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

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

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P a t c h w o r k P a r e n t i n g p r o g r a m m e s p r o v i d e o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r p a r e n t s a n d c a r e r s t o s u p p o r t e a c h o t h e r a n d , w i t h t h e h e l p o f a t r a i n e d f a c i l i t a t o r , b u i l d o n t h e i r o w n s t r e n g t h s t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e i r c h i l d r e n a n d c o n f i r m t h e i r p a r e n t i n g s k i l l s . E a c h p r o g r a m m e c o n s i s t s o f a s e r i e s o f m e e t i n g s f o r p a r e n t s o r c a r e r s o f c h i l d r e n o f a l l a g e s a n d w h i c h a i m t o h e l p t h e m : • E n j o y p a r e n t h o o d ; • U n d e r s t a n d r e s p e c t f u l c o m m u n i c a t i o n ; • C r e a t e a f r a m e w o r k o f e n c o u r a g e m e n t a n d d i s c i p l i n e ; • R e d u c e t e n s i o n , f o r e x a m p l e , s q u a b b l i n g a n d t a n t r u m s . F e e d b a c k f r o m p a r e n t s o r c a r e r s w h o h a v e t a k e n p a r t i n o n e o f t h e p r o g r a m m e s h a s b e e n v e r y p o s i t i v e : “ t h i s c o u r s e p r o v i d e d a r e a l ‘ c o m f o r t b l a n k e t ’ o f w a r m t h f o r m e a n d m y f a m i l y . T h e d i f f e r e n c e i n m y c h i l d r e n – a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y t h e w h o l e f a m i l y – i s i m m e a s u r a b l e . ” H o w a n d w h e r e a r e p r o g r a m m e s r u n ? T h e m e e t i n g s a r e h e l d e a c h w e e k f o r f i v e t o e i g h t w e e k s d u r i n g t h e s c h o o l d a y o r e v e n i n g s a n d u s u a l l y o n s c h o o l p r e m i s e s . E a c h m e e t i n g l a s t s a b o u t a n h o u r a n d a h a l f w i t h b e t w e e n s i x a n d t w e l v e p e o p l e t a k i n g p a r t . W h a t d o p a r t i c i p a n t s d o ? E v e r y o n e h a s a h a n d b o o k t o f o l l o w . E a c h s e s s i o n m a y i n v o l v e a s h o r t v i d e o , d i s c u s s i o n a n d a s h a r i n g o f e x p e r i e n c e . T h e p r o g r a m m e m a t e r i a l s a r e p r o d u c e d b y t h e F a m i l y C a r i n g r u s t , H a r t l e y B r e w e r P a r e n t i n g a n d P o s i t i v e P a r e n t i n g . T h e r e i s n o c h a r g e f o r a t t e n d i n g t h e a n y o f t h e p r o g r a m m e s . P r o g r a m m e s p l a n n e d f o r s p r i n g 2 0 1 7 a r e : • P u s h c h a i r a n d P r i m a r y : H a y t o r V i e w , N e w t o n A b b o t , D e v o n : T u e s d a y m o r n i n g s C a m b o r n e N u r s e r y , C o r n w a l l : T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g s • T i m e f o r P a r e n t s : S t M a r y ’ s C a t h o l i c S c h o o l , P e n z a n c e , C o r n w a l l : T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n s • H o r m o n e s & H a r m o n y : N o t r e D a m e S c h o o l , P l y m o u t h , D e v o n : T u e s d a y m o r n i n g s K i n g E d w a r d V I C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e , T o t n e s , D e v o n : W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n o r e v e n i n g ( t b c ) 4 - C a t h o l i c S o u t h W e s t F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 7 T h e B o o k s h o p s t o c k s a s e l e c t i o n o f r e l i g i o u s b o o k s , C h r i s t i a n r e s o u r c e s , C a r d s , J e w e l l e r y , C D s a n d D V D s . W e a l s o s e l l R e l i g i o u s I t e m s i n c l u d i n g g i f t s f o r B a p t i s m s , F i r s t H o l y C o m m u n i o n s a n d W e d d i n g s . T h e M o n a s t i c P r o d u c e S h o p h a s n o w j o i n e d o u r p r e m i s e s o n a p e r m a n e n t b a s i s . W e s e l l g o o d s f r o m A b b e y s a n d M o n a s t e r i e s f r o m E u r o p e a n d b e y o n d . W e h a v e n o w i n c r e a s e d o u r r a n g e o f T r a p p i s t B e e r s f r o m B e l g i u m a n d w i n e s f r o m A u s t r i a . T h i s i s a n i d e a l p l a c e t o b u y u n u s u a l g i f t s a n d i t e m s w h i l s t s u p p o r t i n g s m a l l M o n a s t i c C o m m u n i t i e s . P l e a s e c a l l i n a n d v i s i t u s o p p o s i t e t h e A b b e y . C a r P a r k i n g a n d e n t r y t o T h e A b b e y i s f r e e . A l t e r n a t i v e l y t e l e p h o n e u s o n 0 1 3 6 4 6 4 5 5 0 6 , e m a i l u s o n b o o k s h o p @ b u c k f a s t . o r g . u k , m o n p r o d @ b u c k f a s t . o r g . u k o r v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e o n w w w . b u c k f a s t . o r g . u k B u c k f a s t A b b e y B o o k s h o p a n d M o n a s t i c S h o p P a t c h w o r k P a r e n t i n g T h e b e n e f i t s o f s h a r i n g i d e a s a n d e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h o t h e r p a r e n t s c a n l a s t a l i f e t i m e . F o r m o r e i n f o r - m a t i o n a b o u t P a t c h w o r k P a r e n t i n g p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e C l a i r e W a r r e n , C a t h o l i c C h i l d r e n ’ s S o c i e t y ( P l y - m o u t h ) T e l : 0 1 3 6 4 6 4 5 4 2 0 M o b : 0 7 7 8 3 1 5 6 2 8 4 o r v i s i t : w w w . c c s p l y m o u t h . o r g . u k 2 0 1 7 M a r a t h o n s A n n u a l D i o c e s a n P i l g r i m a g e t o L o u r d e s E v e r y y e a r 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 j o i n t h e A n n u a l D i o c e s a n P i l g r i m a g e t o L o u r d e s . A s i n p r e v i o u s y e a r s p i l g r i m s w h o n e e d 2 4 h o u r n u r s i n g c a r e c o m e w i t h a ‘ S p e c i a l A s s i s t e d S e c t i o n ’ j o i n i n g t h e S o c i e t y o f O u r L a d y L o u r d e s . A n d , y o u n g p e o p l e f r o m a r o u n d t h e D i o c e s e c o m e t o g e t h e r , u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f F r A n t h o n y O ’ G o r m a n , a s t h e D i o c e s a n Y o u t h P i l g r i m a g e . W h i l s t u n d e r t a k i n g t h e i r o w n p i l g r i m a g e o f f e r s u p p o r t a n d h e l p t o t h e m a i n g r o u p . T h i s s u p p o r t t a k e s m a n y f o r m s i n c l u d i n g h e l p i n g l e s s a b l e p i l g r i m s , s o m e o f w h o m a r e w h e e l c h a i r u s e r s o r j u s t i n n e e d o f a h e l p i n g h a n d , t o g e t t o a n d f r o m t h e G r o t t o a n d t h e o t h e r p i l g r i m a g e e v e n t s t h a t t a k e p l a c e i n t h e D o m a i n a n d a r o u n d t h e t o w n o f L o u r d e s i t s e l f . I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o j o i n t h i s y e a r ’ s p i l g r i m a g e a n d m a k e 2 0 1 7 a ‘ s p e c i a l y e a r ’ f o r y o u a n d f o r t h e p e o p l e y o u w i l l e n c o u n t e r p l e a s e c o n t a c t : • M a i n P i l g r i m a g e : F r K i e r a n K i r b y , P i l g r i m a g e D i r e c t o r , T e l : 0 1 8 0 3 2 9 4 1 4 2 . • S p e c i a l A s s i s t e d S e c t i o n : S o c i e t y o f O u r L a d y o f L o u r d e s T e l : 0 2 0 8 8 4 8 9 8 3 3 o r , Y o u t h P i l g r i m a g e : F r A n t h o n y O ’ G o r m a n T e l : 0 1 6 3 7 8 5 1 6 9 7 e m a i l : a n t h o n y . o g o r m a n @ p r c d t r . o r g . u k C ALLING ALL Single and widowed women Seeking to dedicate their life to God Through vows in secular society C o ntact: T he Secretary, The Leaven, c/o The Friars, Aylesford ME20 7BX T el: 01883 742488 E mail: kinman@ouvip.com W e bsite: w ww.theleaven.org.uk The Leaven Carmelite Secular Institute T P l a c e s o n t h e 2 0 1 7 R o m e a n d P a r i s h m a r a t h o n s a n d t h e P l y m o u t h H a l f ­ M a r a t h o n a r e s t i l l a v a i l a b l e . 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I n t h e s u m m e r o f 2 0 1 6 t h e C a t h o l i c P a r i s h o f L i s k e a r d a n d S c l e r d e r h o s t e d a c o n c e r t t o r a i s e f u n d s f o r I r a q i C h r i s t i a n s v i a P a r i s h e s f o r P e a c e . T h e c o n c e r t r a i s e d £ 5 5 0 a n d i n s p i r e d o t h e r s t o d o n a t e a n a d d i t i o n a l £ 1 , 0 0 0 . D e l l a s e n d s t h i s m e s s a g e t o a l l a t L i s k e a r d a n d S c l e r d e r a n d t o C S W r e a d e r s : “ D e a r F r G i l m o u r a n d e v e r y o n e w h o s o g e n e r o u s l y s u p p o r t P a r i s h e s f o r P e a c e , I a m s e n d i n g y o u s h o r t r e p o r t o n m y C h r i s t m a s v i s i t t o t h e r e f u g e e s o n y o u r b e h a l f . T h e f a m i l i e s y o u a r e p r i n c i p a l l y s u p p o r t i n g a r e t h e f a m i l i e s i n A s h r a f i y e h i n A m m a n . T h e M a t t i f a m i l y i s t h e f a m i l y o f 1 0 w h o a r e c e n t r a l t o o r g a n i s i n g f o r u s t h e 1 9 f a m i l i e s w e a r e s u p p o r t i n g i n A s h r a f i y e h . T h e y a r e M a m a a n d P a p a M a t t i ( o u r n a m e s f o r t h e m ) S o n s a n d d a u g h t e r s i n l a w ­ N o u r , M a r a m a n d l i t t l e L u l i ; W a r o o d , N a s s r w i t h l i t t l e K i k u a n d M a t t i ; a n d R a g h a d ( s i n g l e d a u g h t e r ) . I t h a d b e e n p r e ­ a r r a n g e d t h a t I w o u l d g o t o s e e t h e M a t t i f a m i l y o n M o n d a y 1 2 D e c . I w a s u n a w a r e t h a t N o u r ’ s f a t h e r h a d s u d d e n l y d i e d t h r e e d a y s b e f o r e . N o ­ b o d y t o l d m e ­ a n d i t w a s n o t u n t i l I a r r i v e d a n d N o u r , R a g h a d a n d N a s s r w e r e m i s s i n g t h a t a f t e r a w h i l e I a s k e d w h e r e t h e y w e r e ­ a n d t h e y t o l d m e w h a t ’ d h a p p e n e d a n d t h a t N o u r w a s s t a y i n g w i t h h e r M o t h e r . R a g h a d a n d N a s s r w e r e o u t b u t I s a w t h e m b r i e f l y b e f o r e I l e f t . T h e y w e r e i n s h o c k , b u t e v e r y o n e i s l o o k i n g w e l l ­ a n d M a r a m h a s e v e n p u t o n a l i t t l e w e i g h t . T h e h o u s e i s f r e e z i n g ­ n o t c o m f o r t a b l e , k e e p y o u r c o a t s o n i n d o o r s a n d l o t s o f l a y e r s . E v e n w i t h t h i s s h o c k i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d , t h e y g a v e m e a w a r m w e l c o m e a n d s e n d s p e c i a l l o v e a n d t h a n k s t o y o u a l l . T h e y a r e v e r y d i g n i f i e d , b u t I k n o w w h a t a l i f e l i n e y o u h a v e g i v e n t h e m . T h e y a r e l i m p i n g a l o n g f o r r e n t a n d f o o d a n d m e d i c i n e s a n d y o u h a v e p r o v i d e d f o r t w o o r e v e n t h r e e m o n t h s t h i s w i n t e r . A s w e l o o k e d a g a i n a t t h e p h o t o s o f l a s t M a y ­ t h e y w e r e c h e e r e d b y m e m o r i e s o f t h e d a y w h e n t h e y c a m e t o t h e B a p t i s m s i t e w i t h W o r t h i n g p a r i s h p i l g r i m a g e . T h e y a r e s t i l l v e r y t o u c h e d b y t h e M a s s w e c e l e b r a t e d a t t h e B a p t i s m s i t e . I h o p e t h a t w e n o w c e l e b r a t e a M a s s f o r N o u r ’ s f a t h e r a n d f o r t h e w e l l ­ b e i n g o f t h e f a m i l i e s g o i n g t o A u s t r a l i a a n d t h e i r f a m i l i e s a n d f r i e n d s s t i l l w a i t i n g . T h e y s h o w e d m e a v i d e o o f t h e f u n e r a l , w h i c h h a d b e e n t h e d a y f o l l o w i n g M a n s a ’ s d e a t h . M a n s a h a d c o l l a p s e d i n t h e s t r e e t o n t h e w a y b a c k f r o m s a y i n g g o o d b y e t o h i s d a u g h t e r , N o u r ’ s h a l f ­ s i s t e r , w h o w a s l e a v i n g f o r A u s t r a l i a t h e n e x t d a y . T h e m e r c y i s t h a t h e d i e d k n o w i n g t h a t h i s t w o d a u g h t e r s h a d a f u t u r e i n A u s t r a l i a . N o u r a n d M a r a m h a v e t h e i r v i s a f o r A u s t r a l i a a n d l e f t J o r d o n o n 9 J a n u a r y . T h e b e s t w e c a n h o p e a n d p r a y f o r i s t h a t t h e A u s t r a l i a n s o n c o m p a s s i o n a t e g r o u n d s w i l l a l l o w N o u r ’ s m o t h e r , n o w a l o n e i n J o r d o n , t o j o i n t h e m i n A u s t r a l i a . H o w e v e r u n c o m f o r t a b l e a n d u n c e r t a i n l i f e i s f o r t h e m , a n d d e s p i t e t h e i r s o r r o w a t t h e s u f f e r i n g o f A l e p p o , t h e f a c t i s t h a t t h e y a r e n o w a l l s a f e . P l e a s e k e e p i n t o u c h w i t h t h e m , t h e y a r e s o h a p p y t o h a v e y o u r c a r d s a n d t o k n o w y o u a r e t h i n k i n g o f t h e m . A n d s o g r a t e f u l f o r w h a t y o u a r e d o i n g f o r t h e m . ” I n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6 F P C T J u s t i c e & P e a c e g r o u p w e l c o m e d D e l l a S h e n t o n , T r u s t e e o f t h e c h a r i t y P a r i s h e s f o r P e a c e , t o t h e i r m e e t i n g i n S t M a r y ’ s C h u r c h H a l l , F a l m o u t h . A s a r e s u l t o f t h a t m e e t i n g a l m o s t £ 8 0 0 w a s r a i s e d f o r t h e I r a q i f a m i l i e s c u r r e n t l y l i v i n g i n J o r d a n . A n d , o n h e r v i s i t t o t h e f a m i l i e s j u s t b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s 2 0 1 6 , a l o n g w i t h t h e f u n d s r a i s e d D e l l a t o o k p e r h a p s t h e b e s t g i f t o f a l l – p e r s o n a l l y w r i t t e n C h r i s t m a s c a r d s c o n t a i n i n g m e s s a g e s o f h o p e , c o n c e r n a n d p r a y e r . D e l l a s e n d s t h i s m e s s a g e t o a l l a t F a l m o u t h a n d t o C S W r e a d e r s : “ D e a r F r B r i a n , S r D a m i a n , C h r i s t i n e , R o g e r a n d S u e - a n d M a r y o f c o u r s e - a n d a l l w h o m a d e y o u r s p e c t a c u l a r c a r d s a n d g e n e r o u s d o n a t i o n s u c h a w e l c o m e C h r i s t m a s g i f t t o t h e I r a q i s i n J o r d a n . I t o o k t h e m o n e y a n d c a r d s t o S i s t e r S a r a G h e n e i m - a s i s t e r o f S t J o s e p h o f t h e A p p a r i t i o n w h o s e n o v i c i a t e i s i n a n a r e a c a l l e d M a r j a l H a m a m i n A m m a n . W e l l k n o w n t o u s t h r o u g h t h e P a r i s h P r i e s t F r H a n n a K i l d a n i a n d t h e M a r t y r s o f J o r d a n c h u r c h . S i s t e r S a r a i s o r i g i n a l l y P a l e s t i n i a n a n d h e r s w a s a r e f u g e e f a m i l y i n J o r d a n i n 1 9 4 8 a t t h e c r e a t i o n o f t h e I s r a e l i S t a t e . S h e t h u s h a s a c l o s e p e r s o n a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f w h a t t h e I r a q i s a r e g o i n g t h r o u g h . A l t h o u g h , a s s h e p o i n t s o u t - t h e P a l e s t i n i a n r e f u g e e s c a m e t o J o r d a n f o r s a f e t y b u t a l s o t o b e g i n a n e w l i f e - w h e r e a s t h e I r a q i s a r e r e f u g e e s i n t r a n s i t - i n l i m b o . W a i t i n g t o b e g i v e n v i s a s t o s t a r t a n e w l i f e i n A u s t r a l i a , C a n a d a o r t h e U S a n d m e a n w h i l e f o r c e d t o h a n g a r o u n d . I n a d d i t i o n t h e S i s t e r s ` o w n n e w c o n v e n t a n d s c h o o l i n M o s u l w a s b l o w n u p a n d t h e i r S i s t e r s h a d t o r u n f o r t h e i r l i v e s a n d a r e n o w i n J o r d a n . H o w e v e r , t h e y a r e a l l s a f e . A n e w l e v e l o f p a i n h a s b e e n r e c e n t l y a d d e d a s t h e a r m y m o v e s i n t o t h e v i l l a g e s a n d h o u s e s a r o u n d M o s u l a n d s o m e I r a q i s w h o f l e d t o E r b i l i n K u r d i s t a n h a v e v i s i t e d t o s e e t h e d e v a s t a t i o n a n d t a k e p h o t o s . S o n o w t h e y a r e s e e i n g w h a t D a i s h h a s d o n e - w h e r e t h e i r h o u s e s a r e s t i l l s t a n d i n g t h e y h a v e b e e n w r e c k e d a n d m o s t l y b u r n t o u t . T h e i r b e l o v e d c h u r c h e s d e s e c r a t e d a n d t h e s t a t u e s a n d c r u c i f i x e s t h r o w n o n t h e g r o u n d a n d d e s t r o y e d . T h r e a t s p a i n t e d o n t h e w a l l s . T h o s e t a k i n g t h e p h o t o s h a v e r u n g b e l l s w h e n t h e y c a n f i n d t h e m , a n d l i t c a n d l e s a n d r e s t o r e d w h a t t h e y c a n , t o s h o w t h a t C h r i s t i a n s h a v e v i s i t e d a n d p r a y e d o n c e m o r e . S i s t e r S a r a i s a d i m i n u t i v e , w a r m p r e s e n c e a m o n g t h e I r a q i f a m i l i e s l i v i n g a r o u n d t h e c o n v e n t i n f l a t s a n d h o u s e s . T h e y a r e p a r i s h i o n e r s o f F r H a n n a K i l d a n i ’ s c h u r c h o f t h e H o l y M a r t y r s o f J o r d a n . S a r a g a v e m e t h e n a m e s o f 1 5 f a m i l i e s s h e h e l p s t o l o o k a f t e r . T o g e t h e r w e a d d r e s s e d y o u r c a r d s t o 6 7 p e o p l e a n d p u t i n 1 0 J D s ( j u s t l e s s t h a n £ 1 0 . 0 0 ) f o r t h e p a r e n t s f o r e a c h p e r s o n . W e d i d n ’ t h a v e t i m e t o v i s i t a n y o f t h e f a m i l i e s u n f o r t u n a t e l y a s t h e t r a f f i c w a s h o r r e n d o u s t h a t d a y a n d w e j u s t c o u l d n ’ t g e t t h e r e i n t i m e . W e a l s o h a d a C h r i s t m a s p a r t y g i v e n f o r t h e I r a q i s t o a t t e n d - a n d m a n y o f t h e f a m i l i e s w e r e t h e r e . T h e y a r e p i c t u r e d a l o n g w i t h t h e D o m i n i c a n s i s t e r s a n d t h e V a t i c a n ’ s N u n c i o a n d h i s d e p u t y . W e w e n t t o M a d a b a t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , w h e r e w e g a v e m o r e o f y o u r c a r d s a n d d i v i d e d 4 0 0 J D s b e t w e e n s i x f a m i l i e s c a l l e d i n b y t h e p a r i s h p r i e s t F r E y a d , a n d w e m a d e a v i d e o o f t h a n k s f o r y o u a n d o n e o f t h e a m a z i n g c r i b o n t h e s a n c t u a r y . A l s o p i c t u r e d i s S i s t e r S a r a w r i t i n g t o y o u a n d m e w i t h F r E y a d i n M a d a b a . ” F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 7 C a t h o l i c S o u t h W e s t - 5 F a l m o u t h & P e n r y n C h u r c h e s T o g e t h e r ( F P C T ) P a r i s h e s f o r P e a c e R e g . C h a r i t y N o : 1 1 6 6 7 3 9 A c o n c e r t o f m u s i c a n d p o e t r y a t S c l e r d e r A b b e y F r G i l m o u r h e l p i n g D e l l a s o r t t h e c a r d s i n t o e n v e l o p e s f o r e a c h f a m i l y b e f o r e l e a v i n g f o r J o r d a n T h e M a t t i f a m i l y w i t h t h e i r C h r i s t m a s p a c k a g e s C o r n w a l l C a t h o l i c C h o i r s u p p o r t i n g P a r i s h e s f o r P e a c e I n 2 0 1 5 C S W p u b l i s h e d a n a r t i c l e i n c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e f i r s t a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e f o r m a t i o n o f t h e C o r n w a l l C a t h o l i c C h o i r . S i n c e i t s f o r m a t i o n i n 2 0 1 4 t h e c h o i r h a s g r o w n f r o m s t r e n g t h t o s t r e n g t h a n d i n D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 6 t h e s i n g e r s m a d e t h e b o l d d e c i s i o n t o h o l d a c o n c e r t t o r a i s e f u n d s f o r P a r i s h e s f o r P e a c e . W o r k i n g w i t h C h r i s t i a n s T o g e t h e r i n C a m b o r n e t h e c o n c e r t w a s w e l l a t t e n d e d a n d a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t i c k e t s a l e s , a r a f f l e d u r i n g t h e e v e n i n g a n d s o m e g e n e r o u s d o n a t i o n s a f t e r t h e e v e n t , r a i s e d £ 1 , 0 0 0 f o r t h e C h a r i t y . T h e n e x t f u n d r a i s i n g e v e n t f o r P a r i s h e s f o r P e a c e b y t h e c h o i r , i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e C o r n i s h G o r s e d h C h o i r w i l l t a k e p l a c e o n F r i d a y 2 4 t h F e b r u a r y a t 7 . 3 0 p m a t S t A u g u s t i n e o f H i p p o R C C h u r c h , S t A u s t e l l . T h e e v e n i n g w i l l c o n s i s t o f C h o r a l s i n g i n g , a n u m b e r o f s o l o s a n d a n o r g a n r e c i t a l . T i c k e t s , c o s t i n g £ 5 a n d i n c l u d i n g l i g h t r e f r e s h m e n t s , w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e o n t h e d o o r . P l e a s e c o m e a l o n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e a t r u l y C o r n i s h C u l t u r a l e v e n i n g w h i l s t a t t h e s a m e t i m e s u p p o r t i n g o u r r e f u g e e s i s t e r s a n d b r o t h e r s w h o h a v e s o l i t t l e b u t w h o g i v e u s s u c h a w o n d e r f u l e x a m p l e o f l i v i n g o u r C h r i s t i a n f a i t h . 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A n n a w a s a w a r d e d a S i l v e r M e d a l i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f h e r 1 0 y e a r s l o y a l s e r v i c e o n t h e s a n c t u a r y . F r B r i a n K e n w r i c k t h a n k e d t h e s e r v e r s f o r t h e i r s u p p o r t a n d f a i t h f u l s e r v i c e i n t h e p a s t y e a r . A f t e r t h e M a s s t h e S e r v e r s e n j o y e d a b u f f e t s p r e a d i n t h e h a l l . T h i s M a s s i s s u c h a j o y t o t h o s e w h o a t t e n d - b o t h s e r v e r s a n d c o n g r e g a t i o n ; t h e A l t a r S e r v e r s a r e p i c t u r e d w i t h F r B r i a n ; a l s o p i c t u r e d a r e t h r e e g e n e r a t i o n s o f t h e M i d d l e w i c k f a m i l y – i n c l u d i n g 4 A l t a r S e r v e r s . 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F o r m a t i o n f o r t h e N e w E v a n g e l i s a t i o n I n f o r m i n g a d u l t c a t h o l i c s f o r t h e t h i r d m i l l e n n i u m , t h e l a s t t h r e e P o p e s h a v e m a d e i t c l e a r t h a t t h e c o n t e x t i s n o w t h e N e w E v a n g e l i s a t i o n , a c o n t e x t m a r k e d l y d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e p r e v i o u s c e n t u r y a n d n e e d i n g n e w m e t h o d s a n d n e w v i g o u r t o d e l i v e r t h e G o o d N e w s o f J e s u s C h r i s t , S o n o f G o d a n d S a v i o u r , a m e s s a g e ‘ f o r e v e r a n c i e n t a n d f o r e v e r n e w ’ . T h i s f o r m a t i o n i s f o r a l l a d u l t c a t h o l i c s , e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e w h o s u p p o r t p a r i s h l i f e i n i t s r i c h n e s s a n d s a c r e d n e s s , i t s f e l l o w s h i p , p r a y e r a n d c h a r i t y . I t i s f o r p a r e n t s , g r a n d p a r e n t s a n d c a t e c h i s t s , f o r r e a d e r s a n d t h o s e i n v o l v e d i n C h i l d r e n ’ s l i t u r g y , f o r a n y o n e k e e n t o k n o w a n d a p p r e c i a t e t h e f a i t h o f t h e C h u r c h m o r e d e e p l y a n d b e b e t t e r e q u i p p e d t o d e f e n d i t a n d p a s s i t o n . T h e S c h o o l o f t h e A n n u n c i a t i o n , a c e n t r e f o r t h e N e w E v a n g e l i s a t i o n , i s s i t u a t e d a t B u c k f a s t A b b e y , D e v o n , w i t h s a t e l l i t e c e n t r e s a t E a l i n g A b b e y , N e l s o n i n L a n c a s h i r e , S o u t h w a r k a n d o t h e r c e n t r e s b e i n g d e v e l o p e d a r o u n d t h e U K . 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I c o u l d n ’ t h a v e a s k e d t o m e e t b e t t e r p e o p l e . ” P h o e b e P e n n i n g t o n m e a n w h i l e , r e g a r d s h e r N a n s a n a s u m m e r – a g a i n a t S t J o s e p h ’ s a n d S t N o a ’ s – a s t h e p e r f e c t s p r i n g b o a r d f o r s t u d y i n g e d u c a t i o n a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t a t u n i v e r s i t y . “ I n o n e s c h o o l w e f a c i l i t a t e d o u t d o o r P E s e s s i o n s a n d i n t h e o t h e r h e l p e d w i t h i n f o r m a l E n g l i s h s e s s i o n s t o b o o s t t h e c h i l d r e n ’ s E n g l i s h , ” s a i d t h e L i v e r p o o l s t u d e n t , a l s o 1 9 . “ E d u c a t i o n i s k e y b u t i t ’ s e a s y t o t a k e f o r g r a n t e d . Y e t t h e s e c h i l d r e n , w i t h t h e m o s t b a s i c e d u c a t i o n a v a i l a b l e , a p p r e c i a t e d i t s o m u c h . E d u c a t i o n w a s t a k e n s u p e r s e r i o u s l y . ” T h e V M M m e t h o d o l o g y – f i n e - t u n e d s i n c e t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n w a s f o u n d e d i n 1 9 6 9 – i s t o p l a c e v o l u n t e e r s i n c a p a c i t y - b u i l d i n g d e v e l o p m e n t w o r k i n o r d e r t o o f f e r s k i l l s t h a t a r e u n a v a i l a b l e l o c a l l y a n d , i d e a l l y , t r a i n u p a l o c a l c o u n t e r p a r t . S o f a r m o r e t h a n 3 , 0 0 0 v o l u n t e e r s h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d t h e i r t i m e a n d e n e r g i e s w h i l e e m b a r k i n g o n t h e i r o w n r e m a r k a b l e l e a r n i n g c u r v e . J o a n n e w i t n e s s e d f i r s t - h a n d h o w g i v i n g o f o n e s e l f a n d o n e ’ s t a l e n t s t h a t c a n m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e – s o i t i s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y a l l a b o u t g i v i n g m o n e y . “ I b e l i e v e t h a t , i n t h e l o n g t e r m , s h a r i n g o u r s k i l l s w i t h t h e s e c o m m u n i t i e s a n d p r o v i d i n g t h e m w i t h t h e a b i l i t y t o c o n t i n u e t h e w o r k t h e m s e l v e s c a n h e l p s o m u c h m o r e t h a n m e r e l y t h r o w i n g m o n e y a n d r e s o u r c e s a t t h e m , ” s h e s a i d . S u c h e x p o s u r e t o n e w i d e a s c a n b e p i v o t a l . “ U g a n d a , a l o n g w i t h o t h e r d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s , h a s s u c h p o t e n t i a l f o r g r o w t h a n d w e h a v e a r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o h e l p m a k e t h i s h a p p e n , ” s h e a d d e d . “ T h e e x p e r i e n c e w a s i n c r e d i b l e a n d I ’ m a c t u a l l y a n n o y e d w i t h m y s e l f t h a t I h a d n ’ t d o n e s o m e t h i n g l i k e t h i s s o o n e r , I ’ d t h o u g h t a b o u t i t a f e w t i m e s i n c o l l e g e b u t I ’ d b a c k e d o u t b e c a u s e I w a s n e r v o u s o r s c a r e d . Y e s , t h e r e w e r e s o m e t o u g h t i m e s b u t t h e w h o l e e x p e r i e n c e w a s g r e a t . I h a d v i s i o n s o f n o t b e i n g a b l e t o e a t , y e t t h e f o o d w a s a m a z i n g . I w o u l d h o n e s t l y s a y t o a n y b o d y w h o ’ s t h i n k i n g a b o u t d o i n g i t , ‘ d e f i n i t e l y d o i t ! ’ . I t h o n e s t l y w a s a l i f e - c h a n g i n g e x p e r i e n c e – a n d I h o p e t h i s e x p e r i e n c e w i l l i n f l u e n c e t h e r e s t o f m y l i f e . ” V M M i s o f f e r i n g i n s p i r a t i o n a l s h o r t - t e r m v o l u n t e e r i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n A f r i c a a m o n g i t s r a n g e o f a c t i v i t i e s f o r 2 0 1 7 . T h e s h o r t - t e r m v o l u n t e e r i n g p r o g r a m m e i s a c h a n c e t o t a k e p a r t i n p r o j e c t s i n M a l a w i , U g a n d a a n d G h a n a , a s V M M r e s p o n d s t o a c l e a r l y a r t i c u l a t e d n e e d f r o m p a r t n e r o r g a n i s a t i o n s i n A f r i c a . S u c c e s s f u l a p p l i c a n t s w i l l s p e n d t h r e e t o s i x w e e k s w o r k i n g a l o n g s i d e l o c a l V M M v o l u n t e e r s a n d c o o r d i n a t o r s o n a v a r i e t y o f s c h e m e s , i n c l u d i n g t e a c h i n g a s s i s t a n c e , c o m m u n i t y d e v e l o p m e n t a n d e v e n c o n s t r u c t i o n . T h e m a i n i n i t i a t i v e s , a n d t h e c o u n t r i e s i n v o l v e d , a r e : • U g a n d a : t e a c h i n g a s s i s t a n c e w o r k a t l o c a l p r i m a r y s c h o o l s , i n c l u d i n g h e l p i n g w i t h l e s s o n s a n d a f t e r - s c h o o l a c t i v i t i e s ; a l s o c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d a d m i n p o s i t i o n s • M a l a w i : c o m m u n i t y d e v e l o p m e n t p l a c e m e n t s i n y o u t h w o r k , t e a c h i n g a s s i s t a n c e a n d h o m e c a r e f o r t h o s e a f f e c t e d b y H I V • G h a n a : v o l u n t e e r p o s s i b i l i t i e s i n c h i l d c a r e , s p o r t s c o a c h i n g , e d u c a t i o n a n d b u i l d i n g p r o j e c t s T h e s e o p p o r t u n i t i e s a r e o p e n t o p e o p l e o f a l l a g e s a n d l e v e l s o f e x p e r i e n c e ; w h i l e s o m e o p e n i n g s a r e a i m e d s p e c i f i c a l l y a t y o u n g p e o p l e a g e d 1 8 t o 2 5 ; t h e r e a r e o t h e r s p e c i a l i s e d p r o j e c t s f o r t h o s e w i t h a l i f e t i m e o f e x p e r i e n c e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , p r o f e s s i o n a l p l a c e m e n t s a r e p o s s i b l e . T h e h o p e i s t h a t v o l u n t e e r s w i l l g a i n a d e e p e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f d e v e l o p m e n t i s s u e s w h i l e a l s o , p o t e n t i a l l y , b e c o m i n g e q u i p p e d a n d e x p e r i e n c e d e n o u g h t o b e a b l e t o f i l l f u l l - t i m e p o s i t i o n s i n t h e f u t u r e . V M M h a s o f f i c e s i n D u b l i n , L i v e r p o o l a n d K e n y a . F o r U K , c o n t a c t V a n G a r b e r v i a : v a n @ v m m i n t e r n a t i o n a l . o r g o r 0 0 4 4 ( 0 ) 1 5 1 2 9 1 3 4 3 8 . A C a l l t o A c t i o n ( A C T A ) W h e r e a r e w e g o i n g w i t h P o p e F r a n c i s ? N o t e s f r o m t h e r e c e n t A C T A N a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e A r o u n d 1 3 0 d e l e g a t e s a t t e n d e d t h e 4 t h A C T A N a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e h e l d i n P i m l i c o , L o n d o n . T h e f i r s t s p e a k e r w a s W e r n e r J e a n r o n d , a G e r m a n C a t h o l i c t h e o l o g i a n c u r r e n t l y M a s t e r a t S t B e n e t ’ s H a l l , O x f o r d U n i v e r s i t y , w h o s e p u b l i s h e d b o o k s i n c l u d e ‘ A t h e o l o g y o f l o v e ’ ( 2 0 1 0 ) . H e c o n t r a s t e d t h e i m a g e o f t h e c h u r c h a s a t r i u m p h a n t , p e r f e c t i n s t i t u t i o n , w i t h t h e i m a g e o f a f i e l d h o s p i t a l , c o i n e d b y P o p e F r a n c i s , a p i l g r i m c h u r c h o n a j o u r n e y w i t h o t h e r s o f g o o d w i l l t o r e s p o n d a s b e s t w e c a n t o G o d ’ s l o v e a n d m e r c y . H e r e f e r r e d t o u s a s a ‘ d y n a m i c c o m m u n i t y o f l o v e ’ , a n d t h e n s p o k e a b o u t B i l l S i m o n ’ s b o o k , ‘ G r e a t C a t h o l i c P a r i s h e s ’ , w h i c h h a s r e s u l t e d f r o m r e s e a r c h i n t o h u n d r e d s o f ‘ s u c c e s s f u l ’ p a r i s h e s i n t h e U S A , w h e r e l o v e r e l a t i o n s h i p s r a t h e r t h a n p u r e a c t i v i t y a l o n e a p p e a r t o b e d e l i v e r i n g p o s i t i v e o u t c o m e s . C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 1 0

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1 0 - C a t h o l i c S o u t h W e s t F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 7 C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 9 A c o m m o n t h e m e i n t h e s e p a r i s h e s i s t h a t t h e y a r e r u n o n c o l l a b o r a t i v e , d e l e g a t i n g o r c o n s u l t i n g l i n e s , r a t h e r t h a n b y a ‘ l o n e r a n g e r ’ . W e r n e r a g r e e d w i t h S i m o n t h a t t r u e d i s c i p l e s h i p n e e d s s t r a t e g i c t h i n k i n g a n d i n t e r d e p e n d e n t w o r k i n g . H e s u g g e s t e d t h a t M a s s a t t e n d a n c e d o e s n o t g u a r a n t e e a m o v i n g f o r w a r d o n a d y n a m i c j o u r n e y o f f a i t h , b u t t h a t S i m o n i d e n t i f i e d p r a c t i c a l w a y s t o s u p p o r t s u c h p e r s o n a l a n d c o m m u n i t y ‘ g r o w t h ’ , f o r e x a m p l e , u t i l i s i n g v o l u n t e e r s , c o n c e r n f o r n e e d s o f c h i l d r e n , g o o d / a p p r o p r i a t e p h y s i c a l i n f r a s t r u c t u r e , u s e o f o n - l i n e c o m m u n i c a t i o n , m u s i c i n t h e l i t u r g y a n d w e l l p r e p a r e d h o m i l i e s ; a s a l l c o n t r i b u t i n g t o d e v e l o p m e n t . H e r e f e r r e d t o t h e i m a g e o f n e e d i n g , a s i n d i v i d u a l s a n d a s a c h u r c h , t o l o o k o u t t h e w i n d o w r a t h e r t h a n i n a m i r r o r , e c h o i n g P o p e J o h n X X I I I a n d o t h e r s . W e r n e r i d e n t i f i e d u s a s i n a p e r i o d o f t r a n s i t i o n w h i c h c a l l s a l l l a y p e o p l e , n o t t o p a s s i v i t y , b u t t o a ‘ f a i t h f u l r e s i l i e n c e ’ a n d ‘ c r i t i c a l s u p p o r t ’ s o t h a t p a r t i c i p a t i n g c o m m u n i t i e s w i t h t h e i r p r i e s t s c a n m o v e f o r w a r d a s a p i l g r i m c h u r c h . E v a n g e l i s a t i o n d e f i n e d a s ‘ o p e n i n g d o o r s ’ , t o d e m o n s t r a t e t o o t h e r s t h a t G o d ’ s l o v e i s a v a i l a b l e t o a l l . R e c o g n i s i n g t h e a g e o f m o s t o f t h e a t t e n d e e s , W e r n e r s u g g e s t e d t h a t w e r e t i r e e s a r e t h e f o r c e f o r c h a n g e a s w e h a v e t h e t i m e , a r e n o t s o t i e d u p w i t h c a r e e r s a n d r a i s i n g a f a m i l y a s y o u n g e r m e m b e r s o f t h e c h u r c h a r e , a n d t h a t w e s h a r e a v o c a t i o n t o ‘ m a k e o u r l i v i n g r o o m s p a r t o f t h e c h u r c h . ’ H e s a w t h e h e a l t h o f t h e c h u r c h b e i n g h e a v i l y t i e d t o t h e a p p r o p r i a t e t r a i n i n g o f p r i e s t s , i n o r d e r t o d e a l w i t h s i g n i f i c a n t c u r r e n t l e v e l s o f ‘ c l e r i c a l i s m ’ , a n d c h a l l e n g e d u s n o t t o h i d e b e h i n d a ‘ l e a v e i t t o F a t h e r ’ a p p r o a c h b u t t o w o r k w i t h o u r c l e r g y t o a c h i e v e m o r e . W e r n e r l a y s d o w n a c h a l l e n g e t o l a y C a t h o l i c s a n d c l e r g y , b y p u l l i n g s t r a n d s t o g e t h e r , c a l l i n g u s t o p a r t i c i p a t e a n d i n n o v a t e w i t h i n a c u l t u r e o f l o v e r e l a t i o n s h i p s , r e f l e c t i n g G o d ’ s l o v e f o r u s . T h e w o r d ‘ l o v e ’ w a s h i s w a t c h w o r d . T i n a B e a t t i e , P r o f e s s o r o f C a t h o l i c S t u d i e s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f R o e h a m p t o n , w a s o u r s e c o n d s p e a k e r . S h e s u g g e s t e d w e w e r e a h o p e f u l r a t h e r t h a n a n o p t i m i s t i c g r o u p , p o r t r a y i n g o p t i m i s m a s n o t q u i t e b e i n g i n t h e p r e s e n t , w h e r e a s t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f h o p e i s b e i n g i n t h e h e r e a n d n o w , n o t w a i t i n g u n t i l t o m o r r o w . S h e r e f e r r e d t o t h e S e e , J u d g e , A c t f o r m u l a , a d d i n g C e l e b r a t e , a n d s u g g e s t e d t h a t w e l e a r n t o ‘ b e ’ , r a t h e r t h a n t o b e ‘ d o i n g ’ a l l t h e t i m e . S h e t o o , r e f e r r e d t o t h e p i l g r i m c h u r c h , t h e l o n g t e r m o b j e c t i v e a s w e l l a s s h o r t t e r m g o a l s , r e f l e c t i n g P o p e F r a n c i s ’ p a t i e n t a p p r o a c h i n t h e f a c e o f s i g n i f i c a n t o p p o s i t i o n . S h e t o o k t h e M a g n i f i c a t a s a c a l l t o l i v e t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n t h a t h a s a l r e a d y h a p p e n e d , e m p h a s i s i n g t h a t w e n e e d t o r e c o g n i s e G o d ’ s c a l l a m i d t h e c a c o p h o n y t h a t s u r r o u n d s u s , a n d t a k e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t r a n s f o r m i n g o u r s e l v e s . 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P e t e r F a r r e l l L o c a l C o ­ o r d i n a t o r o n b e h a l f o f A C T A P r o m o t i n g d i a l o g u e w i t h i n t h e c h u r c h I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o r e c e i v e p e r i o d i c i n f o r m a t i o n o n f u t u r e A C T A m e e t i n g s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t P e t e r F a r r e l l T e l : 0 1 6 2 6 3 6 9 4 7 8 M o b : 0 7 7 3 0 4 3 9 1 9 4 e - m a i l : p e t a n e @ o u t l o o k . c o m D r A s h l e y ’ s P l e a s u r e Y a c h t b y R W H M i l l e r T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n i s a n h i s t o r i c a l b o o k l o o k i n g a t t h e l i f e o f T h e R e v J o h n A s h l e y a n d t h e o r i g i n s o f t h e M i s s i o n t o S e a m e n , a n d i s t h e f i r s t b o o k t o e x p l o r e t h e h i s t o r i c a l a s p e c t o f t h e m i s s i o n . D r A s h l e y ’ s P l e a s u r e Y a c h t r e v e a l s t h e t r u e t a l e s u r r o u n d i n g t h e f o u n d i n g o f t h e M i s s i o n t o S e a m e n w r i t t e n b y R W H M i l l e r , a s o c i a l h i s t o r i a n w h o h a s p r e v i o u s l y w r i t t e n t w o e n g a g i n g w o r k s o n m a r i t i m e c h u r c h h i s t o r y . T h e B o o k : I n s t i t u t i o n a l f o u n d a t i o n s t o r i e s h a v e a t e n d e n c y t o c h a n g e a n d d e v e l o p w i t h t h e p a s s a g e o f t i m e a n d m u c h r e p e t i t i o n . M a r i t i m e s o c i a l h i s t o r i a n , R W H M i l l e r , e x p l o r e s t h e l i f e o f T h e R e v J o h n A s h l e y a n d h i s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t h e f o u n d a t i o n s t o r y o f t h e M i s s i o n t o S e a f a r e r s , t h e w o r k o f w h i c h s o c i e t y i s m u c h a d m i r e d b y i t s p r e s e n t P a t r o n , H R H t h e P r i n c e s s R o y a l . T h e t r a d i t i o n a l s t o r y i s t h a t A s h l e y ’ s s o n , o u t w a l k i n g b y t h e B r i s t o l C h a n n e l w i t h h i s f a t h e r , i n t h e e a r l y 1 8 3 0 s , a s k e d h o w t h e i s l a n d e r s c o u l d g o t o c h u r c h . A s h l e y w e n t t o s e e , a n d f r o m t h e i s l a n d s o f F l a t H o l m a n d S t e e p H o l m s e e i n g l a r g e f l e e t s o f w i n d b o u n d s h i p s , a s k e d h i m s e l f t h e s a m e q u e s t i o n . H e u s e d h i s o w n m o n e y ( d e r i v i n g m a i n l y f r o m t h e t r a d e o f s u g a r a n d s l a v e s ) t o b u i l d a s c h o o n e r , w h i c h h e s a i l e d i n a l l w e a t h e r s t o p r o v i d e a n a n s w e r , i n t h e p r o c e s s c r e a t i n g f o r h i m s e l f a p l a c e i n t h e a n c e s t r y o f s e v e r a l A n g l i c a n a n d C a t h o l i c s o c i e t i e s , o f w h i c h t h e M i s s i o n t o S e a f a r e r s , t h e R o y a l N a t i o n a l M i s s i o n t o D e e p S e a F i s h e r m e n , a n d t h e A p o s t l e s h i p o f t h e S e a , c o n t i n u e t o p r o v i d e s e a f a r e r s w i t h a v a l u e d a n d o f t e n h e r o i c s e r v i c e . T h e A u t h o r : R W H M i l l e r h a s b e e n a l o n g - t i m e s t u d e n t o f M a r i t i m e S o c i a l H i s t o r y a n d m e m b e r o f t h e S o c i e t y f o r N a u t i c a l R e s e a r c h a n d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l M a r i t i m e E c o n o m i c H i s t o r y A s s o c i a t i o n . H e h a s w o r k e d f o r b o t h t h e M i s s i o n s t o S e a m e n a n d t h e A p o s t l e s h i p o f t h e S e a . H e i s t h e a u t h o r o f P r i e s t i n D e e p W a t e r ( 2 0 1 0 ) a n d O n e F i r m A n c h o r ( 2 0 1 3 ) , a l s o p u b l i s h e d b y T h e L u t t e r w o r t h P r e s s . P r a i s e f o r t h e B o o k : " I h a v e b e e n f a m i l i a r f o r m a n y y e a r s w i t h D r M i l l e r ’ s w o r k o n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e C h u r c h a n d t h e m e r c h a n t s e a f a r e r . D r A s h l e y ’ s P l e a s u r e Y a c h t u n c o v e r s t h e l i f e o f a n i n e t e e n t h - c e n t u r y c l e r g y m a n , J o h n A s h l e y , a m a n w i t h p r i v a t e m e a n s d e r i v i n g f r o m f a m i l y s u g a r e s t a t e s i n J a m a i c a , m a k e s s o m e s u r p r i s i n g d i s c o v e r i e s . A s A s h l e y i s o f t e n c l a i m e d a s t h e f o u n d e r o f t h e M i s s i o n t o S e a f a r e r s , t h e s t o r y o f h i s w o r k v i s i t i n g w i n d - b o u n d s h i p s i n t h e B r i s t o l C h a n n e l h a s b e e n t o l d o f t e n . L e s s w e l l k n o w n i s a m a j o r d i s a g r e e m e n t w i t h h i s c o m m i t t e e a n d w h a t f o l l o w e d . " P r o f e s s o r S é a n M c G r a i l , E m e r i t u s , P r o f e s s o r o f M a r i t i m e A r c h a e o l o g y , O x f o r d U n i v e r s i t y P u b l i s h e d b y t h e L u t t e r w o r t h P r e s s , t h e b o o k w i l l b e l a u n c h e d a t S a r u m C o l l e g e B o o k s h o p i n W i l t s h i r e . I S B N : 9 7 8 0 7 1 8 8 9 4 5 0 4 A v a i l a b l e i n P a p e r b a c k , P D F , e P u b a n d K i n d l e v e r s i o n s . N e w f e e s a n n o u n c e d a t L e w e s t o n L e w e s t o n i s c o m m i t t e d t o o f f e r i n g a h i g h q u a l i t y a f f o r d a b l e e d u c a t i o n t o a s m a n y l o c a l f a m i l i e s a s p o s s i b l e . F o l l o w i n g t h e s u c c e s s o f t h e f e e r e s t r u c t u r e i n t h e J u n i o r D e p a r t m e n t , t h e s c h o o l h a s n o w r e v i e w e d i t s S e n i o r S c h o o l f e e s t r u c t u r e a n d i s d e l i g h t e d t o a n n o u n c e n e w c o m p e t i t i v e f e e s a c r o s s b o t h d a y a n d b o a r d i n g f r o m S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 . A c r o s s t h e w h o l e S e n i o r S c h o o l a n d S i x t h F o r m ( Y e a r s 7 - 1 3 ) , t h e n e w f e e f o r d a y p u p i l s w i l l b e £ 4 , 9 5 0 w i t h e f f e c t f r o m S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 . K a t e R e y n o l d s , H e a d o f L e w e s t o n c o m m e n t e d , “ S o m a n y p a r e n t s h a v e t o m a k e a c h o i c e a b o u t w h e n , i f a t a l l , t o i n v e s t i n t h e i r c h i l d ’ s e d u c a t i o n , w h i c h i s w h y I a m d e l i g h t e d t h a t t h i s n e w f e e s t r u c t u r e w i l l m e a n t h a t t h e e x c e p t i o n a l e d u c a t i o n w e o f f e r i s a c c e s s i b l e t o m o r e l o c a l f a m i l i e s ; f r o m t h e i r c h i l d ’ s f i r s t d a y s w i t h u s i n t h e J u n i o r D e p a r t m e n t , r i g h t t h r o u g h t o t h e e n d o f t h e i r e x a m y e a r s i n t h e S e n i o r S c h o o l a n d S i x t h F o r m . T h e r e c o u l d n ’ t b e a b e t t e r t i m e t o j o i n u s a s w e c e l e b r a t e o u r o u t s t a n d i n g a c a d e m i c a c h i e v e m e n t s w i t h 5 2 % A * a n d A g r a d e s a w a r d e d a t A L e v e l . ” T o f i n d o u t m o r e p l e a s e d o a r r a n g e f o r a v i s i t b y c o n t a c t i n g o u r A d m i s s i o n s t e a m o n 0 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 7 8 3 o r e m a i l a d m i s s i o n s @ l e w e s t o n . d o r s e t . s c h . u k EDGCUMBE COURT Taking retirement living to new heights Te l e p h o n e : 01752 229534 www.nazarethretirementvillages.co.uk Available support services include handyman, domestic cleaning, laundry, 24hr emergency response and personal care. A popular Trial in style scheme is also offered in our new dedicated apartment. Prices start from £149,500 Village social and leisure facilities include: Located in Stonehouse, Plymouth, Edgcumbe Court offers retirement living by the sea. There is a choice of beautifully appointed one and two­bedroom assisted living apartments many with fine views. A daily Mass is celebrated in the Chapel, which is always open for quiet reflection. Spiritual support is provided by a visiting priest and resident Sisters.

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

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I ’ v e r e c e n t l y b e e n t o C o r n w a l l t o v i s i t t w o d e a r f r i e n d s , w e h a d a g r e a t ‘ c a t c h - u p ’ o v e r l u n c h , b r i n g i n g e a c h o t h e r u p t o s p e e d a b o u t w h a t h a d b e e n g o i n g o n i n o u r l i v e s s i n c e w e h a d l a s t m e t . A n d i t w a s n ’ t l o n g b e f o r e I w a s a s k e d a b o u t m y ‘ p a r i s h a c t i v i t i e s ’ . Y e s , I w a s s t i l l d o i n g c a t e c h e s i s a n d y e s I w a s s t i l l s i n g i n g a n d r e a d i n g , I r e p l i e d w h e n a s k e d , a n d t h e n v o l u n t e e r e d t h e i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t s t r a n g e l y I w a s s t i l l r e a l l y e n j o y i n g d o i n g t h e c h u r c h ‘ c a r e ’ o r c l e a n i n g e a c h w e e k , w h i c h I s h a r e d w i t h o n e o r t w o o t h e r p a r i s h i o n e r s . ‘ I t s e e m s a b i t o d d a c t u a l l y ’ , I m u s e d , ‘ b u t p u s h i n g t h e v a c u u m a r o u n d t h e s a n c t u a r y a r e a o f t h e c h u r c h , w h i l e e n j o y i n g t h e t r a n q u i l a t m o s p h e r e s e e m s t o r e a l l y d o i t f o r m e . I ’ m n o t s u r e w h y . B u t y o u c a n f i n d G o d i n d o i n g t h e v a c u u m i n g , c a n ’ t y o u ? ’ ‘ O f c o u r s e y o u c a n ! ’ I w a s a s s u r e d a n d t h e n i n e v i t a b l y t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n m o v e d o n t o o t h e r t o p i c s . B u t l a t e r I w a s s t r u c k a n e w b y m y v e r y o w n w o r d s . W h a t a c t u a l l y h a p p e n e d e a c h T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g , I w o n d e r e d , a s I t r u n d l e d t h e V a x o v e r t h e t h i c k c a r p e t o f t h e s a n c t u a r y a r e a o f m y p a r i s h c h u r c h ? R e c e p t i v e : I g u e s s t h e r e ’ s p r o b a b l y a f e w t h i n g s g o i n g o n . F i r s t o f a l l , I ’ m l e f t t o m y o w n d e v i c e s . I ’ m n o t i n a h u r r y , t h e s o u n d o f t h e v a c u u m i s s o o t h i n g , t h e p e a c e a n d t r a n q u i l l i t y o f t h e c h u r c h i s b e a u t i f u l a n d I c a n b e a t o n e w i t h m y o w n t h o u g h t s . A n d I b e l i e v e t h a t a t t h a t p o i n t G o d e n t e r s i n t o t h o s e t h o u g h t s . Y o u s e e , I t h i n k t h a t I ’ m o p e n a n d r e c e p t i v e t o t h e L o r d i n t h a t t i m e a n d p l a c e a n d s o i n h i s g o o d n e s s , h e m a k e s h i m s e l f a v a i l a b l e t o m e . A n d t h e r e ’ s m o r e … B e c a u s e I ’ m a l s o r e m i n d e d o f a w o n d e r f u l v i g n e t t e w h i c h I h e a r d a t a c o n f e r e n c e s o m e t i m e a g o . T h e s p e a k e r – a p r i e s t – w a s t a l k i n g t o t h e d e l e g a t e s a b o u t t h e m o v e m e n t o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t i n a l l o u r l i v e s . T o i l l u s t r a t e h i s p o i n t , h e g a v e a n a c c o u n t o f h i s o w n p e r s o n a l e n c o u n t e r w i t h t h e S p i r i t . O n e S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g , h e e x p l a i n e d , h e w a s v a c u u m i n g u n d e r h i s t a b l e , w h e n h e u n d e r w e n t o n e o f t h e m o s t u p l i f t i n g a n d b e a u t i f u l e x p e r i e n c e s h e h a d e v e r h a d . H e f e l t s u r r o u n d e d b y a g l o w a n d w a s o v e r t a k e n b y s u c h i n t e n s e l o v e a n d h a p p i n e s s t h a t h e w a s i n n o d o u b t a s t o t h e c a u s e o f i t . H e h a d e x p e r i e n c e d t h e b e a u t y o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t a n d h e a b a n d o n e d a l l t h o u g h t o f a n y t h i n g e l s e b u t s o a k i n g u p t h e s u b l i m e w o n d e r o f t h a t m o m e n t . W o w f a c t o r : A s f o r m y s e l f , I c a n r e m e m b e r t h i n k i n g : ‘ W O W ! ’ w h e n I h e a r d t h i s . I m u s t a d m i t t h a t m y s t o r y m a y n o t h a v e t h e s a m e ‘ W o w f a c t o r ’ a s F a t h e r ’ s h a d , b u t I b e l i e v e n o n e t h e l e s s , t h a t t h e r e a r e c e r t a i n l y p a r a l l e l s t o b e d r a w n . G o d c o m e s t o u s i n m a n y d i f f e r e n t w a y s , s h a p e s , v o i c e s a n d t h o u g h t s . B u t u n e r r i n g l y h e c o m e s t o u s i n t h e w a y t h a t w e c a n m o s t a p p r e c i a t e h i m a n d b e i n e x o r a b l y d r a w n t o w a r d s h i m . T h i s i s b e c a u s e h e i s G o d a n d G o d w o r k s i n t h e m o s t m y s t e r i o u s o f w a y s . E v e n i n v a c u u m i n g … J u l i a B e a c r o f t i s a p o p u l a r a n d e x p e r i e n c e d s p e a k e r a n d w o r k s h o p l e a d e r . S h e w i l l b e h a p p y t o g i v e a t a l k t o y o u r g r o u p o r s o c i e t y . P l e a s e v i s i t w w w . s a n c i o b o o k s . c o m f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n .

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