e l v e A u g u s t i n i a n S i s t e r s , w i t h t w o B e n e d i c t i n e S i s t e r s w h o s h a r e o u r l i f e . O u r f u l l t i t l e i s ‘, A u g u s t i n i a n C a n o n e s s e s H o s p i t a l l e r s o f t h e M e r c y o f J e s u s ’, . I t s o u n d s l o n g - w i n d e d , b u t e a c h e l e m e n t t e l l s a s t o r y . A u g u s t i n i a n : o u r R u l e g o e s b a c k t o S t A u g u s t i n e o f H i p p o . I t i s s h o r t a n d s i m p l e , f o c u s i n g n o t o n t h e d e t a i l o f l i f e , b u t o n t h e s p i r i t : e v e r y t h i n g w e d o i s f o r t h e s a k e o f u n i t y a n d l o v e i n o u r s h a r e d s e a r c h f o r G o d . C a n o n e s s e s : c a n o n i s t h e G r e e k f o r ‘, r u l e ’, , a n d w e i d e n t i f y o u r s e l v e s a s p e o p l e w h o f o l l o w a r u l e o f l i f e t o g e t h e r , l i v i n g a s o n e c o m m u n i t y . W e s h a r e o u r p o s s e s s i o n s , w e s h a r e a p r i o r e s s a n d a s t r u c t u r e o f o r g a n i s a t i o n , w e e a t t o g e t h e r , w e c a r e f o r o n e a n o t h e r . B u t m o s t o f a l l , o u r ‘, r u l e ’, i s e x p r e s s e d i n o u r c o m m o n p r a y e r , a s w e s i n g o r s a y t o g e t h e r d a i l y M a s s , a n d t h e P r a y e r o f t h e C h u r c h . I t i s f r o m t h i s t h a t t h e w o r k o f o u r m i s s i o n fl, o w s . T o q u o t e o u r C o n s t i t u t i o n s : ‘, T h e d e p t h o f o u r w o r d s a n d o f o u r g i f t o f s e l f t o o t h e r s w i l l d e p e n d o n t h e d e p t h o f o u r s i l e n c e . ’, H o s p i t a l l e r s : t h i s i s a n o l d - f a s h i o n e d w o r d , b u t i t i s r e l a t e d t o m a n y m o d e r n w o r d s : h o s p i t a l i t y , h o s t , h o s p i t a l , h o s p i c e , h o t e l , h o s t e l r y . T h e s e w o r d s s h o w h o w w e n o w s e p a r a t e w h a t w a s a s i n g l e i d e a i n t h e m e d i e v a l w o r l d : o ff, e r i n g a h o m e t o t h o s e i n n e e d , w h e t h e r t h e y w e r e s i c k , h u n g r y a n d t h i r s t y o r v i s i t i n g t r a v e l l e r s . A t B o a r b a n k , w e b r i n g t h e s e w o r d s t o g e t h e r a g a i n , w e l c o m i n g t h e s i c k t o o u r N u r s i n g H o m e , r e t r e a t a n t s , t r a v e l l e r s a n d h o l i d a y m a k e r s t o o u r g u e s t h o u s e , a n d t h e h u n g r y a n d t h i r s t y t o o u r r e f e c t o r y , t h o s e w h o a r e h u n g r y f o r t r u t h a n d m e a n i n g t o o u r c o u r s e s a n d s t u d y d a y s , b r i n g i n g t h e m a l l t o g e t h e r a s o u r e x t e n d e d f a m i l y . O u r C o n s t i t u t i o n s p u t i t t h i s w a y : ‘, W e e x e r c i s e h o s p i t a l i t y fi, r s t o f a l l i n o u r o w n h e a r t s . T h e s e a r e t r a n s f o r m e d b y t h e H o l y S p i r i t B o a r b a n k H a l l - a c o m m u n i t y o f A u g u s t i n i a n C a n o n e s s e s i n t o p l a c e s w h e r e s o m e o n e w h o i s a s t r a n g e r b e c o m e s a b r o t h e r o r s i s t e r . ’, O f t h e m e r c y o f J e s u s : w e t a k e a f o u r t h v o w t o ‘, s e r v e t h e p o o r a n d t h e s i c k t h r o u g h w o r k s o f m e r c y ’, . T h i s s h a p e s t h e w a y t h a t w e w e l c o m e a n d c a r e f o r o u r p a t i e n t s , g u e s t s a n d v i s i t o r s , a l w a y s s e e k i n g t o m e d i a t e t h e g e n t l e n e s s o f C h r i s t t o w a r d s o t h e r s . O u r m a n y l a y e m p l o y e e s a n d o u r v o l u n t e e r s s h a r e o u r i d e a l s a n d s u p p o r t u s i n p u t t i n g t h e m i n t o p r a c t i c e . E a c h S i s t e r h a s a d i ff, e r e n t s t o r y o f h o w s h e f o u n d h e r v o c a t i o n . H e r e i s o n e o f t h e m : “, M y l i v i n g i n t h e C o m m u n i t y a t B o a r b a n k i s t h e r e s u l t o f G o d ’, s c o n t i n u o u s c a l l , H i s g e n t l e y e t p e r s i s t e n t l o v e , H i s i n t i m a t e k n o w l e d g e a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f m e a n d H i s u n f a i l i n g m e r c y a n d f o r g i v e n e s s a n d o f m y v a r i a b l e r e s p o n s e e x p e r i e n c e d a s a s e a r c h , a l o n g i n g f o r s o m e t h i n g m o r e - n o t m o r e a n d m o r e o f t h e s a m e o r t h i n g s t o t a l l y o t h e r b u t o f a b u i l d i n g o n o r d e e p e n i n g o f t h i n g s a l r e a d y f a m i l i a r , o f t h e n e e d t o g i v e o f a l l t h a t I h a v e b e e n g i v e n . A s a c r a d l e C a t h o l i c a n d a f t e r a f e w y e a r s o f i n t e r m i t t e n t p r a c t i s e i n m y e a r l y t w e n t i e s I e x p e r i e n c e d a c a l l b a c k d u e t o t h e w i t n e s s o f a g r o u p o f f r i e n d s . W i t h t h e m I r e d i s c o v e r e d m y f a i t h , a d e e p e r l o v e o f G o d a n d a n e v e r i n c r e a s i n g n e e d f o r p r a y e r . A d d e d t o t h i s w e r e m y l i k i n g f o r o r d e r a n d r o u t i n e , a c a r e e r a s a R e g i s t e r e d N u r s e , a n e e d t o f e e l r o o t e d a n d t h a t I b e l o n g e d , a n e n j o y m e n t o f m u s i c a n d s i n g i n g a n d h e r e I a m h a v i n g r e c e n t l y c e l e b r a t e d m y S i l v e r J u b i l e e w i t h t h e h o p e o f m a n y m o r e y e a r s o f l o v e a n d s e r v i c e t o c o m e . ”, F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e a t w w w . b o a r b a n k h a l l . o r g . u k o r c o n t a c t S r M a r g a r e t A t k i n s v i a e m a i l a t m a r g a r e t at b o a r b a n k h a l l . o r g . u k C o m m u n i t y

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M a y 2 0 1 4 + T h e C a t h o l i c V o i c e o f L a n c a s t e r + 15 w w w . c a t h o l i c v o i c e o fl, a n c a s t e r . c o . u k E s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 8 4 1 S t V i n c e n t ` s , L i v e r p o o l , h a s a l o n g t r a d i t i o n o f t e a c h i n g S e n s o r y I m p a i r e d c h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g p e o p l e . W e a r e a s p e c i a l i s t s c h o o l o ff, e r i n g d a y , r e s i d e n t i a l a n d e x t e n d e d d a y p l a c e m e n t s t o c h i l d r e n w i t h a S e n s o r y I m p a i r m e n t a n d O t h e r N e e d s a g e d f r o m 4 - 1 9 y e a r s . O u r a i m i s t o p r o v i d e a s p e c i fi, c a l l y p l a n n e d a n d t a i l o r e d c u r r i c u l u m t o e a c h o f o u r p u p i l s . W e s t r i v e t o m e e t t h e n e e d s o f e v e r y p u p i l e n a b l i n g t h e m t o f u n c t i o n a s c o n fi, d e n t , i n d e p e n d e n t w e l l a d j u s t e d c a r i n g p e o p l e i n t h e a d u l t w o r l d . I n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 t h e s c h o o l s t a r t e d t h e p r o c e s s o f e m b e d d i n g a n e w ‘, v a l u e d a d d e d ’, c u r r i c u l u m t o c h a l l e n g e t w o n a t i o n a l s t a t i s t i c s , F i r s t l y 8 5 % o f v i s u a l l y i m p a i r e d p u p i l s w i l l s t r u g g l e t o fi, n d w o r k a n d , s e c o n d l y t h e y m a y h a v e 5 - 6 l e s s f r i e n d s . T h e s c h o o l a i m s t o g e n e r a t e a n ‘, e d u c a t i o n a n d e n t e r p r i s e ’, v i l l a g e t a r g e t i n g k e y a r e a s w h e r e t h e r e a r e e m p l o y m e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r o u r y o u n g p e o p l e . S u p p o r t e d b y p a r t n e r s w h i c h i n c l u d e L i v e r p o o l H o p e U n i v e r s i t y , M e r s e y s i d e P o l i c e , M e r s e y c a r e a n d S a i n s b u r y ’, s w e a r e u n d e r t a k i n g p r o j e c t s t h r o u g h w h i c h o u r p u p i l s c a n h i g h l i g h t t h e i r e m p l o y a b l e s t r e n g t h s , a s w e s i m u l t a n e o u s l y e n g a g e w i t h s o c i a l i s i n g e v e n t s . A g o o d e x a m p l e o f o u r v a l u e a d d e d c u r r i c u l u m i s o u r b i d t o ‘, g o g r e e n ’, i n a s o l a r p a n e l p r o j e c t . O u r p u p i l s w i l l m a n a g e t h i s p r o j e c t s e c u r i n g v a l u a b l e s k i l l s a n d e x p e r i e n c e s . I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o h e l p o u r p u p i l s g a i n e m p l o y m e n t s k i l l s a n d c h a l l e n g e t h e 8 5 % u n e m p l o y m e n t a n d l e s s f r i e n d s ’, s t a t i s t i c s , p l e a s e c o n s i d e r f o l l o w i n g o u r p r o j e c t s a t w w w . s t v i n . c o m o r i n d e e d s u p p o r t i n g o u r s o l a r b i d w w w . s o l a r s c h o o l s . o r g . u k / s t v i n c e n t s 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 o ffi, c e at s t v i n . c o m A D V E R T O R I A L S t V i n c e n t ’, s S c h o o l f o r S e n s o r y I m p a i r m e n t a n d O t h e r N e e d s S t V i n c e n t ’, s P r o v i d i n g C a t h o l i c E d u c a t i o n i n a n E c u m e n i c a l c o n t e x t O f s t e d R e s i d e n t i a l C a r e R e p o r t N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3 “, O u t s t a n d i n g ”,  C o - e d u c a t i o n a l d a y &, w e e k l y b o a r d i n g  P u p i l s f r o m F o u n d a t i o n S t a g e t o p o s t 1 6  F u l l n a t i o n a l c u r r i c u l u m o f f e r i n g a b r o a d b a n d o f a c c r e d i t a t i o n i n c l u d i n g G C S E a n d G C E A l e v e l  A d d i t i o n a l S p e c i a l i s t C u r r i c u l u m  H i g h l e v e l s o f i n f o r m a t i o n c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d a c c e s s t e c h n o l o g y  A l l t e a c h i n g s t a f f h a v e t h e m a n d a t o r y q u a l i f i c a t i o n i n t e a c h i n g o f t h e v i s u a l l y i m p a i r e d  A l l l e a r n i n g s u p p o r t s t a f f h a v e a p p r o p r i a t e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s i n s u p p o r t t h e t e a c h e r s o f t h e v i s u a l l y i m p a i r e d  W e l l q u a l i f i e d a n d a p p r o p r i a t e l y q u a l i f i e d c a r e s t a f f  H i g h q u a l i t y r e s i d e n t i a l a c c o m m o d a t i o n  C o n t a c t t h e s c h o o l w i t h r e s p e c t t o f u r t h e r d e t a i l s a n d a d m i s s i o n a r r a n g e m e n t s S T V I N C E N T ’, S S C H O O L A S p e c i a l i s t S c h o o l f o r S e n s o r y I m p a i r m e n t a n d O t h e r N e e d s C o n t a c t D r J o h n P a t t e r s o n , P r i n c i p a l , f o r a p r o s p e c t u s Y e w T r e e L a n e , W e s t D e r b y , L i v e r p o o l , L 1 2 9 H N T e l : 0 1 5 1 2 2 8 9 9 6 8 F a x : 0 1 5 1 2 3 0 5 0 7 0 E - m a i l : o f f i c e at s t v i n . c o m W e b s i t e : w w w . s t v i n . c o m S t V i n c e n t ’, s S c h o o l i s p a r t o f t h e C a t h o l i c B l i n d I n s t i t u t e R e g i s t e r e d C h a r i t y N o . 1 1 0 2 6 5 7

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