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Dec 2014 edition of the Nottingham Catholic News
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T h e b e a t i f i c a t i o n f o r P a u l V I w a s h e l d o n 1 9 O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 a t t h e V a t i c a n , w i t h t h e d e c e a s e d p o n t i f f r e c e i v i n g t h e t i t l e ", B l e s s e d ", . T h e n e x t s t e p w o u l d b e t h e r e c o g n i t i o n o f a n o t h e r m i r a c l e , w h i c h w o u l d r e s u l t i n h i s c a n o n i s a t i o n . H i s t o m b u n d e r n e a t h S a i n t P e t e r ` s B a s i l i c a w a s m o d i f i e d t h e w e e k o f t h e b e a t i f i c a t i o n w i t h t h e i n s c r i p t i o n ", B E A T V S ", ( ", B l e s s e d ", ) a d d e d b e f o r e h i s n a m e . H e r e i s t h e t r a n s l a t i o n o f t h e H o l y F a t h e r ’, s h o m i l y a t t h e C e l e b r a t i o n o f M a s s f o r t h e C l o s i n g o f t h e S y n o d o f B i s h o p s a n d t h e B e - a t i f i c a t i o n o f P o p e P a u l V I . W e h a v e j u s t h e a r d o n e o f t h e m o s t f a m o u s p h r a s e s i n t h e e n t i r e G o s p e l : ", R e n d e r t o C a e s a r t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e C a e s a r ’, s , a n d t o G o d t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e G o d ’, s ", ( M t 2 2 : 2 1 ) . G o a d e d b y t h e P h a r i s e e s w h o w a n t e d , a s i t w e r e , t o g i v e h i m a n e x a m i n r e l i g i o n a n d c a t c h h i m i n e r r o r , J e s u s g i v e s t h i s i r o n i c a n d b r i l l i a n t r e p l y . I t i s a s t r i k i n g p h r a s e w h i c h t h e L o r d h a s b e q u e a t h e d t o a l l t h o s e w h o e x p e r i e n c e q u a l m s o f c o n s c i e n c e , p a r - t i c u l a r l y w h e n t h e i r c o m f o r t , t h e i r w e a l t h , t h e i r p r e s t i g e , t h e i r p o w e r a n d t h e i r r e p u - t a t i o n a r e i n q u e s - t i o n . T h i s h a p p e n s a l l t h e t i m e , i t a l - w a y s h a s . C e r t a i n l y J e s u s p u t s t h e s t r e s s o n t h e s e c - o n d p a r t o f t h e p h r a s e : ", a n d [ r e n d e r ] t o G o d t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e G o d ’, s ", . T h i s c a l l s f o r a c k n o w l e d g - i n g a n d p r o f e s s i n g –, i n t h e f a c e o f a n y s o r t o f p o w e r –, t h a t G o d a l o n e i s t h e L o r d o f m a n k i n d , t h a t t h e r e i s n o o t h e r . T h i s i s t h e p e r e n n i a l n e w - n e s s t o b e d i s c o v e r e d e a c h d a y , a n d i t r e - q u i r e s m a s t e r i n g t h e f e a r w h i c h w e o f t e n f e e l a t G o d ’, s s u r - p r i s e s . G o d i s n o t a f r a i d o f n e w t h i n g s ! T h a t i s w h y h e i s c o n t i n u a l l y s u r p r i s i n g u s , o p e n i n g o u r h e a r t s a n d g u i d - i n g u s i n u n e x p e c t e d w a y s . H e r e n e w s u s : h e c o n s t a n t l y m a k e s u s ", n e w ", . 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A D i a m o n d C e l e b r a t i o n i n M a r k e t H a r b o r o u g h b y M a r y O ` n e i l O n S e p t e m b e r 1 3 t h t h i s y e a r t h e P a r i s h P r i e s t F r O ’, N e i l l a s w e l l a s F r A l a n B u r b i d g e a n d F r P e t e r W a d e ( b o t h H a r b o r o u g h b o r n ) a n d P a r i s h i o n e r s o f O u r L a d y o f V i c t o r i e s j o i n e d t h e P r e s e n - t a t i o n S i s t e r s i n c e l e b r a t i n g s i x t y y e a r s o f P r e s e n t a t i o n m i n i s t r y i n t h i s l o v e l y p a r t o f t h e D i o c e s e . I t w a s A u g u s t 1 9 5 4 t h a t t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n w a s i n v i t e d b y F r D o u g l a s K e y t o j o i n t h e p a r i s h a n d t w o S i s t e r s b e g a n m i n i s t r y i n S t . 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S S e e c c o o n n d d S S a a t t u u r r d d a a y y s s : : T T a a l l k k s s a a n n d d R R e e f f l l e e c c t t i i o o n n s s o o n n c c u u r r r r e e n n t t i i s s s s u u e e s s i i n n t t h h e e C C h h u u r r c c h h [10.30 for 11.00 am , 1.00 pm followed by shared lunch] Consecrated Life 14 February , Unique features of the Consecrated Life 14 March , Tracing the variety of Consecrated Vocations 09 May , The vow of poverty in today’,s world Complexities of Today’,s Relationships 13 June , Married Life 11 July , Single Life Ecology 12 September , Stewardship of Creation 10 October , Misuse of Resources 14 November , Pope Francis and Ecology F F o o u u r r t t h h S S a a t t u u r r d d a a y y s s : : A A f f t t e e r r n n o o o o n n R R e e t t r r e e a a t t a a n n d d M M a a s s s s [3.00,7.00 pm, includes Divine Mercy Chaplet, Talk, Adoration, Confession and Mass] 28 February , Praying with the Psalms 25 April , Praying Alone or with Others 27 June , Prayer in the Family 26 September , Praying with St. Therese 24 October , Praying with/for the Sick H H e e a a l l i i n n g g M M a a s s s s , , 7 7 . . 0 0 0 0 p p m m 06 March, 05 June, 04 September, 20 November. S S u u n n d d a a y y R R e e t t r r e e a a t t D D a a y y s s [10.30 for 11.00 am , 4.00 pm] 22 March , Blessed Antonio Rosmini: a Spiritual Guide for today 31 May , Healing of the Family Tree 12 July , Desert Day 29 November , Advent Retreat N N i i g g h h t t V V i i g g i i l l s s Pentecost Charismatic Vigil , 23,24 May 23 Saturday 10.00 pm to 5.00am, 24 Sunday Praying in the New Year , 31 December 11.00 pm , Adoration/thanksgiving for 2014 12.00 midnight , Mass of the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God C C o o n n t t e e m mp p l l a a t t i i v v e e P P r r a a y y e e r r [2.00,3.00 pm] 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month A A d d o o r r a a t t i i o o n n a a n n d d I I n n t t e e r r c c e e s s s s i i o o n n , , E E v v e e r r y y W W e e d d n n e e s s d d a a y y 6.00,7.00 pm , an Hour of Adoration/Vespers Rosmini Centre House of Prayer Programme 2015 Please phone 01509 813078 or e,mail rosminicentreinfo@gmail.com to attend any of the programmes Visit our Website for further details: www.rosminicentre.co.uk The Centre is available for retreats, meetings and other activities. Please do contact us. Rosmini Centre, 433 Fosse Way, LE7 4SJ –, 0ff A46 half a mile north of Ratcliffe College entrance on left, 50 metres before black and white Speed Camera sign. 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 . 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D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 4 C h a r i t y M e s s i a h f r o m S c r a t c h C o m e , S i n g , a n d P e r f o r m ! S u n d a y 2 1 s t D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 4 : O u r L a d y o f L o u r d e s C h u r c h , M i c k l e o v e r , D e r b y D E 3 9 G E C o m e a n d S i n g M e s s i a h f r o m S c r a t c h –, u s h e r i n t h e S e a s o n o f C h r i s t m a s a n d m a k e a g i f t t o t h e K a o m a O r , p h a n a g e A p p e a l i n Z a m b i a a n d t h e J e e l a l , A m a l b o y s h o m e i n B e t h a n y , P a l e s t i n e D i r e c t e d b y R i c h a r d R o d d i s E n q u i r i e s s h o u l d b e m a d e t o P e t e r G a l l e y : p e t e r at p g a l l e y . w a n a d o o . c o . u k ( R e s p o n s e w i l l b e m a d e a f t e r 1 O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 ) C h a r i t y m e s s i a h m i c k l e o v e r . t u m b l r . c o m P o p e s a y s a n n u l m e n t p r o c e s s s h o u l d b e c h e a p e r a n d m o r e e f f i c i e n t B y F r a n c i s X . 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A s a n e x a m p l e o f t h e b u r d e n s f a c e d b y t h o s e s e e k i n g a n n u l m e n t s , t h e p o p e r e - c a l l e d t h a t a t r i b u n a l h e o v e r s a w a s a r c h - b i s h o p o f B u e n o s A i r e s e x e r c i s e d j u r i s d i c t i o n o v e r d i o c e s e s a s f a r a s 1 5 0 m i l e s a w a y . ", I t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o i m a g i n e t h a t s i m p l e , c o m m o n p e o p l e s h o u l d g o t o t h e t r i b u n a l . T h e y h a v e t o t a k e a t r i p , t h e y h a v e t o m i s s d a y s o f w o r k , a l s o t h e c o s t , s o m a n y t h i n g s , ", t h e p o p e s a i d . 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P o p e F r a n c i s h a s a n n o u n c e d t h a t 2 0 1 5 w i l l b e a y e a r d e d i c a t e d t o t h e p r o m o t i o n o f C o n s e c r a t e d L i f e , a n d i s a s k i n g t h a t t h e C h u r c h ’, s r e l i g i o u s s i s t e r s , b r o t h e r s a n d p r i e s t s t o “, w a k e u p t h e w o r l d “, w i t h t h e i r t e s t i - m o n y o f f a i t h , h o l i n e s s a n d h o p e . T h e Y e a r o f C o n s e - c r a t e d L i f e b e g i n s o n 3 0 t h N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 4 A d v e n t S u n d a y , a n d w i l l e n d o n F e b r u a r y 2 n d 2 0 1 6 , t h e W o r l d D a y o f P r a y e r f o r C o n s e c r a t e d L i f e , w h i c h i s t h e F e a s t o f C a n d l e m a s s w h e n w e l i g h t c a n d l e s r e p - r e s e n t i n g C h r i s t t h e L i g h t o f t h e w o r l d , d e p i c t i n g t h e l i g h t o f t h e w o r l d w h i c h o u r r e l i g i o u s h o p e f u l l y p r o - c l a i m . 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A c k n o w l - e d g i n g t h e g o o d w o r k c u r r e n t l y b e i n g d o n e , t h e r e s e a r c h c a l l s f o r t h e C h u r c h t o b e m o r e r e - s p o n s i v e t o t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f p a r e n t s w h o h a v e s e n t t h e i r c h i l d r e n t o C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s . T h e r e s e a r c h p a p e r t i t l e d , ‘, C h a l l e n g e s a n d O p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r t h e N e w E v a n g e l i s a t i o n : A C a s e S t u d y o f C a t h o l i c P r i m a r y S c h o o l P a r e n t s i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s ’, w a s p u b l i s h e d i n W e s t - m i n s t e r t o c o i n c i d e w i t h a o n e - d a y E v a n g e l i s a t i o n S y m p o s i u m o n 5 N o v e m b e r . I t w a s c o m m i s - s i o n e d b y t h e B i s h o p s ’, C o n f e r - e n c e D e p a r t m e n t f o r E v a n g e l i s a t i o n a n d C a t e c h e s i s a n d w a s w r i t t e n b y D r A n n C a s s o n . 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O n e o f t h e t h i n g s , w h i c h c o m e s o v e r v e r y s t r o n g l y f r o m a r e a d i n g o f t h e r e p o r t , i s t h a t o u r C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s p r o v i d e a n i n v a l u a b l e t h r e s h o l d f o r m e e t i n g n o n - c h u r c h g o i n g C a t h o l i c p a r e n t s . ", H e a d d e d : “, W h a t s t r u c k m e w h e n r e f l e c t i n g o n t h e r e s e a r c h f i n d i n g s i s t h a t m a n y o f t h e p o - t e n t i a l p a s t o r a l r e s p o n s e s c o u l d b e v e r y s i m p l e , y e t i n t h e i r s i m - p l i c i t y t h e y c o u l d h a v e a t r a n s - f o r m i n g i m p a c t o n t h e f a i t h j o u r n e y o f a n o n - c h u r c h g o i n g C a t h o l i c p a r e n t . M o s t o f w h a t t h e p a r e n t s s h a r e i n D r C a s - s o n ’, s c a s e s t u d y i s s i g n i f i c a n t b u t u n c o m p l i c a t e d , w i t h t h e m a i n o b s t a c l e s r e l a t i n g t o f a i r l y b a s i c p r a c t i c a l t h i n g s t h a t c o u l d b e e a s i l y a d d r e s s e d i f t h e p a r i s h a n d s c h o o l p e r h a p s w o r k e d t o g e t h e r i n a m o r e j o i n e d - u p w a y . ”, T h e r e s e a r c h i s t h e l a t e s t e x - p r e s s i o n o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t ’, s 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 i c h h a s a s i t s f o c u s t h e d e v e l - o p m e n t , w i t h p a r t n e r s , o f s t r a t e g i e s a n d r e s o u r c e s 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 . T h e p a p e r e x p l o r e s t h e s p i r i t u a l n e e d s a n d i n t e r - e s t s , a s w e l l a s t h e f a i t h a n d p r a c t i c e , o f a s a m p l e o f C a t h o l i c p a r e n t s o f c h i l d r e n i n C a t h o l i c p r i m a r y s c h o o l s i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s . A r o u n d 7 0 d e l e g a t e s f r o m d i o - c e s e s a n d g r o u p s a c r o s s E n g - l a n d a n d W a l e s a t t e n d e d t h e d a y S y m p o s i u m a t w h i c h a s u m m a r y o f t h e n e w r e s e a r c h w a s p r e s e n t e d , a n d w o r k s h o p s w e r e o f f e r e d t o s h o w c a s e e x i s t - i n g g o o d p r a c t i c e a n d r e s o u r c e s . A n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f t h e d a y w a s r e c e i v i n g i n s i g h t s a n d f e e d b a c k f r o m t h o s e g a t h e r e d t o a f f i r m c u r r e n t , a n d t o i n f o r m n e w , p a s t o r a l a n d e v a n g e l i s t i c o u t r e a c h . F r P e t e r H a r r i s f r o m B i s h o p ’, s S t o r t f o r d a t t e n d e d t h e S y m p o - s i u m a n d s a i d : “, I t i s s o i m p o r - t a n t f o r u s t o c o m e t o g e t h e r a n d t o s h a r e t h e r e a l i t y o f p e o p l e ’, s l i v e s o f f a i t h a n d e s p e c i a l l y t o f o c u s o n t h e d a i l y m i r a c l e o f h o w t h e f a m i l y o f t h e C h u r c h c o n s t a n t l y r e n e w s i t s e l f i n s t r e n g t h e n i n g , i n s p i r i n g a n d c h a l l e n g i n g e a c h o t h e r . I a m t a k i n g h o m e m a n y p r a c t i c a l e x - a m p l e s a n d i n s i g h t s . ”, M e a n w h i l e N i c h o l a H u r l e y f r o m t h e M a r y v a l e I n s t i t u t e i n B i r m i n g h a m s a i d : “, A d a y o f i n - s p i r a t i o n , h o s p i t a l i t y a n d s h a r - i n g o f G o d ’, s g i f t s a n d C h u r c h r e s o u r c e s . A n i m p o r t a n t t i m e o f l i s t e n i n g , p r o m p t i n g u s t o p e r - s e v e r e i n s h a r i n g t h e G o s p e l m e s s a g e . ”, M a r i e P o t t e r , V i c e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e C a t h o l i c W o m e n ’, s L e a g u e i n S o u t h w a r k A r c h d i o c e s e , s h a r e d : “, I g a i n e d a d e e p e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e i s s u e s f o r p a r e n t s e n g a g i n g w i t h p a r i s h l i f e a n d e x c e l l e n t s t r a t e g i e s f o r m a k i n g f a m i l i e s f e e l t r u l y w e l c o m e i n o u r p a r i s h . ”, T h e f u l l r e s e a r c h p a p e r c a n b e f o u n d a t : h t t p : / / c b c e w . o r g . u k / c a s e - s t u d y - c a t h o l i c - p r i m a r y - p a r e n t s A b r e a d t h o f p a r t n e r s w e r e i n v o l v e d i n a n d s u p p o r t e d t h e r e s e a r c h a n d i n c l u d e t h e B i s h o p s ’, C o n f e r e n c e H o m e M i s - s i o n D e s k , t h e C a t h o l i c E d u c a - t i o n S e r v i c e , a n d t h e M a r r i a g e a n d F a m i l y L i f e P r o j e c t O f f i c e . D i s c u s s i o n q u e s t i o n s f o r o n - g o i n g r e f l e c t i o n a r e o f f e r e d a t t h e e n d o f e a c h c h a p t e r t o a s s i s t t h e m a k i n g o f l o c a l r e s p o n s e s i n s e r v i c e o f C a t h o l i c e v a n g e l i s a - t i o n . T h e t e a m s c o n d u c t i n g t h e R e t i r e d P r i e s t s A p p e a l a n n o u n c e t h a t j u s t o v e r £, 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 h a s s o f a r b e i n g r a i s e d t h r o u g h t h e g e n e r o s i t y o f d o n o r s . A f u l l r e p o r t w i l l a p p e a r i n J a n u a r y ` s C a t h o l i c N e w s .
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T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 4 P a g e 5 EBOLA CRISIS APPEAL cafod.org.uk/ebola or call 0500 85 88 85 Registered charity no. 285776 Thousands of people have died from the deadly Ebola virus, in the largest outbreak ever known. “,Ebola leaves orphans in its wake who have now lost their source of food, education, love and care. It has taken our farmers away from the fi,elds. It has shut down our roads and market places –, destroying future economic prosperity.”, Patrick Jamiru, Director of Caritas Kenema in Sierra Leone In Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, our partners are spreading the word about hand washing and good hygiene, as well as distributing soap and chlorine, providing safe burials, and providing food to quarantined families. Please give to our Ebola crisis appeal today. R52717 A n n u a l T r a v e l l e r s M a s s D u r i n g 2 0 1 4 t h e p a s t o r a l m i n i s t r y t o t h e T r a v e l l i n g c o m m u n i t y l e d b y S i s t e r B e r n a d e t t e a n d a s m a l l t e a m o f l a y r e p r e - s e n t a t i v e s a c r o s s t h e N o t t i n g h a m D i o c e s e , c u l m i n a t e d a t t h e A n n u a l M a s s o n S a t u r - d a y 1 1 t h O c t o b e r . T h e m a s s w a s c e l e b r a t e d b y F a t h e r J o h n J o e M a l o n e y a t B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t C h u r c h i n L e i c e s t e r d u e t o t h e n u m b e r o f c h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g p e o p l e o f t h e l o c a l t r a v e l l i n g c o m m u n i t y i n t h i s a r e a r e q u i r i n g H o l y C o m m u n i o n a n d C o n f i r m a t i o n . O v e r t h e p r e c e d i n g m o n t h s a p r o g r a m m e o f s a c r a - m e n t a l p r e p a r a t i o n w a s p r o v i d e d t o 2 2 c h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g p e o p l e , t h i s i n c l u d e d 1 2 c h i l d r e n f o r H o l y C o m m u n i o n a n d 1 1 y o u n g p e o p l e f o r C o n f i r m a t i o n . O n t h e d a y t h e p a s t o r a l t e a m f r o m a c r o s s t h e D i o c e s e p r o v i d e d r e c e p t i o n t o t h e c h u r c h a n d w e r e i n v o l v e d i n t h e L i t u r g y , f a m i l y m e m b e r s o f t w o o f t h e c a n d i d a t e s t o o k u p t h e o f f e r t o r y g i f t s a n d C o n f i r m a - t i o n c a n d i d a t e s r e a d t h e b i d d i n g p r a y e r s w i t h t h e H o l y C o m m u n i o n c h i l d r e n r e a d - i n g p r a y e r s a f t e r C o m m u n i o n . I t w a s a j o y - o u s o c c a s i o n w i t h t h e c o m m u n i t y c o m i n g t o g e t h e r t o s u p p o r t t h e i r c h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g p e o p l e d u r i n g t h i s t i m e . F a i t h a n d f a m i l y w e r e c l e a r l y e v i d e n t a t t h i s c e l e b r a t i o n , w i t h m a n y p r o u d c h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g p e o p l e s t a n d i n g w i t h F a t h e r J o h n J o e a n d t h e n t h e i r f a m i l i e s f o r p h o t o - g r a p h s a f t e r t h e m a s s . A s a c o m m u n i t y , B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t p a r i s h i o n e r s w e r e i n v o l v e d i n t h e p r e p a r a - t i o n o f c a n d i d a t e s , t h e m a s s c e l e b r a t i o n w i t h o u r l o c a l a l t a r s e r v e r s , p r a y e r s o f t h e f a i t h f u l a t a l l m a s s e s r e m e m b e r i n g t h e c a n d i d a t e s w h o h a d r e c e i v e d t h e s a c r a - m e n t s a n d f i n a l l y t h e P a r i s h T e a m p r o - v i d e d a r e c e p t i o n i n t h e H a l l w h i c h w a s e n j o y e d b y a l l . K a r e n S c o t t A r e l i g i o u s s i s t e r , l i v i n g t h e e r e m i t i c a l l i f e w i t h i n t h e N o t t i n g h a m D i o c e s e , i s s e e k i n g a c c o m m o d a t i o n n e a r a c h u r c h w i t h d a i l y M a s s . I n r e t u r n s h e i s w i l l i n g t o d o a n a m o u n t o f w o r k . I f y o u a r e a b l e t o h e l p p l e a s e r i n g 0 7 8 2 5 0 4 0 3 7 5 P o p e F r a n c i s w i l l v i s i t t h e S h r o u d o f T u r i n d u r i n g i t s p u b l i c d i s p l a y i n T u r i n ’, s c a t h e - d r a l A p r i l 1 9 - J u n e 2 4 , 2 0 1 5 , a s w e l l a s c o m m e m o r a t e t h e 2 0 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e b i r t h o f S t . J o h n B o s c o . A c c o r d i n g t o t r a d i t i o n , t h e 1 4 - f o o t - b y - 4 - f o o t l i n e n c l o t h i s t h e b u r i a l s h r o u d o f J e s u s . T h e s h r o u d h a s a f u l l - l e n g t h p h o t o n e g a t i v e i m a g e o f a m a n , f r o n t a n d b a c k , b e a r i n g s i g n s o f w o u n d s t h a t c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e G o s p e l a c c o u n t s o f t h e t o r t u r e J e s u s e n - d u r e d i n h i s p a s s i o n a n d d e a t h . T h e c h u r c h h a s n e v e r o f f i c i a l l y r u l e d o n t h e s h r o u d ’, s a u t h e n t i c i t y , s a y i n g j u d g - m e n t s a b o u t i t s a g e a n d o r i g i n b e l o n g e d t o s c i e n t i f i c i n v e s t i g a t i o n . S c i e n t i s t s h a v e d e - b a t e d i t s a u t h e n t i c i t y f o r d e c a d e s , a n d s t u d i e s h a v e l e d t o c o n f l i c t i n g r e s u l t s . T h e a r c h b i s h o p a n d o t h e r o r g a n i z e r s o f t h e e x h i b i t i o n t o l d r e p o r t e r s t h e y e x p e c t a t l e a s t 1 m i l l i o n p e o p l e f r o m a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d t o v i s i t d u r i n g t h e t w o - m o n t h - l o n g p u b l i c e x p o s i t i o n . A l l d o n a t i o n s m a d e b y p i l g r i m s d u r i n g t h e e v e n t w i l l b e e a r m a r k e d f o r a h o s p i c e f o r t h e t e r m i n a l l y i l l , o f f i c i a l s a n n o u n c e d . 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P a r i s h i o n e r s f r o m t h e t w o S c u n - t h o r p e p a r i s h e s o f H o l y S o u l s a n d S t B e r n a d e t t e ’, s , a n d a l s o t h e p a r i s h o f S t N o r b e r t ’, s i n C r o w l e t o o k p a r t i n t h e S c u n t h o r p e D e a n e r y p i l g r i m - a g e t o P o l a n d . T h e y w e r e a c c o m p a - n i e d b y t h e D e a n F a t h e r E d d y J a r o s z a n d a l s o b y F a t h e r C o l i n T a y l o r , f r o m t h e p a r i s h o f O u r L a d y o f L i n c o l n i n L i n c o l n . W h i l s t i n P o l a n d t h e p i l g r i m a g e w a s b a s e d i n t h e h i s t o r i c c i t y o f K r a k o w a n d t h e f i r s t f u l l d a y o f t h e p i l g r i m a g e w a s s p e n t v i s i t i n g t h e c i t y i n c l u d i n g i t s a n c i e n t u n i v e r - s i t y , c a s t l e , c a t h e d r a l , a n d m a r k e t s q u a r e . T h e n e x t d a y i n c l u d e d v i s - i t s t o t h e B a s i l i c a o f t h e D i v i n e M e r c y a t L a g i e w n i k i , t h e b i r t h - p l a c e o f S t J o h n P a u l I I a t W a d o w - i c e , a n d t h e n a z i c o n c e n t r a t i o n c a m p o f A u s c h w i t z w h i c h w a s t h e s i t e o f t h e m a r t y r d o m s o f S t M a x - i m i l l i a n K o l b e a n d S t T e r e s a B e n e - d i c t a o f t h e , C r o s s . O n t h e f i n a l f u l l d a y t h e g r o u p v i s i t e d t h e P o l i s h n a - t i o n a l s h r i n e o f C z e s t o c h o w a a n d w e r e p r i v i l e g e d t o b e a b l e t o h a v e M a s s i n f r o n t o f t h e i c o n o f O u r L a d y . T h e f i n a l d a y i n c l u d e d f r e e t i m e i n K r a k o w o r s o m e p i l g r i m s t o o k t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o v i s i t t h e f a m o u s s a l t m i n e s a t W i e l i c z k a b e f o r e t h e j o u r n e y b a c k t o L i n c o l n s h i r e . A s w e l l a s t h e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r p i l g r i m s t o v i s i t t h e s i t e s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h v a r i o u s s a i n t s i t a l s o g a v e p i l g r i m s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o l e a r n a l i t - t l e b i t a b o u t P o l a n d w h i c h i s t h e h o m e c o u n t r y o f m a n y o f o u r n e w p a r i s h i o n e r s . F i - n a l l y i t w a s a g o o d e x a m p l e o f h o w a D e a n e r y c a n w o r k t o g e t h e r t o a c h i e v e s o m e - t h i n g t h a t w o u l d b e b e y o n d t h e c a p a b i l i t y o f a n y s i n g l e p a r i s h t o a c h i e v e o n t h e i r o w n . T h i s w a s t h e s e c o n d S c u n t h o r p e D e a n e r y p i l - g r i m a g e f o l l o w i n g a s i m i l a r p i l - g r i m a g e t o R o m e i n 2 0 1 3 , a n d h o p e f u l l y f u r t h e r s u c h p i l g r i m a g e s w i l l f o l l o w i n t h e y e a r s a h e a d . C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 ", R e n d e r i n g t o G o d t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e G o d ’, s ", m e a n s b e i n g d o c i l e t o h i s w i l l , d e v o t i n g o u r l i v e s t o h i m a n d w o r k i n g f o r h i s k i n g d o m o f m e r c y , l o v e a n d p e a c e . H e r e i s w h e r e o u r t r u e s t r e n g t h i s f o u n d , h e r e i s t h e l e a v e n w h i c h m a k e s i t g r o w a n d t h e s a l t w h i c h g i v e s f l a v o u r t o a l l o u r e f f o r t s t o c o m b a t t h e p r e v a l e n t p e s - s i m i s m w h i c h t h e w o r l d p r o p o s e s t o u s . H e r e t o o i s w h e r e o u r h o p e i s f o u n d , f o r w h e n w e p u t o u r h o p e i n G o d w e a r e n e i t h e r f l e e i n g f r o m r e a l i t y n o r s e e k i n g a n a l i b i : i n s t e a d , w e a r e s t r i v i n g t o r e n d e r t o G o d w h a t i s G o d ’, s . T h a t i s w h y w e C h r i s t i a n s l o o k t o t h e f u t u r e , G o d ’, s f u t u r e . I t i s s o t h a t w e c a n l i v e t h i s l i f e t o t h e f u l l e s t –, w i t h o u r f e e t f i r m l y p l a n t e d o n t h e g r o u n d –, a n d r e s p o n d c o u r a g e o u s l y t o w h a t e v e r n e w c h a l l e n g e s c o m e o u r w a y . I n t h e s e d a y s , d u r i n g t h e e x t r a o r d i n a r y S y n o d o f B i s h - o p s , w e h a v e s e e n h o w t r u e t h i s i s . ", S y n o d ", m e a n s ", j o u r n e y i n g t o g e t h e r ", . A n d i n d e e d p a s t o r s a n d l a y p e o - p l e f r o m e v e r y p a r t o f t h e w o r l d h a v e c o m e t o R o m e , b r i n g i n g t h e v o i c e o f t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r C h u r c h e s i n o r d e r t o h e l p t o d a y ’, s f a m i l i e s w a l k t h e p a t h t h e G o s p e l w i t h t h e i r g a z e f i x e d o n J e s u s . I t h a s b e e n a g r e a t e x p e r i - e n c e , i n w h i c h w e h a v e l i v e d s y n o d a l i t y a n d c o l l e g i a l - i t y , a n d f e l t t h e p o w e r o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t w h o c o n s t a n t l y g u i d e s a n d r e n e w s t h e C h u r c h . F o r t h e C h u r c h i s c a l l e d t o w a s t e n o t i m e i n s e e k i n g t o b i n d u p o p e n w o u n d s a n d t o r e k i n d l e h o p e i n s o m a n y p e o p l e w h o h a v e l o s t h o p e . F o r t h e g i f t o f t h i s S y n o d a n d f o r t h e c o n s t r u c t i v e s p i r i t w h i c h e v e r y o n e h a s s h o w n , i n u n i o n w i t h t h e A p o s t l e P a u l ", w e g i v e t h a n k s t o G o d a l w a y s f o r y o u a l l , c o n - s t a n t l y m e n t i o n i n g y o u i n o u r p r a y e r s ", ( 1 T h 1 : 2 ) . M a y t h e H o l y S p i r i t , w h o d u r i n g t h e s e b u s y d a y s h a s e n - a b l e d u s t o w o r k g e n e r o u s l y , i n t r u e f r e e d o m a n d h u m - b l e c r e a t i v i t y , c o n t i n u e t o g u i d e t h e j o u r n e y w h i c h , i n t h e C h u r c h e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d , i s b r i n g i n g u s t o t h e O r d i n a r y S y n o d o f B i s h o p s i n O c t o b e r 2 0 1 5 . W e h a v e s o w n a n d w e c o n t i n u e d t o s o w , p a t i e n t l y a n d p e r - s e v e r i n g l y , i n t h e c e r t a i n t y t h a t i t i s t h e L o r d w h o g i v e s g r o w t h t o w h a t w e h a v e s o w n ( c f . 1 C o r 3 : 6 ) . O n t h i s d a y o f t h e B e a t i f i c a t i o n o f P o p e P a u l V I , I t h i n k o f t h e w o r d s w i t h w h i c h h e e s t a b l i s h e d t h e S y n o d o f B i s h o p s : ", b y c a r e f u l l y s u r v e y i n g t h e s i g n s o f t h e t i m e s , w e a r e m a k i n g e v e r y e f f o r t t o a d a p t w a y s a n d m e t h o d s …, t o t h e g r o w i n g n e e d s o f o u r t i m e a n d t h e c h a n g i n g c o n d i t i o n s o f s o c i e t y ", ( A p o s t o l i c L e t t e r M o t u P r o p r i o A p o s t o l i c a S o l l i c i t u d o ) . W h e n w e l o o k t o t h i s g r e a t P o p e , t h i s c o u r a g e o u s C h r i s t i a n , t h i s t i r e l e s s a p o s t l e , w e c a n n o t b u t s a y i n t h e s i g h t o f G o d a w o r d a s s i m p l e a s i t i s h e a r t f e l t a n d i m p o r t a n t : t h a n k s ! T h a n k y o u , o u r d e a r a n d b e l o v e d P o p e P a u l V I ! T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r h u m b l e a n d p r o p h e t i c w i t n e s s o f l o v e f o r C h r i s t a n d h i s C h u r c h ! I n h i s p e r s o n a l j o u r n a l , t h e g r e a t h e l m s m a n o f t h e C o u n c i l w r o t e , a t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f i t s f i n a l s e s s i o n : ", P e r h a p s t h e L o r d h a s c a l l e d m e a n d p r e s e r v e d m e f o r t h i s s e r v i c e n o t b e c a u s e I a m p a r t i c u l a r l y f i t f o r i t , o r s o t h a t I c a n g o v e r n a n d r e s c u e t h e C h u r c h f r o m h e r p r e s e n t d i f f i c u l t i e s , b u t s o t h a t I c a n s u f f e r s o m e t h i n g f o r t h e C h u r c h , a n d i n t h a t w a y i t w i l l b e c l e a r t h a t h e , a n d n o o t h e r , i s h e r g u i d e a n d s a v i o u r ", ( P . M a c c h i , P a o l o V I n e l l a s u a p a r o l a , B r e s c i a , 2 0 0 1 , p p . 1 2 0 - 1 2 1 ) . I n t h i s h u m i l i t y t h e g r a n d e u r o f B l e s s e d P a u l V I s h i n e s f o r t h : b e f o r e t h e a d v e n t o f a s e c u l a r i z e d a n d h o s t i l e s o c i e t y , h e c o u l d h o l d f a s t , w i t h f a r s i g h t e d n e s s a n d w i s d o m –, a n d a t t i m e s a l o n e –, t o t h e h e l m o f t h e b a r q u e o f P e t e r , w h i l e n e v e r l o s i n g h i s j o y a n d h i s t r u s t i n t h e L o r d . P a u l V I t r u l y ", r e n d e r e d t o G o d w h a t i s G o d ’, s ", b y d e - v o t i n g h i s w h o l e l i f e t o t h e ", s a c r e d , s o l e m n a n d g r a v e t a s k o f c o n t i n u i n g i n h i s t o r y a n d e x t e n d i n g o n e a r t h t h e m i s s i o n o f C h r i s t ", ( H o m i l y f o r t h e R i t e o f C o r o n a - t i o n : I n s e g n a m e n t i I , 1 9 6 3 , p . 2 6 ) , l o v i n g t h e C h u r c h a n d l e a d i n g h e r s o t h a t s h e m i g h t b e ", a l o v i n g m o t h e r o f t h e w h o l e h u m a n f a m i l y a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e t h e m i n i s t e r o f i t s s a l v a t i o n ", ( E n c y c l i c a l L e t t e r E c c l e s i a m S u a m , P r o l o g u e ) . P a g e 6 T h e C a t h o l i c N e w s . D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 4 S c u n t h o r p e D e a n e r y P i l g r i m a g e t o P o l a n d K n i g h t s o f S t C o l u m b a i n t h e N e w s T h e K n i g h t s o f S t C o l u m b a ’, s N a - t i o n a l A c t i o n P r o j e c t h a s b e e n t h e f o c u s o f C o u n - c i l 3 3 3 i n N e w a r k f o r t h e p a s t 1 2 m o n t h s . I n t o t a l t h e K S C h a v e r a i s e d i n e x c e s s o f £, 4 5 . 0 0 0 a n d t h e f u n d r a i s i n g i s n o t y e t o v e r . H o w e v e r t h e r e w a s e v e n m o r e t o c e l e b r a t e i n N e w a r k a s a g r o u p o f K n i g h t s o f S t C o l u m b a a n d f r i e n d s g a t h e r e d f o r a d u a l c e l e b r a t i o n . T h e N e w a r k B r o t h e r s w e r e f o r m e d i n 1 9 3 9 a n d c e l e b r a t e d t h e i r 7 5 t h a n n i v e r s a r y a n d t h e L i n c o l n s h i r e P r o v i n c e o f w h i c h t h e y a r e p a r t h a d r e a c h e d 6 5 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e t o t h e C h u r c h i n L i n c o l n s h i r e a n d N e w a r k . A b u f f e t L u n c h w a s f o l l o w e d b y s p e e c h e s b y R i c h a r d M i t c h e l l o f L o u g h b o r o u g h a n d F r a n k G o u l d i n g o f N e w a r k . A t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y a b l e o c c a s i o n f u l l o f m e m o r i e s a l s o r a i s e d £, 5 6 0 f o r t h e N e w a r k C h i l d r e n ’, s B e r e a v e m e n t C e n t r e . O n a s e p a r a t e o c c a - s i o n i n N o v e m b e r a f t e r a M a s s f o r d e c e a s e d B r o t h e r s o f C o u n c i l 3 3 3 F r M i c h a e l w a s p r e s e n t e d w i t h h i s M e m b e r o f H o n o u r C e r - t i f i c a t e b y B r o t h e r B r i a n M a r t o . ( p i c t u r e d ) C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 B y h a p p y c o i n c i d e n c e t h i s y e a r a l s o s a w t h e i r s a i n t l y F o u n d r e s s , N a n o N a g l e , b e i n g d e c l a r e d ‘, V e n e r a b l e ’, b y P o p e F r a n c i s . S h e w a s t h e 1 8 t h c e n t u r y h e r o i n e w h o t o o k o n t h e P e n a l L a w s o f I r e l a n d w h i c h f o r b a d e e d u - c a t i o n t o C a t h o l i c c h i l d r e n a n d , r i s k i n g i m p r i s o n m e n t o r w o r s e , s e c r e t l y o p e n i n g h e r s c h o o l s f o r t h e l o s t a n d a b a n d o n e d c h i l d r e n o f h e r d a y . 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I n o w t u r n t o t h e h o r r e n d o u s p l i g h t o f r e f u g e e s t r y i n g t o r e a c h s o u t h e r n E u - r o p e i n o p e n b o a t s , y e s o p e n b o a t s . I t s e e m s t h a t t h e E u r o p e a n U n i o n i n c l u d - i n g B r i t a i n i s p a r t y t o m a k i n g m a t t e r s w o r s e i f t h e p r o p o s a l t o l e t t h e I t a l i a n n a v y c l o s e d o w n i t s s e a r c h a n d r e s c u e o p e r a t i o n i s i m p l e m e n t e d . T o i t s c r e d i t t h e I t a l i a n n a v y h a s r e s c u e d a r o u n d 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e b u t m a n y h u n d r e d s a r e k n o w n t o h a v e d r o w n e d . I f t h i s n e w p o l - i c y c o m e s i n t o e f f e c t t h e E U w i l l s p o n s o r a m u c h m o r e l i m i t e d e f f o r t t o s i m p l y p a - t r o l I t a l i a n c o a s t a l w a t e r s . A r e w e s a y - i n g i n n o c e n t l i v e s o f g e n u i n e a s y l u m s e e k e r s w i l l b e l o s t ? I s t h i s n o w h o w w e s e e i m m i g r a t i o n p o l i c y t o w a r d s t h e p e o - p l e w h o h a v e f l e d f r o m f e a r f u l p e r s e c u - t i o n i n t h e i r h o m e l a n d s ? T h e r e m u s t b e a b e t t e r s o l u t i o n i n t h e a r e a o f t h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n w h e r e m a n y o f u s h a v e t a k e n h o l i d a y s . A s w e c o m m e n c e t h e s e a s o n o f A d v e n t t h e p l i g h t o f s o m a n y o f o u r f e l l o w h u m a n b e i n g s w i l l n o t f a d e a w a y . W e c a n n o t s o l v e t h e p r o b l e m s o f t h e u n - p r e c e d e n t e d r e f u g e e n u m b e r s f r o m S y r i a a n d o t h e r c o u n t r i e s e a s i l y . O u r p o l i t i - c i a n s w h o s o m e t i m e s c l a i m t h a t P a r l i a - m e n t h a s n o t e n o u g h t o d i s c u s s c o u l d s u r e l y s o r t o u t a b e t t e r s t r a t e g y a n d m o r e u s e o f c o m p a s s i o n t o w a r d s a s y l u m s e e k e r s . O n a v i s i t t o W e s t m i n s t e r C a t h e d r a l , t h i s y e a r a p r i e s t s a i d t o m e “, P l e a s e p r a y f o r S y r i a ”, . W h e n w e b u y o u r C h r i s t m a s c a r d s t h i s y e a r w e m i g h t j u s t c o n t e m p l a t e t h e F l i g h t i n t o E g y p t a s w e l l , i t s m e s s a g e w i l l b e w i t h u s w e l l i n t o 2 0 1 5 . 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 t S t e p h e n , F i r s t m a r t y r f e a s t d a y 2 6 t h D e c e m b e r S t e p h e n ` s n a m e m e a n s ", c r o w n , ", a n d h e w a s t h e f i r s t d i s c i p l e o f J e s u s t o r e c e i v e t h e m a r t y r ` s c r o w n . S t e p h e n w a s a d e a c o n i n t h e e a r l y C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h . T h e a p o s t l e s h a d f o u n d t h a t t h e y n e e d e d h e l p e r s t o l o o k a f t e r t h e c a r e o f t h e w i d o w s a n d t h e p o o r . S o t h e y o r d a i n e d s e v e n d e a c o n s , a n d S t e p h e n i s t h e m o s t f a m o u s o f t h e s e . G o d w o r k e d m a n y m i r a c l e s t h r o u g h S t . S t e p h e n a n d h e s p o k e w i t h s u c h w i s d o m a n d g r a c e t h a t m a n y o f h i s h e a r e r s b e c a m e f o l l o w e r s o f J e s u s . T h e e n e m i e s o f t h e C h u r c h o f J e s u s w e r e f u r i o u s t o s e e h o w s u c c e s s f u l S t e p h e n ` s p r e a c h i n g w a s . A t l a s t , t h e y l a i d a p l o t f o r h i m . T h e y c o u l d n o t a n s w e r h i s w i s e a r g u m e n t , s o t h e y g o t m e n t o l i e a b o u t h i m , s a y i n g t h a t h e h a d s p o k e n s i n f u l l y a g a i n s t G o d . S t . S t e p h e n f a c e d t h a t g r e a t a s s e m b l y o f e n e m i e s w i t h o u t f e a r . I n f a c t , t h e H o l y B i b l e s a y s t h a t h i s f a c e l o o k e d l i k e t h e f a c e o f a n a n g e l . T h e s a i n t s p o k e a b o u t J e s u s , s h o w i n g t h a t H e i s t h e S a v i o u r , G o d h a d p r o m i s e d t o s e n d . H e s c o l d e d h i s e n e m i e s f o r n o t h a v i n g b e l i e v e d i n J e s u s . A t t h a t , t h e y r o s e u p i n g r e a t a n g e r a n d s h o u t e d a t h i m . B u t S t e p h e n l o o k e d u p t o H e a v e n a n d s a i d t h a t h e s a w t h e h e a v - e n s o p e n i n g a n d J e s u s s t a n d i n g a t t h e r i g h t h a n d o f G o d . H i s h e a r e r s p l u g g e d t h e i r e a r s a n d r e f u s e d t o l i s t e n t o a n o t h e r w o r d . T h e y d r a g g e d S t . S t e p h e n o u t s i d e t h e c i t y o f J e r u s a l e m a n d s t o n e d h i m t o d e a t h . T h e s a i n t p r a y e d , ", L o r d J e s u s , r e c e i v e m y s p i r i t ! ", T h e n h e f e l l t o h i s k n e e s a n d b e g g e d G o d n o t t o p u n i s h h i s e n e m i e s f o r k i l l i n g h i m . A f t e r s u c h a n e x p r e s s i o n o f l o v e , t h e h o l y m a r t y r w e n t t o h i s h e a v e n l y r e w a r d . H i s f e a s t d a y i s D e c e m b e r 2 6 t h . “, A J O U R N E Y O F P E R S O N A L F A I T H ”, W I T H L E I C E S T E R S H I R E C A T H O L I C A C T I V E Y O U T H
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S u r v i v o r s o f T y p h o o n H a i y a n , w h i c h d e v - a s t a t e d t h e P h i l i p p i n e s l a s t N o v e m b e r , h a v e t h a n k e d t h e p e o p l e o f N o t t i n g h a m D i o c e s e f o r t h e i r s u p p o r t o n t h e o n e y e a r a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e d i s a s t e r . O v e r £, 1 9 4 , 7 0 0 w a s g i v e n b y p a r i s h e s , s c h o o l s , g r o u p s a n d i n d i v i d u a l s a c r o s s N o t - t i n g h a m D i o c e s e t o C A F O D ’, s P h i l i p p i n e s T y p h o o n A p p e a l , w h i c h h a s h e l p e d p r o v i d e f o o d , w a t e r , s a n i t a t i o n , p e r m a n e n t h o m e s a n d f i s h i n g b o a t s , a s w e l l a s h e l p i n g p e o p l e w h o l o s t e v e r y t h i n g m a k e a l i v i n g a g a i n i n t h e y e a r s i n c e t h e s t o r m s t r u c k . T y p h o o n H a i y a n h i t t h e P h i l i p p i n e s i n t h e e a r l y h o u r s o f 8 t h N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3 w i t h w i n d s o f u p t o 1 7 0 m p h , a f f e c t i n g 1 4 m i l l i o n p e o p l e . 6 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e l o s t t h e i r l i v e s , f i v e m i l l i o n p e o p l e l o s t t h e i r h o m e s a n d 3 3 m i l - l i o n c o c o n u t t r e e s w e r e d e s t r o y e d –, t h e m a i n s o u r c e o f i n c o m e f o r m a n y . C A F O D ’, s P h i l i p p i n e s T y p h o o n A p p e a l r a i s e d £, 5 . 4 m i l l i o n i n t o t a l , a n d b y w o r k i n g a l o n g s i d e l o c a l p a r t n e r s t h e C a t h o l i c c h a r - i t y h a s r e a c h e d m o r e t h a n 1 3 5 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e s o f a r . O n e o f t h e a f f e c t e d f a m i l i e s w a s t h a t o f P r o s p e r o a n d E l e n a A b u a m a , w h o l i v e o n t h e G u i u a n p e n i n s u l a , t h e f i r s t p l a c e t o b e h i t b y t h e t y p h o o n . E l e n a s a i d : “, W e w e r e s o s c a r e d . T h e r e w a s a t e r r i f y i n g n o i s e , l i k e a w h i s t l i n g a n d t h e n b o o m , o u r r o o f f e l l d o w n o n t h e k i t c h e n t a b l e w h e r e w e w e r e h i d i n g a n d r a i n w a s p o u r i n g i n . T h e s t o r m l a s t e d s i x h o u r s . W e t h o u g h t w e w e r e a b o u t t o d i e . ”, T o d a y , t h a n k s t o d o n a t i o n s t o C A F O D , P r o s p e r o a n d E l e n a h a v e m o v e d i n t o a n e w h o m e , s p e c i a l l y d e s i g n e d t o w i t h s t a n d f u - t u r e t y p h o o n s . P r o s p e r o s a i d : “, O u r n e w h o u s e i s b e t t e r t h a n o u r o l d h o u s e . I h e l p e d d e s i g n i t a n d I w a n t e d i t t o b e s i m p l e a n d s t r o n g . I t ’, s a g o o d h o u s e a n d w e ’, r e h a p p y . M y m e s s a g e t o p e o p l e w h o d o n a t e d i s s i m p l y , t h a n k y o u . ”, R o m i l a , 3 7 , w a s e i g h t m o n t h s p r e g n a n t w h e n t h e t y p h o o n h i t . W h e n h e r h o u s e b e g a n t o c o l l a p s e , s h e a n d h e r h u s b a n d r a c e d t h r o u g h t h e s t o r m t o t a k e s h e l t e r i n t h e l o c a l c h u r c h . A l l t h e y h a d l e f t w a s t h e t o w e l s h e w a s h o l d i n g , s o m e w e t c l o t h e s a n d o n e p o t . H e r h u s b a n d ’, s f i s h i n g b o a t a n d e q u i p m e n t w a s a l l d e s t r o y e d . T h a n k s t o y o u r d o n a t i o n s t o C A F O D , R o m i l a , h e r h u s b a n d R o n a l d a n d t h e i r b a b y M a r y - K a t e h a v e m o v e d i n t o a n e w h o m e a n d R o n a l d i s e a r n i n g m o n e y a s a c a r p e n t e r h e l p i n g o t h - e r s b u i l d t h e i r h o m e s . C A F O D ’, s m a n a g e r f o r o u r d i o c e s e , M a r i e M o l l o y s a i d : “, T y p h o o n H a i y a n w a s t h e d e a d l i e s t s t o r m e v e r t o h i t t h e P h i l i p p i n e s , t e a r i n g a p a r t t h e l i v e s o f m i l l i o n s . T h a n k s t o t h e i n c r e d i b l e g e n e r o s i t y o f p e o p l e i n t h i s d i o c e s e a n d b e y o n d w e w e r e a b l e t o d e l i e v e r f o o d , w a t e r a n d e m e r g e n c y s h e l t e r i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r t h e s t o r m . “, W e ’, v e a l s o b e e n a b l e t o b u i l d h u n d r e d s o f s o l i d , t y p h o o n - r e s i s t a n t h o m e s f o r p e o p l e l i k e P r o s p e r o a n d E l e n a a n d R o m i l a a n d R o n a l d a n d t h e i r b a b y , a n d w e ’, l l c o n t i n u e t o b u i l d m o r e o v e r t h e c o m i n g m o n t h s . 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L i v i n g i n t h e h e a r t o f L o n d o n , t h e T y b u r n B e n e d i c t i n e C o m m u , n i t y h a s a s i t s s p e c i a l m i s s i o n , p r a y e r f o r t h e p e o p l e o f E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s . O u r m o n a s t e r y i s b u i l t o n t h e s i t e o f t h e T y b u r n g a l l o w s w h e r e 1 0 5 C a t h o l i c s w e r e m a r t y r e d d u r i n g t h e r e f o r m a , t i o n . O u r l i f e o f p r a y e r d r a w s S i s t e r s f r o m m a n y n a t i o n s . I f y o u h a v e a s p e c i a l i n t e n t i o n , l e t u s k n o w a n d w e w i l l r e m e m , b e r i t s p e c i f i c a l l y i n o u r p r a y e r . Y o u m a y l i k e t o u s e t h e s p a c e b e l o w . 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Don’,t forget we can also sell SINGLE-TRIP COVER, with any dura tion up to one year, with no maximum age limit and up to £,20,000 cancellation cover per couple. CALL ,FOR ,DETAILS AND PRICES 0116 272 0500 Real people , not machines! FT Travel Insurance Car Hire Authorised and regulated by the FSA Parish of St Peters Leicester Welcome to the parish of St. Peter`s in Leicester. St. Peter`s is a vibrant parish on the western side of Leicester City, just out, side the city centre. The parish is made up of people originating from many different countries around the world, which reflects the multicultural nature of Leicester City itself, and reminds us of the universality of Christ’,s Church. The information below is taken from the parish website from which much more information may be obtained at stpetersleicester.org.uk The Catholic Faith is thought to have been brought to Leicester about the year 653, al, though the original Diocese of Leicester was not constituted until 737. By the time of the Dissolution in 1538 39, the city boasted many Churches and was served by several Religious Orders of men and women. The development of the Faith in post refor, mation times is due to the Black Friars, the Dominicans, whose original Priory was founded in 1245 by Simon De Montfort, Earl of Leicester. The first post reformation Masses were, however, said by Jesuit priests, who occa, sionally said Mass at the home of Mr. By, erley, in Elgrave. One of those who provided this service was Fr. William Ben, nett, S.J., who was later imprisoned, es, caped, imprisoned again and eventually died from starvation and neglect in Leices, ter Gaol on October 30th, 1692. In 1746, Fr. John Clarkson, O.P., came to Leicester once a month from Aston Flamville to say Mass in the Byerley home. In 1774, Fr. Peter Robson, O.P., became the first resident, priest. A small chapel was established in Cause, way Lane in 1798, and it is indicative of the dangers Catholics faced in those days that all who came to the chapel were scrutinised through ",spy holes", and that the priest used to arrive disguised as a hawker carry, ing a basket of fruit or flowers. The dedication of those early pioneers is il, lustrated by Fr. Thomas Norton, O.P., who, in one day, attending to sick calls, walked from Hinckley to Leicester and back, then to Coventry and back, a distance of 54 miles. At about this time there were no more than seven Catholic Families in Leicester. In 1817 the building of Holy Cross Church was begun. 1824 saw the opening of schools at Wellington Street and Belgrave Gate the latter being the beginning of the Parish of St. Patrick. Emancipation came in 1829 and was cele, brated with a Solemn High Mass and an out door procession. Further Missions were eventually estab, lished Wigston in 1880, the Sacred Heart in 1886. In 1896 the Mission of St. Peter was placed under the care of the secular clergy Fr. J. R. Kane took up residence and Mass was said for some months in his house. He was followed in the same year by Fr. C. E. May, and in 1897 by Fr. H. Fitzgerald. At this time Mass was said first in a classroom of King Richard`s Road Board School, then in a warehouse in Noble Street, where a small house was rented for the priest.Canon Caus with Altar Servers 1920 Fr. Felix May served from 1899 1902, and Fr. Michael Griffin from 1902 1903. The next resident priest, who became the first Parish Priest, Fr. (later Canon) Fran, cis Isidore Caus, was, in the words of Bishop Brindle, ",practically the founder of this Parish of St. Peter.", Born in Elst, Belgium, on June 7th, 1868, Fr. Caus was a seminary student at Alost in 1892 when Bishop Bagshawe visited the seminary to try to recruit priests for the English Mission. Fr. Caus came to Notting, ham,where he was ordained on Rosary Sunday, October, 1894. After service at St. Augustine`s and St. Patrick`s, Nottingham, and at Whitwick and Lincoln, he came to St. Peter`s in the Spring of 1903, and was subsequently appointed Parish Priest on February 13th, 1905. Fr. Caus immediately set about the task of providing the Parish with a permanent Church. Early in 1905 he organised a mag, nificent Bazaar which made a profit of over £,500. As a result of this and other efforts, the foundation stone of the new church was laid in the presence of a great crowd by Bishop Brindle on June 13th, 1905. St. Peter`s Church, designed and built by a Parishioner, Mr. F. J. Bradford, who lived in King Richard`s Road, was opened on Oc, tober 15th, 1905. The new church was the scene of a Mission to Non Catholics, which was given by Fr. John Filmer, who had previously been a clergyman in a Protestant church in Leicester. School accommodation was provided by the Sisters of the Convent of The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Later, the Presbytery was completed in 1925 a cost of £,1,250. Canon Caus died on January 18th, 1931, leaving the Parish free of debt the church, presbytery and land had all been paid for. Fr. Vernon Whiteman was appointed priest in charge temporarily, and was followed by Fr. John Toomey, who left in February, 1932. The next Parish Priest, Mgr. R. Barry Doyle, arrived in 1932 after an illustrious career both as an Army chaplain, during which he served on every battle front and was decorated by all the Allied Powers, and as an International organiser for post war relief for children in the Near East. He began the formidable task of providing a Catholic School and had plans prepared for a school costing some £,12,000. Towards this he organised an Empire Fair at Black, friars Hall, for which he enlisted the assis, tance of Bishop McNulty, Lady Mary Savile, Lady Odin Pearse, and many of the leading clergy of the Diocese. However, he was not to live to see his plans realised, as he was called to his rest in March, 1933. His funeral was on March 11th, in the presence of the Bishop and fifty priests. Canon Henry A. Hunt, a native of Leices, ter, was appointed in March, 1933. The altar of St. Peter`s Church was a gift from his father. Fr. (later Canon) John Farmer came in 1934. As yet the Parish had no social centre but this was rectified when, on land given by Mr. Bradford, St. Peter`s Guildhall was built, the official opening being on October 14th, 1937. At this time the old convent in Kirby Road was bought for a school but this plan was thwarted because of the outbreak of the 1939 War. In 1938 a Chapel of Ease, the English Mar, tyrs, was blessed by the Bishop on the vigil of the Ascension. This was served by the priests of St. Peter`s until the arrival of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. In 1944 Father (later Canon) Francis Thornhill was appointed but his health broke down and he was succeeded by Fa, ther (later Canon) Michael Gilleran. On March 26th, 1946, Canon Gilleran bought ",Ashleigh", and four acres of land on the Gimson estate for £,8,500, Plans were drawn up and Christ the King Primary School was opened in 1951, at a total cost of some £,75,000. The Parish was responsible for the setting up of the Mother of God Parish and for the new church there which was opened on Oc, tober 11th, 1957, at a total cost of some £,35,000. St. Peter`s Parish, under Canon Gilleran, played a major part towards the English Martyrs` School on Anstey Lane. The site was £,4,250 and the contract price for the school was £,215,608, which was officially opened on May 4th, 1965. Canon Michael Gilleran, who was the driv, ing force behind these remarkable achieve, ments, passed away suddenly on August 3rd, 1976. He was succeeded by Father Joseph Jones who was previously Parish Priest of St. John Bosco Parish on the other side of the city. Father Jones took up residence on Oc, tober 1st, 1976, and was joined on Novem, ber 5th by Father Thomas McGovern who was formerly assistant priest at St. Joseph`s Church in the city. It had been known for some time that the parish would loose its presbytery church and church hall because of a new road scheme for the inner city area, but it was not until January 8th, 1977, that work began on the new site which had been ac, quired on Hinckley Road. Work on the new presbytery was completed by the end of the year and the priests moved into their new home on December 21st, 1977. Work con, tinued on the new Parish Church and Hall. The last Mass in the old church on King Richard`s Road was said at lunch time on the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, 1978, and the first Mass in the new church was said the same day in the evening after a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament from the old to the new church. Both Services were conducted by Father McGovern be, cause of the illness of Father Jones, the Parish Priest. He was assisted by Father Shanahan and Father Jenkinson of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Parish information Location LEICESTER Church St Peter, Hinckley Road Clergy Rev John Cahill, PhB STL VF Address 21 Hinckley Road, Leicester LE3 0TA Phone(s) 0116 251 9802 Mass times Sa 6.30 pm, Su 8.45, 11.15 am Holyday Masses 10 am, 7 pm Confession Sa 5.30, 6 pm Adoration Thursday 10.30,11.30am &, 5.30,6.30pm School Christ the King Primary The Catholic News.December 2014 Page 9 Parish in the News C a t h o l i c V TRAVEL INSURANCE arranged for readers of The Catholic News A NNUAL TRAVEL INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE UP TO 85 YEARS OF AGE. MOST PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS ACCEPTED T OP QUALITY COVER With a 24 hour helpline and an air ambulance get-you-home service. Mention this advert to get a Special Catholic News’, discount. Don’,t forget we can also sell SINGLE-TRIP COVER, with any dura tion up to one year, with no maximum age limit and up to £,20,000 cancellation cover per couple. CALL ,FOR ,DETAILS AND PRICES 0116 272 0500 Real people , not machines! FT Travel Insurance Car Hire Authorised and regulated by the FSA Parish of St Peters Leicester Welcome to the parish of St. Peter`s in Leicester. St. Peter`s is a vibrant parish on the western side of Leicester City, just out, side the city centre. The parish is made up of people originating from many different countries around the world, which reflects the multicultural nature of Leicester City itself, and reminds us of the universality of Christ’,s Church. The information below is taken from the parish website from which much more information may be obtained at stpetersleicester.org.uk The Catholic Faith is thought to have been brought to Leicester about the year 653, al, though the original Diocese of Leicester was not constituted until 737. By the time of the Dissolution in 1538 39, the city boasted many Churches and was served by several Religious Orders of men and women. The development of the Faith in post refor, mation times is due to the Black Friars, the Dominicans, whose original Priory was founded in 1245 by Simon De Montfort, Earl of Leicester. The first post reformation Masses were, however, said by Jesuit priests, who occa, sionally said Mass at the home of Mr. By, erley, in Elgrave. One of those who provided this service was Fr. William Ben, nett, S.J., who was later imprisoned, es, caped, imprisoned again and eventually died from starvation and neglect in Leices, ter Gaol on October 30th, 1692. In 1746, Fr. John Clarkson, O.P., came to Leicester once a month from Aston Flamville to say Mass in the Byerley home. In 1774, Fr. Peter Robson, O.P., became the first resident, priest. A small chapel was established in Cause, way Lane in 1798, and it is indicative of the dangers Catholics faced in those days that all who came to the chapel were scrutinised through ",spy holes", and that the priest used to arrive disguised as a hawker carry, ing a basket of fruit or flowers. The dedication of those early pioneers is il, lustrated by Fr. Thomas Norton, O.P., who, in one day, attending to sick calls, walked from Hinckley to Leicester and back, then to Coventry and back, a distance of 54 miles. At about this time there were no more than seven Catholic Families in Leicester. In 1817 the building of Holy Cross Church was begun. 1824 saw the opening of schools at Wellington Street and Belgrave Gate the latter being the beginning of the Parish of St. Patrick. Emancipation came in 1829 and was cele, brated with a Solemn High Mass and an out door procession. Further Missions were eventually estab, lished Wigston in 1880, the Sacred Heart in 1886. In 1896 the Mission of St. Peter was placed under the care of the secular clergy Fr. J. R. Kane took up residence and Mass was said for some months in his house. He was followed in the same year by Fr. C. E. May, and in 1897 by Fr. H. Fitzgerald. At this time Mass was said first in a classroom of King Richard`s Road Board School, then in a warehouse in Noble Street, where a small house was rented for the priest.Canon Caus with Altar Servers 1920 Fr. Felix May served from 1899 1902, and Fr. Michael Griffin from 1902 1903. The next resident priest, who became the first Parish Priest, Fr. (later Canon) Fran, cis Isidore Caus, was, in the words of Bishop Brindle, ",practically the founder of this Parish of St. Peter.", Born in Elst, Belgium, on June 7th, 1868, Fr. Caus was a seminary student at Alost in 1892 when Bishop Bagshawe visited the seminary to try to recruit priests for the English Mission. Fr. Caus came to Notting, ham,where he was ordained on Rosary Sunday, October, 1894. After service at St. Augustine`s and St. Patrick`s, Nottingham, and at Whitwick and Lincoln, he came to St. Peter`s in the Spring of 1903, and was subsequently appointed Parish Priest on February 13th, 1905. Fr. Caus immediately set about the task of providing the Parish with a permanent Church. Early in 1905 he organised a mag, nificent Bazaar which made a profit of over £,500. As a result of this and other efforts, the foundation stone of the new church was laid in the presence of a great crowd by Bishop Brindle on June 13th, 1905. St. Peter`s Church, designed and built by a Parishioner, Mr. F. J. Bradford, who lived in King Richard`s Road, was opened on Oc, tober 15th, 1905. The new church was the scene of a Mission to Non Catholics, which was given by Fr. John Filmer, who had previously been a clergyman in a Protestant church in Leicester. School accommodation was provided by the Sisters of the Convent of The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Later, the Presbytery was completed in 1925 a cost of £,1,250. Canon Caus died on January 18th, 1931, leaving the Parish free of debt the church, presbytery and land had all been paid for. Fr. Vernon Whiteman was appointed priest in charge temporarily, and was followed by Fr. John Toomey, who left in February, 1932. The next Parish Priest, Mgr. R. Barry Doyle, arrived in 1932 after an illustrious career both as an Army chaplain, during which he served on every battle front and was decorated by all the Allied Powers, and as an International organiser for post war relief for children in the Near East. He began the formidable task of providing a Catholic School and had plans prepared for a school costing some £,12,000. Towards this he organised an Empire Fair at Black, friars Hall, for which he enlisted the assis, tance of Bishop McNulty, Lady Mary Savile, Lady Odin Pearse, and many of the leading clergy of the Diocese. However, he was not to live to see his plans realised, as he was called to his rest in March, 1933. His funeral was on March 11th, in the presence of the Bishop and fifty priests. Canon Henry A. Hunt, a native of Leices, ter, was appointed in March, 1933. The altar of St. Peter`s Church was a gift from his father. Fr. (later Canon) John Farmer came in 1934. As yet the Parish had no social centre but this was rectified when, on land given by Mr. Bradford, St. Peter`s Guildhall was built, the official opening being on October 14th, 1937. At this time the old convent in Kirby Road was bought for a school but this plan was thwarted because of the outbreak of the 1939 War. In 1938 a Chapel of Ease, the English Mar, tyrs, was blessed by the Bishop on the vigil of the Ascension. This was served by the priests of St. Peter`s until the arrival of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. In 1944 Father (later Canon) Francis Thornhill was appointed but his health broke down and he was succeeded by Fa, ther (later Canon) Michael Gilleran. On March 26th, 1946, Canon Gilleran bought ",Ashleigh", and four acres of land on the Gimson estate for £,8,500, Plans were drawn up and Christ the King Primary School was opened in 1951, at a total cost of some £,75,000. The Parish was responsible for the setting up of the Mother of God Parish and for the new church there which was opened on Oc, tober 11th, 1957, at a total cost of some £,35,000. St. Peter`s Parish, under Canon Gilleran, played a major part towards the English Martyrs` School on Anstey Lane. The site was £,4,250 and the contract price for the school was £,215,608, which was officially opened on May 4th, 1965. Canon Michael Gilleran, who was the driv, ing force behind these remarkable achieve, ments, passed away suddenly on August 3rd, 1976. He was succeeded by Father Joseph Jones who was previously Parish Priest of St. John Bosco Parish on the other side of the city. Father Jones took up residence on Oc, tober 1st, 1976, and was joined on Novem, ber 5th by Father Thomas McGovern who was formerly assistant priest at St. Joseph`s Church in the city. It had been known for some time that the parish would loose its presbytery church and church hall because of a new road scheme for the inner city area, but it was not until January 8th, 1977, that work began on the new site which had been ac, quired on Hinckley Road. Work on the new presbytery was completed by the end of the year and the priests moved into their new home on December 21st, 1977. Work con, tinued on the new Parish Church and Hall. The last Mass in the old church on King Richard`s Road was said at lunch time on the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, 1978, and the first Mass in the new church was said the same day in the evening after a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament from the old to the new church. Both Services were conducted by Father McGovern be, cause of the illness of Father Jones, the Parish Priest. He was assisted by Father Shanahan and Father Jenkinson of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. 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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 . D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 4 B o o k R e v i e w A n t h o n y E s o l e n , p r o f e s s o r o f E n g l i s h a t P r o v i d e n c e C o l l e g e i n t h e U S , h a s w r i t t e n a s e r i o u s , w e l l - a r g u e d r e f l e c t i o n o n w h a t m a r r i a g e i s t r a d i t i o n a l l y m e a n t t o m e a n , w h y i t m a t t e r s a n d h o w i t h a s b e e n d e e p l y u n d e r m i n e d b y r e c e n t n e w l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t s e e k s t o r e - d e f i n e i t . H i s p o i n t i s t h a t i t i s n o t t o o l a t e t o “, r e b u i l d a m o n g t h e r u i n s ”, o f w h a t m a n y w e s t e r n g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e d o n e t o m a r r i a g e i n l e g a l i s i n g f o r a c o m - p l e t e l y n e w f o r m v i z . m a r r i a g e b e t w e e n t h o s e o f t h e s a m e s e x . 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W e h a v e t o l e a r n t o p u t t h e i n t e r e s t s o f c h i l d r e n b e f o r e a d u l t s e l f i s h n e s s , w h i c h i s w h a t h a p p e n s w h e n w e d e l i b e r a t e l y d e - p r i v e t h e m o f a m o t h e r o r f a t h e r , t h u s d a m a g i n g t h e i r e m o t i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t . 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E s o l e n a r t i c u l a t e s w h a t m o s t p e o p l e k n o w b u t c a n n o t f o r m u l a t e : w h y g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e n o b u s i n e s s m e d d l i n g i n t h e a n c i e n t i n s t i t u t i o n o f m a r r i a g e b e t w e e n a m a n a n d a w o m a n . D e f e n d i n g M a r r i a g e : T w e l v e A r g u m e n t s f o r S a n i t y A n t h o n y E s o l e n . S t B e n e d i c t P r e s s . “, t h e w h o l e o f t h e s e x u a l r e v o l u t i o n h a s b e e n a c o l o s s a l f a i l u r e a n d h a s w r o u g h t u n t o l d h u m a n m i s e r y . ”, A S a l e s i a n W a y o f L i f e S a l e s i a n P u b l i s h i n g H o u s e s , D o n B o s c o P u b l i c a t i o n s , U K . O n e o f t h e r e a l l y ` g r e a t l i t t l e ` S a l e s i a n P u b - l i s h i n g H o u s e s i n t h e w o r l d i s D o n B o s c o P u b l i c a t i o n s , U K . T h e y k e e p c o m i n g u p w i t h i d e a s t h a t m e e t t h e n e e d s o f a g e n e r a l a u d i e n c e . T h e y m a n a g e t o ` t r a n s l a t e ` S a l e - s i a n s p i r i t u a l i t y o u t o f w h a t c a n s o m e t i m e s s o u n d l i k e h a g i o g r a p h i c a l h o g w a s h - a t l e a s t f o r t h e o r d i n a r y a n d u n i n i t i a t e d . T h e l a t e s t e f f o r t , A S a l e s i a n W a y o f L i f e i s a r e a l t r e a s u r e . T h e b e s t 4 3 p a g e s f o r t h e l e a s t h a n d f u l o f c e n t s ( o r p e n n i e s ) y o u a r e l i k e l y t o s p e n d f o r a w h i l e . W e k n o w t h a t a ` R u l e o f L i f e ` i s c o m m o n t o r e l i g i o u s c o m m u n i t i e s , w i t h r o o t s g o i n g b a c k t o B e n e d i c t a n d o t h e r ` G r e a t s ` . 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I n s o m e w a y s , i f y o u h a v e s e e n a n a c t u a l c o p y o f o n e o f D o n B o s c o ` s ` C a t h o l i c R e a d i n g s ` , i t i s a b o u t t h a t s i z e a n d m a y b e i t h a s m u c h t h e s a m e p u r - p o s e , r e a l l y , t o b o l s t e r t h e f a i t h o f o r d i n a r y p e o p l e . O t h e r t h a n D o n B o s c o , w h o s i m p l y s h i n e s t h r o u g h t h e p a g e s w i t h o u t t h e n e e d t o h a m m e r h i s n a m e a t e v e r y t u r n , w e f i n d t h i s w o r k d e d i c a t e d t o M a r g a r e t , h i s m o t h e r , a n d F r a n c i s d e S a l e s , a l o n g w i t h J a n e f o r t h a t m a t t e r - a n d h e r e , i n a s i m p l e w a y , t h e b o o k w i l l i m m e d i a t e l y a p p e a l t o w o m e n t o o . T h e s i m i l a r i t i e s w i t h t h e C &, R a t a p h y s i c a l l e v e l p r o b a b l y s t o p h e r e b u t n o t a t t h e l e v e l o f ` d e e p c o n t e n t ` i n a s m u c h a s t h e s u b - s t a n c e o f t h e R u l e o f L i f e a r e t r a n s l a t e d i n t o t h e W a y o f L i f e . I t ` s a l l t h e r e : p r e s e n c e , m o v e d b y a n i n n e r s p i r i t , a w o r l d w i d e n e t - w o r k , a w a k e n i n g a f a m i l y l i k e n e s s . . . a G o s p e l p a t h w a y , M a r y . . . b u t y o u i m m e d i - a t e l y n o t i c e h o w S a l e s i a n s p i r i t u a l i t y h a s b e e n t r a n s l a t e d i n t o v i b r a n t , n o r m a l E n g - l i s h - a r a r e t r e a t i n d e e d ! H e r e ` s a l i t t l e p a s s a g e , j u s t b y w a y o f e x - a m p l e , s i n c e ` l o v i n g k i n d n e s s ` i s a t y p i c a l a n d c e n t r a l S a l e s i a n v i r t u e a n d p r a c t i c e a n d i t m i g h t b e g o o d t o s e e h o w i t i s h a n - d l e d : T h e o n l y p r o p e r r e s p o n s e t o t h i s p r e s e n c e l i v i n g w i t h i n y o u a n d i n t h o s e a r o u n d y o u a r e g r a t i t u d e a n d l o v i n g k i n d n e s s . G r a t i t u d e o p e n s y o u u p t o r e c e i v e a f a m i l y s p i r i t m o v i n g i n a l l p e o p l e a n d i n c r e a t i o n . L o v i n g k i n d n e s s b e c o m e s t h e o u t w a r d s i g n o f t h e r e s p e c t f o r t h i s s a c r e d p r e s e n c e l i v i n g a t t h e h e a r t o f a l l p e o p l e , i t b r e a k s t h r o u g h t h e i s o l a t i o n o f a l l i n d i - v i d u a l s a n d b u i l d s c o m m u n i t y . W e a l l k n o w t h a t o u r S a l e s i a n W a y o f L i f e i s a t r e a s u r e , b u t w h a t a r e a l t r e a s u r e t o f i n d i t s o m a s t e r f u l l y p r e s e n t e d f o r a w i d e r a n g e o f h u m a n b e i n g s . T h e S D B w i l l s e e h i s R u l e j u m p i n g o u t a t h i m a t e v e r y p o i n t - s o m e o f t h e w o r d s , p h r a s e s , a n d c e r t a i n l y c o n c e p t s , t h e l a y p e r s o n d o e s n o t n e e d t h a t b a c k g r o u n d , h e o r s h e i s s i m p l y i n v i t e d i n a n d m a d e t o f e e l a t h o m e . A s t h e a u t h o r s a y s ", I t i s a s m a l l c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e r e n e w a l o f S a l e s i a n s p i r i t u a l i t y a s w e c e l e b r a t e D o n B o s c o ` s B i c e n t e n a r y . 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J e s s , h e r t h i r t e e n - y e a r - o l d p r o t a g o n i s t , f i n d s l i f e d i s r u p t e d b y a s e r i e s o f e v e n t s t h a t w o u l d f e e l d i s a s t r o u s t o m a n y a n a d u l t , l e t a l o n e a t e e n a g e r . H e r f a t h e r ’, s u n e m p l o y m e n t , h e r a u n t a n d u n c l e ’, s d i - v o r c e , s c h o o l b u l l i e s c o n s p i r i n g w i t h h e r c o u s i n t o m a k e l i f e p u r g a t o r i a l f o r J e s s a n d h e r f r i e n d s , t e n s i o n s b e t w e e n l o c a l s a n d C e n t r a l E u r o p e a n w o r k e r s , a n d I h a v e n ’, t e v e n m e n t i o n e d h e r g r a n d m o t h e r a n d t h e w h i t e d o g : B o o t h s e t s o u t t o e n - t e r t a i n h e r y o u n g a u d i e n c e w i t h ‘, A n d t h e n …, ’, ‘, A n d t h e n …, ’, ‘, A n d t h e n …, ’, T h i s i s n o L e m o n y S n i c k e t f a n t a s y , B o o t h ’, s s t y l e i s r e a l i s t i c . J e s s h a s l o v i n g p a r e n t s a n d a b e l o v e d g r a n d m o t h e r , b u t t h e o l d l a d y i s a n o t h e r w o r r y , a s s h e s e e m s t o b e l o s i n g h e r m e m o r y a t t h e s a m e t i m e a s h a l f r e c a l l i n g a n d h a l f t r y - i n g t o h i d e e p i s o d e s f r o m h e r p a s t . J e s s ’, s l i f e s p i n s m o r e a n d m o r e o u t o f c o n t r o l w h e n t h e o l d l a d y g e t s h e r s e l f a w h i t e G e r m a n S h e p h e r d p u p p y , t h e n p r o m p t l y f a l l s i l l . G r a n d - m o t h e r a n d h e r d o g p r o v i d e a k e y t o t h i s s t o r y w h i c h c h a l - l e n g e s i n - t o l e r a n c e , a t a n a g e w h e n y o u n g p e o p l e m a y s t i l l b e f o r m i n g t h e i r v i e w s a n d b e r e c e p t i v e t o c h a l l e n g i n g i d e a s . C e r t a i n l y J e s s c o m e s a c r o s s m a n y m a n i f e s t a t i o n s o f i n t o l e r - a n c e i n h e r v i l l a g e a n d s c h o o l , o f t e n c o u - p l e d w i t h t h e s o r t o f b u l l y i n g a n d c l o s e d m i n d s t h a t a r e d i f f i c u l t t o c h a l l e n g e . A n n e B o o t h i s c o n c e r n e d t h a t w h a t h a p - p e n e d t h e n –, i n 1 9 3 0 s E u r o p e –, c o u l d b e h a p p e n i n g n o w , i n 2 1 s t C e n t u r y B r i t a i n . B u t a s t h e s t o r y u n f o l d s , t h e r e i s h o p e –, h o p e f o r J e s s a n d h e r f r i e n d s , f o r h e r c o u s i n a n d h e r g r a n d m o t h e r , B o o t h ’, s r e a d e r s a r e n o t o f f e r e d a n e a s y h a p p y e n d i n g , i n s t e a d t h e y a r e s h o w n t h a t n o g i r l i s a n i s l a n d , b u t c a n , a s p a r t o f a c o m - m u n i t y , m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e t o h e r o w n a n d o t h e r s ’, l i v e s . G i r l w i t h a W h i t e D o g A n n e B o o t h , C a t n i p P r e s s , 2 0 1 4 . P a r i s h t o c o m m e m o r a t e C h r i s t m a s T r u c e 3 0 p e o p l e f r o m S t . P e t e r ’, s C a t h o l i c C o m m u n i t y , H i n c k l e y , L e i c e s t e r s h i r e a r e s e t t o m a r k t h e 1 0 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e s o - c a l l e d “, C h r i s t m a s T r u c e ”, i n a u n i q u e w a y . T h e y a r e t o s t a g e a p l a y , s p e c i a l l y w r i t t e n b y t h e i r p a r i s h p r i e s t , F r . F r a n k D a l y , o u t s i d e i n t h e f i e l d b e h i n d t h e c h u r c h o n S u n d a y D e c e m b e r 2 1 a n d M o n d a y D e c e m b e r 2 2 a t 7 . 3 0 p m . 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M a t t h e w H u m p h r e y s w a s c h o s e n t o t a k e p a r t i n T h e O n e S h o w f u n d - r a i s e r t h r o u g h h i s i n v o l v e m e n t w i t h C e r e b r a l P a l s y S p o r t , a n a t i o n a l d i s a b i l i t y s p o r t s o r g a n i s a t i o n f u n d e d b y B B C C h i l d r e n i n N e e d . T h e 1 6 - y e a r - o l d w a s p a r t o f a f i v e - s t r o n g t e a m t a k i n g i t i n t u r n s t o r i d e a r i c k s h a w f r o m B B C ’, s M e d i a C i t y n e a r M a n c h e s t e r t o t h e E a s t E n d e r s s e t i n L o n d o n . T h e t e a m s e t o f f o n F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 7 t h f r o m B B C ’, s M e d i a C i t y n e a r M a n c h e s t e r a n d a r r i v e d a t t h e E a s t E n d e r s s e t d u r i n g t h e B B C C h i l d r e n i n N e e d a p p e a l o n F r i - d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 4 t h . M a t t B a k e r , a p r e s e n t e r o n T h e O n e S h o w , w a s c y c l i n g a l o n g s i d e t h e r i d e r s , w h o h a v e a l l b e n e f i t e d f r o m p r o j e c t s s u p p o r t e d b y B B C C h i l d r e n i n N e e d . M a t t h e w a t t e n d s t h e E n h a n c e d R e s o u r c e B a s e a t S a i n t B e n e d i c t C V A , w h i c h i s d e - s i g n e d f o r v i s u a l l y a n d p h y s i c a l l y i m p a i r e d s t u d e n t s . H e s u f f e r e d s e v e r e b r a i n d a m a g e f o l l o w i n g a n a c c i d e n t a t h o m e w h e n h e w a s 1 0 - y e a r s o l d a n d d o c t o r s f e a r e d h e w o u l d n o t s u r - v i v e . H i s m u m S a r a h s a i d : “, W h e n w e g o t t o t h e h o s p i t a l w e d i d n ’, t t h i n k t h a t h e w a s g o i n g t o s u r v i v e a n d i t t o o k e i g h t h o u r s t o s t a - b i l i s e h i m . A l t h o u g h h e c o u l d n ’, t t a l k w e k n e w h e r e c o g n i s e d u s , h i s e y e s l i t u p a s d i f f e r e n t f a m i l y m e m b e r s c a m e i n t o t h e r o o m . “, I t ’, s b e e n v e r y s l o w p r o g r e s s , h e c a n t a l k b u t i t ’, s d i f f i c u l t f o r h i m a n d p a r t o f t h e r i c k - s h a w c h a l l e n g e i s t h a t h e w i l l h a v e t o d o a s p e e c h a b o u t h i m s e l f a n d h i s m o t i v a t i o n s f o r t h e c h a l l e n g e . ”, S a r a h , o f S w a d l i n c o t e , s a i d t h a t s h e a n d M a t t h e w w e r e b o t h t h r i l l e d t h a t h e h a d b e e n s e l e c t e d f o r t h e T V c h a l l e n g e . S h e s a i d : “, I a m v e r y p r o u d o f h i m a n d a l - t h o u g h i t ’, s w a s a b i t d a u n t i n g h e r e a l l y w a n t e d t o d o i t . B e f o r e h i s a c c i d e n t h e w a s v e r y s p o r t y a n d l o v e d r u g b y , r u n - n i n g a n d c y - c l i n g . H e s t i l l c y - c l e s n o w a n d u s e s a l a r g e t r i k e , h e ’, s p a r t o f B r i t i s h C y c l i n g a n d t a k e s p a r t i n c o m p e t i t i o n s . ”, M a t t h e w h a s b e e n a t t e n d i n g C e r e b r a l P a l s y S p o r t , w h i c h e n a b l e s c h i l d r e n w i t h m o b i l i t y i m p a i r m e n t s t o t a k e p a r t i n a t h - l e t i c s , f o r t w o y e a r s . H e s a i d : “, S i n c e I g o t i n v o l v e d w i t h C e r e b r a l P a l s y S p o r t I ’, v e b e c o m e a b i g f a n o f b i k i n g a n d r a c e r u n n i n g , s o I ’, m h o p i n g t h a t m y p r a c t i s i n g p a y s o f f . I ’, v e a l w a y s b e e n a r e - a l l y s p o r t y a n d t h a n k s t o t h e c h a r i t y I ’, m a b l e t o c a r r y t h i s o n . I t ’, s g i v e n m e a n e w l e a s e o f l i f e a n d n o w I ’, m a b l e t o g e t b a c k i n t o c o m p e t i n g r a t h e r t h a n b e i n g s a t o n t h e s i d e l i n e s . 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