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

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

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P a g e 4 T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 F O U R Y E A R S O F C O M M E M O R A T I O N 9 : 0 0 A M M a s s o n S u n d a y 3 r d A u g u s t a t S t . R a l p h S h e r w i n C h u r c h , C h e l l a s t o n , D e r b y , s a w t h e s t a r t o f 4 y e a r s c o m m e m o r a t i o n o f W W 1 w i t h p r a y e r f u l m u s i c a l r e ­, f l e c t i o n s , d e e p l y r e s e a r c h e d f l o r a l a r r a n g e m e n t s a n d c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m m a n y m e m b e r s o f t h e c o m m u n i t y . C a n d l e s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a n d o n e w a l l o f t h e c h u r c h h a s b e e n d e s i g n a t e d a s a p l a c e o f p r a y e r f u l r e m e m b r a n c e w h e r e t h e n a m e s o f t h o s e w h o d i e d a r e b e i n g w r i t t e n o n w o o d e n c r o s s e s . T e r r y S p e n c e r S t M a r y ’, s Y e a r 6 L e a v e r s M a s s O n t h e l a s t S u n d a y o f t e r m , t h e F a m i l y M a s s a t S t M a r y ’, s C h u r c h , D e r b y , w a s a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r p a r i s h i o n e r s t o w i s h t h e Y e a r 6 S t M a r y ’, s S c h o o l c h i l d r e n a l l t h e b e s t a s t h e y p r e p a r e t o b e g i n t h e S e c o n d a r y p h a s e o f t h e i r s c h o o l i n g . C h i l d r e n g a v e t h e R e a d i n g s a n d l e d t h e p r a y e r s o f i n t e r c e s s i o n . A t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e M a s s , w h i c h w a s s a i d b y F r P e t e r I n g m a n , t h e H e a d t e a c h e r o f S t M a r y ’, s , M r s A m a n d a G r e a v e s , g a v e e a c h o f t h e c h i l d r e n a w o o d e n h a n d - h e l d p r a y e r c r o s s , a s a r e m e m b r a n c e o f t h e i r t i m e a t t h e s c h o o l . F a m i l y , f r i e n d s a n d m a n y s t a f f a t t e n d e d t o o f f e r t h e i r p r a y e r s a n d s u p p o r t t o t h e Y e a r 6 s . F r a n W i c k e s

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T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 P a g e 5 F l o w e r D e m o n s t r a t i o n b y R e b e c c a N e w e l l L a t e F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n o n 2 5 J u l y a t 4 . 3 0 p m , o v e r 6 0 p a r i s h i o n e r s a n d f r i e n d s g a t h e r e d i n t h e M a r i a n H a l l o f t h e G o o d S h e p h e r d C h u r c h , N o t t i n g - h a m , t o o b s e r v e a f l o w e r d e m o n s t r a t i o n f o l - l o w e d b y a c r e a m t e a . R e b e c c a N e w e l l ( F l o w e r s b y R e b e c c a ) i s p a r t o f t h e G o o d S h e p h e r d F l o w e r M i n i s t r y a n d i s t h e D i r e c - t o r o f t h e F l o w e r a n d M u s i c F e s t i v a l , w h i c h w i l l b e t a k i n g p l a c e a t t h e G o o d S h e p h e r d C h u r c h f r o m 1 0 - 1 4 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 . M a n y o f t h e p a r i s h i o n e r s e x p r e s s e d t h e i r d e l i g h t a t b e i n g a t t h i s e v e n t , p i c k e d u p m a n y t i p s a n d i n t e r e s t i n g f a c t s a b o u t a r r a n g i n g f l o w - e r s a s w e l l a s e n j o y i n g R e b e c c a ` s v e r y p r o - f e s s i o n a l , h u m o r o u s a n d e n g a g i n g d e l i v e r y o f h e r t o p i c , e n t h r a l l e d a s a b e a u t i f u l f l o r a l a r r a n g e m e n t t o o k s h a p e b e f o r e u s . P a r t o f t h e t i c k e t p r i c e f o r t h e e v e n t i n c l u d e d a c r e a m t e a , w h i c h w a s s u p p l i e d b y t h e p a r i s h i o n e r s . T h e c o s t s o f t h e f l o w e r s f o r t h e d i s p l a y w a s c o v e r e d b y a g e n e r o u s b e n e f a c t o r , f o r w h i c h w e a r e v e r y t h a n k f u l . T i c k e t s a l s o i n c l u d e d a c h a n c e a t a r a f f l e p r i z e , a p i n k f l o r a l t a b l e a r r a n g e m e n t w h i c h w a s w o n b y a p a r i s h i o n e r , A n n M a n - l e y . W h i l e p a r i s h i o n e r s i n d u l g e d i n a c r e a m t e a , J e n n y R a w , f r o m t h e G i r l s H i g h S c h o o l i n N o t t i n g h a m p l a y e d o n t h e p i a n o i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d , v e r y t a l e n t e d a n d a c - c o m p l i s h e d , a d d i n g t o t h e w o n d e r f u l a t - m o s p h e r e . W e w e r e e x t r e m e l y b l e s s e d b y a g r e a t t u r n o u t , r a i s i n g £, 2 1 5 i n s u p p o r t o f t h e f o r t h c o m i n g F l o w e r &, M u s i c F e s t i v a l i n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 . T h a n k y o u t o a l l w h o s u p p o r t e d t h i s e v e n t . G o d b l e s s .

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

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

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