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

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

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

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T h i s m e a n s t h e m o s t s e n i o r c l e r g y o f b o t h t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h a n d t h e C h u r c h o f E n g l a n d i n t h i s c o u n t r y w i l l b e p r e s e n t a s t h e f o r m e r m o n a r c h i s l a i d t o r e s t d u r i n g a w e e k o f e v e n t s f r o m 2 2 n d –, 2 8 t h M a r c h n e x t y e a r . D u r i n g t h e d a y s w h e n t h e K i n g a w a i t s r e i n t e r m e n t , M a s s w i l l b e c e l e b r a t e d f o r t h e r e p o s e o f h i s s o u l i n t h e l o c a l C a t h o l i c p a r i s h c h u r c h a n d L e i c e s t e r C a t h e d r a l ’, s r e g u l a r p a t t e r n o f p r a y e r w i l l i n c l u d e e c u ­, m e n i c a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n . 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A l t h o u g h w e h a v e n e v e r h a d a r e s i d e n t p r i e s t , b e i n g s e r v e d o v e r t h e y e a r s f r o m o n e o f t h e s u r r o u n d ­, i n g p a r i s h e s , S t T e r e s a ’, s i n W i r k s w o r t h i s a n a c ­, t i v e , v i b r a n t c o m m u ­, n i t y w h e r e e v e r y o n e i n t h e p a r i s h m a k e s a c o n t r i b u t i o n t o e n ­, s u r i n g t h a t o u r l i t u r g y i s r e w a r d i n g a n d t h a t t h e c a t h o l i c f a i t h i s a l i v e a n d w e l l i n t h i s b u s t l i n g D e r ­, b y s h i r e m a r k e t t o w n . V i s i t o r s o f t e n c o m ­, m e n t o n t h e w e l c o m e t h e y r e c e i v e , t h e v i ­, t a l i t y o f o u r l i t u r g y a n d o n t h e b e a u t i f u l s e t t i n g o f o u r s m a l l c h u r c h n e s t l i n g o n t h e s i d e o f t h e h i l l i n i t s o w n c h u r c h y a r d . L a y m e m b e r s o f t h e p a r i s h r e p r e s e n t u s o n N o t t i n g h a m D i o c e s a n d i s c u s s i o n s a n d w e p l a y a f u l l r o l e i n t h e v e r y a c t i v e e c u m e n i c a l g r o u p t h a t i s C h u r c h e s T o g e t h e r i n W i r k s w o r t h . W e l c o m e t o S t T e r e s a ’, s ! T i m e s o f S e r v i c e s S u n d a y : 9 . 0 0 a m M a s s . R e f r e s h m e n t s a f t e r M a s s . C o n f e s s i o n : O n r e q u e s t W e d n e s d a y : 1 0 . 0 0 a m S e r v i c e o f t h e W o r d a n d H o l y C o m m u n i o n . H o l y D a y s : V i g i l M a s s e s a r e a n n o u n c e d . S e r v e d b y F r . J o s e p h K e o g h ( R i p l e y ) P a r i s h N e w s l e t t e r N e w s l e t t e r i s p u b l i s h e d f o r t n i g h t l y a n d p o s t e d o n t h e p a r i s h w e b s i t e . C a n b e r e c e i v e d b y e ­, m a i l , c o n t a c t : M a r i a n B o l t o n –, 0 1 6 2 9 8 2 4 6 2 6 m a r i a n b o l t o n at b t i n t e r n e t . c o m K r y s t i n a J o h n s o n –, 0 1 6 2 9 8 2 3 5 9 1 k r y s t i n a j o h n s o n h o t m a i l . c o m P e t e r W e s t 0 1 6 2 9 8 2 5 9 4 0 ­, p e t e n d a f at t a l k t a l k . n e t A n n e O l d a k 0 1 6 2 9 8 2 2 8 4 4 ­, a n n e at o l d a k . n e t A P r a y e r G r o u p i s h e l d f i r s t T u e s d a y o f t h e m o n t h –, s e e n e w s l e t t e r f o r d e t a i l s . O c t o b e r 1 s t i s t h e f e a s t d a y o f o u r P a t r o n S a i n t S t T e r e s a o f L i s i e u x ( 1 8 7 3 –, 1 8 9 7 ) P a t r o n e s s o f t h e M i s s i o n s T h e r e s a w a s b o r n J a n u a r y 2 , 1 8 7 3 , i n A l e n c o n , F r a n c e . H e r p a r e n t s h a d n i n e c h i l d r e n . O f t h e s e , f o u r d i e d i n t h e i r i n ­, f a n c y a n d f i v e e n t e r e d t h e c l o i s t e r . T h e f a ­, t h e r a n d m o t h e r w e r e w o r t h y e x a m p l e s o f t r u e C h r i s t i a n p a r e n t s . E v e r y m o r n i n g t h e y a s s i s t e d a t H o l y M a s s , t o g e t h e r t h e y r e c e i v e d H o l y C o m m u n i o n . T o b e a s p o u s e o f C h r i s t h a d b e e n T h e r e s a ’, s a r d e n t d e s i r e s i n c e t h e e a r l y a g e o f t h r e e . W h e n s h e w a s n i n e a n d a g a i n w h e n t e n y e a r s o l d , s h e b e g g e d t o b e r e c e i v e d i n t o t h e C a r m e l o f L i s i e u x . W h e n s h e c o m p l e t e d h e r f i f t e e n t h y e a r , t h e d o o r o f t h e c o n v e n t f i ­, n a l l y o p e n e d . T h e r e t h e s u p e r i o r s p u t h e r v i r t u e s t o t h e s h a r p e s t t e s t . O n J a n u a r y 1 0 , 1 8 8 9 , s h e w a s i n v e s t e d w i t h t h e h o l y h a b i t a n d r e c e i v e d t h e n a m e S i s t e r T h e r e s a o f t h e C h i l d J e s u s a n d o f t h e H o l y F a c e . S h e p r o n o u n c e d h e r h o l y v o w s o n S e p t e m b e r 8 , 1 8 9 0 , a n d g a v e h e r s e l f t o t h e p r a c t i c e o f t h e i n t e r i o r l i f e . O n t h e p a t h o f s p i r i t u a l c h i l d h o o d , o f l o v e a n d c o n f i d e n c e , s h e b e c a m e a g r e a t S a i n t . T h e r e s a s u f f e r e d m u c h d u r i n g h e r s h o r t l i f e , b u t i t w a s h i d d e n s u f f e r i n g , w h i c h s h e o f f e r e d o u t o f l o v e f o r t h e c o n v e r s i o n o f s i n ­, n e r s a n d t h e s a n c t i f i c a t i o n o f p r i e s t s . S h e w r i t e s : “, I k n o w o f o n e m e a n s o n l y b y w h i c h t o a t t a i n p e r f e c t i o n : L o v e ! L e t u s l o v e , s i n c e o u r h e a r t i s m a d e f o r n o t h i n g e l s e . I w i s h t o g i v e a l l t o J e s u s , s i n c e H e m a k e s m e u n ­, d e r s t a n d t h a t H e a l o n e i s p e r f e c t h a p p i ­, n e s s . T h e g o o d G o d d o e s n o t n e e d y e a r s t o a c c o m p l i s h H i s w o r k o f l o v e i n a s o u l . L o v e c a n s u p p l y f o r l e n g t h o f y e a r s . J e s u s , b e ­, c a u s e H e i s e t e r n a l , r e g a r d s n o t t h e t i m e , b u t o n l y t h e l o v e . ”, S h o r t l y b e f o r e h e r d e a t h T h e r e s a s a i d , “, I f e e l t h a t m y m i s s i o n i s a b o u t t o b e g i n , m y m i s s i o n o f b r i n g i n g o t h e r s t o l o v e o u r g o o d G o d a s I l o v e H i m , a n d t e a c h i n g s o u l s m y l i t t l e w a y o f t r u s t a n d s e l f ­, s u r r e n d e r . I w i l l s p e n d m y h e a v e n i n d o i n g g o o d u p o n e a r t h . ”, H e r m i s s i o n w a s t o t e a c h s o u l s h e r w a y o f s p i r i t u a l c h i l d h o o d . S h e p r a c t i c e d a l l t h e v i r t u e s o f c h i l d h o o d , b u t . t h o s e t h a t a t t r a c t e d h e r a b o v e a l l w e r e t h e c o n f i d e n c e a n d t e n d e r l o v e t h a t l i t t l e o n e s s h o w t o ­, w a r d t h e i r p a r e n t s . L o v e , c o n f i d e n c e , a n d s e l f ­, s u r r e n d e r a r e t h e k e y s t o h e r s p i r i t u a l l i f e . O n S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 1 8 9 7 , T h e r e s a , a t r u e v i c t i m o f D i v i n e L o v e , d i e d o f t u b e r c u l o s i s , a d i s e a s e t h a t i n h e r c a s e h a d a s s u m e d a v e r y p a i n f u l c h a r a c t e r . A m o m e n t b e f o r e s h e d i e d t h e p a t i e n t s u f f e r e r o n c e m o r e m a d e a n a c t o f p e r f e c t r e s i g n a t i o n , a n d w i t h a l o v i n g g l a n c e a t h e r c r u c i f i x , s a i d , “, O h , I l o v e H i m ! M y G o d , I l o v e Y o u ! ”, S h e w a s t w e n t y ­, f o u r y e a r s o l d w h e n s h e d i e d . S a i n t T h e r e s a w a s c a n o n i z e d o n l y t w e n t y ­, e i g h t y e a r s a f t e r h e r d e a t h . S h e w a s d e ­, c l a r e d p a t r o n e s s o f t h e F o r e i g n M i s s i o n s . S h e w a s c a n o n i z e d b y h e r d e v o t e d c l i e n t , P o p e P i u s X I . T h e P o n t i f f s a i d : “, T h a t l i g h t e n k i n d l e d a l o v e b y w h i c h s h e l i v e d a n d o f w h i c h s h e d i e d , h a v i n g g i v e n n o t h i n g t o G o d b u t l o v e a l o n e a n d h a v i n g r e s o l v e d t o s a v e a m u l t i t u d e o f s o u l s t h a t t h e y m i g h t l o v e G o d f o r e t e r n i t y . H e r s h o w e r o f m y s t i ­, c a l r o s e s i s p r o o f t h a t s h e h a s b e g u n h e r w o r k , a n d i t i s o u r m o s t k e e n d e s i r e t h a t a l l t h e f a i t h f u l s h o u l d s t u d y S a i n t T h e r e s a s o a s t o c o p y h e r e x a m p l e . T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 P a g e 9 P a r i s h i n t h e N e w s C a t h o l i c V T R A V E L I N S U R A N C E a r r a n g e d f o r r e a d e r s o f T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s A N N U A L T R A V E L I N S U R A N C E A V A I L A B L E T O A N Y O N E U P T O 8 5 Y E A R S O F A G E . M O S T P R E - E X I S T I N G M E D I C A L C O N D I T I O N S A C C E P T E D T O P Q U A L I T Y C O V E R W i t h a 2 4 h o u r h e l p l i n e a n d a n a i r a m b u l a n c e g e t - y o u - h o m e s e r v i c e . M e n t i o n t h i s a d v e r t t o g e t a S p e c i a l C a t h o l i c N e w s ’, d i s c o u n t . D o n ’, t f o r g e t w e c a n a l s o s e l l S I N G L E - T R I P C O V E R , w i t h a n y d u r a t i o n u p t o o n e y e a r , w i t h n o m a x i m u m a g e l i m i t a n d u p t o £, 2 0 , 0 0 0 c a n c e l l a t i o n c o v e r p e r c o u p l e . C A L L  , F O R  , D E T A I L S A N D P R I C E S 0 1 1 6 2 7 2 0 5 0 0 R e a l p e o p l e ­, n o t m a c h i n e s ! F T T r a v e l I n s u r a n c e C a r H i r e A u t h o r i s e d a n d r e g u l a t e d b y t h e F S A Jesuitvocations.org.uk Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of the ideal of fraternal love. 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P a g e 1 0 T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 2 3 O c t A T a s t e o f F a i t h T h e r e w a s A T a s t e o f F a i t h e v e n i n g o n B u d d h i s m a t 7 . 3 0 p m o n W e d n e s d a y 1 0 t h S e p t e m b e r a t S t W i l f r e d ` s P a r i s h R o o m , C o a l v i l l e , o r g a n i s e d b y F r D a v i d C a i n i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e S t P h i l i p ` s C e n t r e , L e i c e s t e r . T h e r e w i l l b e a s i m i ­, l a r e v e n i n g i n t r o d u c i n g J u d a i s m i n O u r L a d y o f L i n c o l n P a r i s h , L i n c o l n o n T h u r s d a y 2 3 r d O c t o b e r . T h e J e w i s h s p e a k e r w i l l b e S t e v e G r i f f i t h s , a m e m ­, b e r o f t h e J e w i s h c o m m u n i t y i n L i n c o l n a n d a l s o a m e m b e r o f t h e L i n c o l n b r a n c h o f t h e C o u n c i l o f C h r i s t i a n s a n d J e w s . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t b o t h t h e s e e v e n t s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t C a n o n E d w a r d J a r s o z . 2 7 O c t A f t e r n o o n R e t r e a t R o s m i n i C e n t r e R a t c l i f f e : 3 . 0 0 p m ­, 7 p m . B a p t i s m P r a y e r R e f l e c t i o n . 4 O c t A l t a r S e r v e r s ’, M a s s a t S t B a r n a b a s ` C a t h e d r a l 1 9 O c t W o r l d M i s s i o n S u n d a y O n W o r l d M i s s i o n S u n d a y , t h e U n i v e r ­, s a l C h u r c h u n i t e s i n a n a c t o f s o l i d a r i t y i n p r a y e r f o r h e r m i s s i o n a r y a c t i v i t y a n d i n c o l l e c t i n g f u n d s t o s u p p o r t t h e m i s s i o n o f t h e C h u r c h t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d . P r e s e n t l y , 4 0 % o f t h e C h u r c h i s c o n s i d e r e d t o b e m i s s i o n a r y t e r r i t o r y . T h e W o r l d M i s s i o n S u n d a y c o l l e c t i o n s u p p o r t s t h e C h u r c h i n p l a c e s w h e r e s h e i s t o o y o u n g , w e a k o r v u l n e r a b l e t o b e s e l f ­, s u f f i c i e n t 1 N o v S a t u r d a y 1 1 . 3 0 a . m . O r d i n a t i o n t o t h e D i a c o n a t e 9 N o v M u s i c a t t h e C a t h e d r a l c o n c e r t s e r i e s R a i s i n g m o n e y f o r t h e C a t h e d r a l M u s i c F u n d 1 5 N o v S a t u r d a y 1 1 . 3 0 a . m . M a s s w i t h C o m m i s s i o n i n g o f E M H C s 1 7 N o v M o n d a y ( T B C ) M a s s f o r D e c e a s e d C l e r g y &, R e l i g i o u s 2 2 N o v F a m i l i e s &, F a i t h A l l a r e w e l c o m e t o a f o r m a t i o n d a y e n t i t l e d F a m i l i e s &, F a i t h , t o b e l e d b y B i s h o p J o h n S h e r r i n g t o n i n C h r i s t t h e K i n g S c h o o l , A r n o l d o n S a t u r d a y 2 2 n d N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 4 . T h e r e w i l l b e a v a r i e t y o f w o r k s h o p s w h i c h w i l l b e h e l p f u l t o p r i e s t s , d e a c o n s , c a t e c h i s t s a n d p a r i s h i o n e r s c o n c e r n i n g f a m i l y l i f e i s s u e s . F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , p l e a s e v i s i t w w w . n o t t i n g h a m ­, d i o c e s e . o r g . u k / f o r m a t i o n . h t m l o r e m a i l f o r m a t i o n at n r c d t . o r g . u k 2 4 D e c T u e s d a y 1 1 . 3 0 p . m . O f f i c e o f R e a d i n g s &, M i d n i g h t M a s s 2 5 D e c W e d n e s d a y 1 1 . 1 5 a . m . M a s s o f C h r i s t m a s D a y W H A T ’, S O N 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 O n t h e f i r s t W e d n e s d a y i n S e p t e m b e r t h e c a l e n d a r h a d m o v e d o n t o t h e a n n i v e r ­, s a r y o f t h e s t a r t o f t h e W o r l d W a r T w o i n 1 9 3 9 . S e v e n t y f i v e y e a r s s i n c e N e v i l l e C h a m b e r l a i n ` s s o l e m n d e c l a r a t i o n a ­, g a i n s t A d o l f H i t l e r w a s h a r d l y n o t i c e d a s t h e n e w s o f t h e s i c k e n i n g a n d h o r r i f i c d e a t h o f S t e v e n S o t l o f f w a s r e v e a l e d i n w h a t h a s b e c o m e k n o w n a s I s l a m i c ­, S t a t e . T h e g r i e f o f h i s f a m i l y h a s b e e n s a d l y s h a r e d b y m a n y m o r e v i c t i m s i n n o r t h e r n a n d w e s t e r n I r a q . T h e p l i g h t o f t h o s e w h o b e l o n g t o t h e a n c i e n t Y a z i d i f a i t h a n d o f C h r i s t i a n s w h o h a v e b e e n p e r s e c u t e d o r k i l l e d h a s c o n c e r n e d a l l o f u s n o t l e a s t o f c o u r s e o u r c h u r c h l e a d ­, e r s . U n t i l r e c e n t l y m a n y p e o p l e h a d n o t h e a r d m u c h a b o u t t h e Y a z i d i s b u t w e c a n n o t s a y t h a t a b o u t C h r i s t i a n s , a n d y e t r e l i g i o n s e e m s t o b e o n t h e d e f e n s i v e f r e ­, q u e n t l y i n o u r c o u n t r y . T h o s e w h o i n o u r p u b l i c l i f e b e l o n g t o t h e ", w e d o n ` t d o G o d ", a r e n a h a v e b e e n s o m e w h a t s i l e n t a s t h e w o r l d h a s w i t n e s s e d t h e a t t e m p t s t o w i p e o u t c u l t u r e s a n d c i v i l i s a t i o n s w h i c h h a v e e x i s t e d f o r t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s . 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S p e a k i n g i n t h e H o u s e o f L o r d s o n J u l y 2 5 t h L o r d S a c k s c o n d e m n e d n o t o n l y t h e r i s e o f a n t i ­, S e m i t i s m i n E u r o p e b u t a l s o t h e g l o b a l p e r s e c u t i o n o f C h r i s t i a n s a s h e s a i d ", T h a t p e o p l e i n t h e t w e n t y f i r s t c e n t u r y a r e b e i n g m u r d e r e d , t e r r o r i s e d , v i c ­, t i m i s e d , i n t i m i d a t e d a n d r o b b e d o f t h e i r l i b e r i t i e s b e c a u s e o f t h e w a y t h e y w o r ­, s h i p G o d i s a m o r a l o u t r a g e . ", W e c a n o n l y h o p e t h a t o t h e r s w i l l h a v e t h e c o u r a g e t o s a y s i m i l a r w o r d s a s t h e h u ­, m a n i t a r i a n c r i s i s s e e m s t o w o r s e n i n I r a q a n d S y r i a . I t i s a l s o i m p o r t a n t t o m a k e c l e a r t h a t t h e b i g g e s t t h r e a t t o f r e e d o m a n d s o c i a l t o l e r a n c e t o d a y m a y w e l l b e t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f I s l a m i c f u n ­, d a m e n t a l i s m b y t h o s e w h o w i s h t o i m ­, p o s e t h e i r v i e w s a t a n y c o s t . T h i s i s a l l v e r y d i f f e r e n t t o t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y o f M u s l i m s w h o w i s h t o l i v e a t p e a c e a n d h a v e a r e s p e c t f o r d e m o c r a c y . T h e r e c e n t s h o c k i n g r e v e l a t i o n s i n R o t h e r h a m a r e s o d r e a d f u l a n d a r e a r e m i n d e r t o a l l o f u s t h a t f o r t h e s a k e o f o u r c h i l d r e n w e a l l n e e d t o b u i l d p a r t n e r s h i p s s t a r t i n g w i t h o u r p o l i t i c a l a n d r e l i g i o u s l e a d e r s . T h e y c o u l d a l l t a k e h o p e a n d e n c o u r a g e m e n t f r o m S a i n t P i o o f P i e t r e l i n a , P a d r e P i o w h o s e f e a s t w e h a v e j u s t c e l e b r a t e d , w a s s o u g h t o u t b y t h o u s a n d s a n d w h o s e l e g a c y i s a n i n s p i r a t i o n t o m a n y . O u r w o r d t o d a y n e e d s p e a c e w h i c h h e s u r e l y p r a y e d f o r . F r a n k G o u l d i n g H o l y T r i n i t y P a r i s h , N e w a r k S i m p l i c i t y a t t h e H e a r t o f C h u r c h G r o w t h O v e r t h e l a s t e i g h t e e n m o n t h s t h e N o t ­, t i n g h a m D i o c e s e h a s p i l o t e d t h e ‘, C r o s s i n g t h e T h r e s h o l d p r o j e c t ’, o n b e h a l f o f t h e B i s h o p ’, s c o n f e r e n c e o f E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s . T h e a i m b e i n g t o r e a c h o u t t o n o n ­, c h u r c h g o i n g C a t h o l i c s b y i d e n t i f y i n g t h e t h r e s h o l d p o i n t s i n a p a r i s h a n d t h e n u s i n g a p p r o p r i a t e r e s o u r c e s t o m e e t p e o ­, p l e a n d w e l c o m e t h e m o v e r t h e t h r e s h o l d a n d b a c k h o m e . F i v e p a r i s h e s f r o m a r o u n d t h e D i o c e s e w e r e i n v i t e d t o s e t u p e v a n g e l i s a t i o n t e a m s . T h e s e w e r e : S t P a u l s , L e n t o n w i t h S t M a r y ’, s H y s o n G r e e n , S t B a r n a b a s C a t h e d r a l , O u r L a d y o f V i c t o r i e s , M a r k e t H a r b o r o u g h , 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 , w i t h t h e I n f a n t o f P r a g u e , B e s t w o o d a n d S t M a r y o n t h e S e a w i t h S t J o h n F i s h e r , G r i m s b y . A l l t e a m s w e n t t h r o u g h a f o r m a t i o n p r o c e s s , p r e p a r e d t h e p a r i s h t o b e w e l c o m i n g , i d e n t i f i e d t h r e s h ­, o l d a r e a s , m a d e s o m e e v a n g e l i s a t i o n p l a n s a n d t h e n p u t t h e m i n t o a c t i o n . S o h a s i t w o r k e d ? F o l l o w i n g a r e s o m e e x p e ­, r i e n c e s f r o m t h e p a r i s h e s i n v o l v e d , w h i c h t e l l t h e i r o w n s t o r y : S t P a u l ’, s , L e n t o n a n d S t M a r y ’, s H y s o n G r e e n i s a n i n n e r c i t y p a r i s h i n t h e p o o r e r a r e a o f N o t t i n g h a m . V i n c e a t e a m m e m ­, b e r o n t h e p r o j e c t s a i d : “, A t t h e l a s t E a s t e r v i g i l n e a r l y 2 0 0 p e o p l e a t t e n d e d t h e b i g g e s t v i g i l w e h a v e h a d i n r e c e n t y e a r s . T h i s w a s a s a r e s u l t o f h a n d i n g o u t s p e c i a l i n v i t a t i o n s a s p a r t o f t h e ‘, C r o s s i n g t h e T h r e s h o l d ’, p r o j e c t . W h a t i s r e a l l y g r e a t t o s e e i s t h e p a r i s h c o m m u n i t y w e l c o m i n g n e w p e o p l e i n t o t h e C h u r c h . B e i n g p a r t o f a n e v a n g e l i s i n g t e a m i s n o t o n l y a j o y b u t a l s o v e r y r e w a r d i n g . I t ’, s w o r t h a l l t h e h a r d w o r k ! I f o u n d b e i n g p a r t o f C r o s s i n g t h e T h r e s h o l d a f a n t a s t i c a n d h e a r t ­, w a r m i n g e x p e r i e n c e . I t w a s a g o o d w a y t o r e j u v e n a t e t h e C h u r c h a n d m a d e m e r e ­, a l i s e t h a t y o u c a n n o t d o t h i n g s o n y o u r o w n b u t w o r k i n g a s a t e a m y o u c a n g e t s o m u c h m o r e d o n e t o s p r e a d t h e G o s p e l . ”, F r D a v i d , t h e p a r i s h p r i e s t w h o o r g a n i s e d s t r e e t e v a n g e l i s a t i o n i n c e n t r a l N o t t i n g ­, h a m , s a i d : “, A f e w o f u s w e n t i n t o t h e M a r ­, k e t S q u a r e , s e t u p a t a b l e a n d g a v e a w a y r o s a r i e s a n d l e a f l e t s . W e h a d s o m e a m a z ­, i n g c o n v e r s a t i o n s i n c l u d i n g w i t h m a n y n o n ­, c h u r c h g o i n g C a t h o l i c s . I t w a s a b i t s c a r y t o s t a r t w i t h b u t w e a l l h a d t h a t f e e l i n g o f b e i n g ‘, o n f i r e ’, a f t e r e a c h s e s s i o n . W e a r e p l a n n i n g t o d o m o r e o f t h e m ”, . A n o t h e r p a r i s h i n v o l v e d i n t h e C r o s s i n g t h e T h r e s h o l d I n i t i a t i v e i s S t B a r n a b a s C a t h e d r a l i n c e n t r a l N o t t i n g h a m . M i c h a e l , a t e a m m e m b e r s a i d : “, O u r p r i o r ­, i t i e s f o r t h e y e a r w e r e : p r a y e r –, g e t t i n g p e o p l e t o p r a y f o r t h e C T T p r o j e c t a n d g i v ­, i n g o u t p r a y e r c a r d s , C o m m u n i c a t i o n s –, w e s p e n t a l o t o f t i m e m e e t i n g w i t h p e o p l e a t v a r i o u s e v e n t s , a n d e n c o u r a g i n g t h e m t o f i n d o u t m o r e a b o u t t h e f a i t h , r u n n i n g t h r e s h o l d e v e n t s –, h a v i n g a p r o g r a m m e o f e v e n t s w h e r e w e m e t p e o p l e o n t h e t h r e s h o l d w h i c h i n c l u d e d : a v i s i t o f t h e r e p l i c a o f t h e T u r i n s h r o u d a n d s o m e t h i n g w e h a d n ’, t t r i e d b e f o r e ­, t h e ‘, n i g h t f e v e r ’, e v e n t . T h i s i s a b o u t i n v i t i n g p e o p l e o f f t h e s t r e e t s t o c o m e i n t o t h e c a t h e d r a l a n d l i g h t a c a n d l e a n d s a y a p r a y e r ­, i t w a s r e ­, a l l y s u c c e s s f u l . ”, M a r y , a n o t h e r t e a m m e m b e r s h a r e d m o r e o f t h i s : “, I f I h a d t o s u m t h e n i g h t u p i n o n e w o r d i t w o u l d b e d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d j u s t o n e t o d o i t j u s t i c e , b u t I t h i n k A W E S O M E w i l l d o f o r n o w ! O n t h e o u t s i d e , t h e C a t h e d r a l w a s l i t u p r e d a s F r N e i l h a d p u t f i l t e r s o n t h e f l o o d ­, l i g h t s a n d i t l o o k e d s p e c t a c u l a r ! I n s i d e , t h e C a t h e d r a l w a s l i t b y c a n d l e s a n d b e a u t i f u l m u s i c w a s p l a y i n g w i t h a g r o u p o f y o u n g m u s i c i a n s c o m i n g t o g e t h e r e s p e ­, c i a l l y f o r t h e e v e n t . T h e r e w e r e l o a d s o f c o m m e n t s a b o u t t h e m u s i c , e v e r y o n e l o v e d i t . E s t i m a t i o n i s t h a t w e h a d b e ­, t w e e n 1 0 0 ­, 1 2 0 v i s i t o r s o v e r t w o n i g h t s . A m o n g t h e s e w e r e a g r o u p o f t h r e e ` b u r l y l a d s ` ( a s d e s c r i b e d b y o n e o f t h e v o l u n ­, t e e r s ) w h o w e r e p a s s i n g o n t h e w a y f o r a n i g h t o n t h e t o w n , a c o u p l e w h o w e r e o n t h e i r w a y t o a r e s t a u r a n t w h e n t h e y m e t o u r v o l u n t e e r s a n d t h e n c a m e i n a t t h e e n d o f t h e i r e v e n i n g o u t , o n e g e n t l e m a n w h o s e f r i e n d h a d d i e d r e c e n t l y , a l a d y w h o s a t i n c h u r c h a l l e v e n i n g w h i l e h e r y o u n g d a u g h t e r s l e p t o n h e r l a p , a n d a m a n w h o l i v e s n e a r t h e C a t h e d r a l a n d h a s h a d a t r o u b l e d a n d l o n e l y l i f e r e c e n t l y . T h e r e w a s a l o t o f n e t w o r k i n g a n d t h e b e g i n ­, n i n g s o f s e v e r a l n e w f r i e n d s h i p s . W e p r o ­, v i d e d f r e e r e f r e s h m e n t s a n d h a d a l o a d o f l e a f l e t s a n d r o s a r i e s w e r e g i v e n a w a y . ”, S t M a r y o n ­, t h e ­, s e a , G r i m s b y –, “, W e o f ­, f e r e d C h r i s t m a s C a r o l s b y C a n d l e l i g h t i n D e c e m b e r a n d i t w a s b r i l l i a n t –, s t a n d i n g r o o m o n l y . M i n c e p i e s a n d m u l l e d w i n e w e r e s e r v e d a t t h e e n d . A w h o l e r a n g e o f p e o p l e c a m e i n c l u d i n g l o t s o f f a m i l i e s a n d I g o t t h e i m p r e s s i o n t h a t a n u m b e r o f t h o s e p r e s e n t h a d n ’, t b e e n t o c h u r c h i n a w h i l e . T h e e v e n t c e r t a i n l y r e a c h e d p e o p l e w h o w e r e n o n c h u r c h g o i n g a n d w e a l s o g a v e o u t l o a d s o f i n v i t a t i o n s f o r a f o l l o w u p e v e n t i n J a n u a r y , w h i c h i n c l u d e d a n i n v i t a t i o n t o M i d n i g h t M a s s ”, –, C h r i s T h e y a l s o s a w a d o u b l i n g i n E a s t e r a t t e n ­, d a n c e N a n e t t e s a i d ”, I t ’, s b e e n a w o n d e r f u l e x p e r i e n c e . W e ’, v e l e a r n t t o o f f e r s i m p l e t h i n g s c r e a t i v e l y a n d w e l l , a n d p e o p l e h a v e r e s p o n d e d . I t ’, s n o t c o m p l i c a t e d , b u t w h a t w a s p e r h a p s s t o p p i n g u s t r y i n g s o m e t h i n g l i k e t h i s b e f o r e w a s c o n f i d e n c e . I f o u r l i t t l e p a r i s h c a n d o i t , a n y p a r i s h c a n . ”, 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 a n d t h e D i v i n e I n f a n t o f P r a g u e , B e s t ­, w o o d –, T h e y s a w a l a r g e i n c r e a s e i n C h r i s t m a s E v e a n d E a s t e r S u n d a y a t t e n ­, d a n c e . A s u c c e s s f u l c r a f t d a y w a s h e l d i n t h e s c h o o l d u r i n g t h e E a s t e r h o l i d a y s i n v i t i n g e v e r y o n e t o t h e s e r v i c e s . “, W e ’, v e r e a l l y g o t i n v o l v e d i n t h e l o c a l C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s , n o t l e a s t b e c a u s e w e h a v e t h r e e h e a d m i s t r e s s e s o n t h e t e a m . T h r o u g h t h e s c h o o l w e h a v e p r o m o t e d a l l o f t h e c h u r c h s e r v i c e s a n d t h e c h i l d r e n ’, s c a r o l s e r v i c e w a s h e l d i n t h e c h u r c h t h i s y e a r . A t t h i s , F r G e r r y w e l c o m e d a l l t h o s e p r e s e n t a n d i n v i t e d t h e m t o v i s i t t h e p a r i s h a g a i n . P a r i s h i o n e r s a r e a l s o b e i n g e n c o u r a g e d t o s u p p o r t e v e n t s w h e r e p o s s i b l e ”, –, G a b r i e l l e O u r L a d y o f V i c t o r i e s , M a r k e t H a r b o r ­, o u g h –, “, O n G o o d F r i d a y w e s e t u p a p r a y e r s t a t i o n a t t h e c h u r c h f r o m 1 0 a m t o 3 p m a s p a r t o f a n e c u m e n i c a l i n i t i a t i v e i n t h e t o w n . A r o u n d 1 6 0 v i s i t o r s v i s i t e d o u r c h u r c h f r o m a l l d e n o m i n a t i o n s . V i s i ­, t o r s w e r e a l l g i f t e d a b e a u t i f u l , l a m i n a t e d f o l d –, o u t S t a t i o n s o f t h e C r o s s p r a y e r c a r d . T h e y w e r e a l s o i n v i t e d t o : l i g h t a c a n d l e , l e a v e a p r a y e r a t t h e f o o t o f t h e C r o s s , s i t q u i e t l y a n d c o n t e m p l a t e t h e l a s t w o r d s o f C h r i s t . T h e t e a m w a s o n h a n d f o r t h o s e w h o w i s h e d t o t a l k t o s o m e o n e . ”, ­, M a r g a r e t E a c h o f t h e p a r i s h e s u n d e r t o o k d i f f e r e n t i n i t i a t i v e s , b u t t h e c o m m o n o u t c o m e s w e r e : a l l p a r i s h e s s a i d t h a t M a s s a t t e n ­, d a n c e h a d i n c r e a s e d , o n e p a r i s h s a i d M a s s a t t e n d a n c e a t E a s t e r h a d d o u b l e d , a l l h a v e s e e n p e o p l e r e t u r n t o t h e f a i t h , i t h a s h e l p e d c r e a t e a c u l t u r e o f e v a n g e l i s a t i o n i n t h e p a r i s h a n d c o n f i d e n c e t o d o e v a n g e ­, l i s a t i o n h a s i n c r e a s e d a m o n g s t t h e t e a m m e m b e r s . I f a n y p a r i s h i s i n t e r e s t e d i n t r a i n i n g a n e v a n g e l i s a t i o n t e a m o r r e q u i r e f u r t h e r i n ­, f o r m a t i o n , p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e D i o c e s a n A d u l t F o r m a t i o n O f f i c e a t f o r m a t i o n at n r c d t . o r g . u k V i e w N e w s A r t i c l e a t : h t t p : / / w w w . c a t h o l i c n e w s . o r g . u k / H o m e / N e w s / C h u r c h ­, G r o w t h

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